Arizona Laws 14-2502. Execution of paper wills; witnessed wills; holographic wills; testamentary intent
A. Except as provided in sections 14-2503, 14-2506 and 14-2513, a paper will shall be:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 14-2502
- Electronic: means having electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Paper will: means a testamentary instrument that is executed and maintained on a tangible medium and that is executed in compliance with section 14-2502 or 14-2503. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Person: means an individual or an organization. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Tangible medium: means a medium on which information may be inscribed by writing, typing, printing or similar means and that is perceivable by reading directly from the medium on which the information is inscribed. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
- Testator: includes a person of either sex. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. In writing.
2. Signed by the testator or in the testator‘s name by some other individual in the testator’s conscious presence and by the testator’s direction.
3. Signed by at least two people, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after that person witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection or the testator’s acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will.
B. Intent that a tangible medium or an electronic record constitutes the testator’s will can be established by extrinsic evidence, including, for holographic wills under section 14-2503, portions of the document that are not in the testator’s handwriting.