<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 29A-2-502 - Holographic will--Validity of non-holographic will--Establishing intent. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052044Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052044SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052044CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052044CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052044Normal-000001 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052044DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052044Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2052044Normal-000003 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052044000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052044SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052044SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-502"><span class="s2052044SENU">29A-2-502</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052044SENU">. </span><span class="s2052044CL">Holographic will--Validity of non</span><span class="s2052044CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2052044CL">holographic will--Establishing intent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000001"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A will is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000002"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A will not valid as a holographic will must be:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000003"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    In writing;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000003"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(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; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000003"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Signed in the conscious presence of the testator by two or more individuals who, in the conscious presence of the testator, witnessed either the signing of the will or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000002"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(c) Intent that the document constitute the testator's will can be established by extrinsic evidence, including, for holographic wills, portions of the document that are not in the testator's handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052044000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal"><span class="s2052044SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052044SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-502.</span></p></div></body></html>