15-2-504. SELF-PROVED WILL. (1) Any will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved, 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 where execution occurs and evidenced by the officer’s certificate, under official seal, in form and content substantially as follows:

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 last 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 (18) years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.

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 last will and that he signs it willingly (or willingly directs another to sign for him), 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 his knowledge the testator is eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.

The State of……….

County of………….

Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by………., the testator and subscribed and sworn to before me by………., and………., witnesses, this….. day of……….

(Seal)

(2) An attested will may at any time subsequent to its execution be made self-proved 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 where the acknowledgment occurs and evidenced by the officer’s certificate, under the official seal, attached or annexed to the will in form and content substantially as follows:

The State of…………

County of……………

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 his last will and that he had signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for him), and that he executed it as his 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 knowledge the testator was at that time eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.

Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by………., the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by………., and………., witnesses, this….. day of………

(Seal)

(3) A will may be executed, and made self-proved, in compliance with section 51-109, Idaho Code, and attested as set forth in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.

History:

[15-2-504, added 1978, ch. 350, sec. 7, p. 917; am. 2007, ch. 90, sec. 2, p. 247; am. 2008, ch. 76, sec. 2, p. 203; am. 2017, ch. 192, sec. 9, p. 454.]