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Cal. Prob. Code § 6384 — Uniform International Wills Act

Cal. Prob. Code § 6384

Type
Statute
Source
California Probate Code
Jurisdiction
California
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by the authorized person establishing that the requirements of this chapter for valid execution of an international will have been fulfilled. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another…

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Cal. Prob. Code § 6384 — Uniform International Wills Act is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by the authorized person establishing that the requirements of this chapter for valid execution of an international will have been fulfilled. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:

CERTIFICATE
(Convention of October 26, 1973)

 1.I, __________(name, address, and capacity)__________,

 a person authorized to act in connection with international wills,

 2.certify that on __________(date)__________ at __________(place)__________

 3.__________(testator) (name, address, date and place of birth)__________

 in my presence and that of the witnesses

 4.(a)__________(name, address, date and place of birth)__________

 (b)__________(name, address, date and place of birth)__________

 has declared that the attached document is his will and that he knows the
 contents thereof.

 5.I furthermore certify that:

 6.(a)in my presence and in that of the witnesses

 (1)the testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his signature
 previously affixed.

 (2)following a declaration of the testator stating that he was unable
   to sign his will for the following reason ________________, I
 have mentioned this declaration on the will,*
 and the signature has been affixed by

 __________(name and address)*__________

 7.(b)the witnesses and I have signed the will;

 8.(c)each page of the will has been signed by

_________________ and numbered;*

 9.(d)I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the
 witnesses as designated above;

10.(e)the witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according
 to the law under which I am acting;

11. (f) the testator has requested me to include the following statement
 concerning the safekeeping of his will:*

__________

12.

PLACE OF EXECUTION

13.

DATE

14.

SIGNATURE and, if

necessary, SEAL

__________

*to be completed if appropriate