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0;\r\n}\r\n</style></head><body><div style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1;\"><div><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><a href=\"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-504\"><span class=\"s2052046SENU\">29A-2-504</span></a><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046SENU\">. </span><span class=\"s2052046CL\">Self</span><span class=\"s2052046CL-000000\">-</span><span class=\"s2052046CL\">proved will.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal-000001\"><span class=\"s2052046DefaultParagraphFont\">(a) A will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self</span><span class=\"s2052046DefaultParagraphFont-000002\">-</span><span class=\"s2052046DefaultParagraphFont\">proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state in which execution occurs and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under official seal, in substantially the following form:</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal-000003\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">I, ________________, the testator, sign my name to this instrument this ______ day of ____________, and being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that I sign and execute this instrument as my will and that I sign it willingly (or willingly direct another to sign for me), that I execute it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that I am eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">______________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">Testator</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">We, ________________, ________________, the witnesses, sign our names to this instrument, being first duly sworn, and do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signs and executes this instrument as [his] [her] will and that [he] [she] signs it willingly (or willingly directs another to sign for [him] [her]), that [he] [she] executes it as [his] [her] free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of us, in the presence and hearing of the testator, hereby signs this will as witness to the testator's signing, and that to the best of our knowledge the testator is eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    Witness  </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    Witness  </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">The State of  __________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">County of ________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by ________________, the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by ________________, and ________________, witnesses, this ______ day of ____________.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">(Seal)</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    (Signed)                                         </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    ____________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    ____________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    (Official capacity of officer)    </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">(b) An attested will may be made self</span><span class=\"s2052046B-000004\">-</span><span class=\"s2052046B\">proved at any time after its execution by the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state in which the acknowledgment occurs and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under the official seal, attached or annexed to the will in substantially the following form:</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">The State of  __________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">County of ________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">We,_____________, _____________, and _____________, the testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument as the testator's will and that [he] [she] had signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for [him] [her]), and that [he] [she] executed it as [his] [her] free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the testator, signed the will as witness and that to the best of [his] [her] knowledge the testator was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    Testator  </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046000005\"> </span></p></div><div><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    Witness  </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    Witness  </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by ________________, the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by ________________, and ________________, witnesses, this ______ day of ____________.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046B\">(Seal)</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    Signed                                           </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    ____________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    ____________________________</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046B\">    (Official capacity of officer)    </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal-000003\"><span class=\"s2052046DefaultParagraphFont\">(c) A signature affixed to a self</span><span class=\"s2052046DefaultParagraphFont-000002\">-</span><span class=\"s2052046DefaultParagraphFont\">proving affidavit attached to a will is considered a signature affixed to the will, if necessary to prove the will's due execution.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046000005\"> </span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"s2052046Normal\"><span class=\"s2052046SCL\">Source:</span><span xml:space=\"preserve\" class=\"s2052046SCL-000006\"><span>  <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"/api/SessionLaws/1995/167/null/null\" aria-label=\"SL 1995, ch 167\">SL 1995, ch 167</a>, § 2-504.</span></span></p></div></div></body></html>","Credits":null,"StatuteText":null,"Article":null,"Created":null,"CreatedById":null,"LastUpdated":null,"LastUpdatedBy":null,"Repealed":false,"StatuteReferencesReferencesStatute":[],"StatuteReferencesStatute":[]}