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Section 45-2A-17 - Form of statutory will.

NM Stat § 45-2A-17 (2019) (N/A)
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I, ________, of the City of ________, County of ________, and State of ________, declare this to be my Last Will and hereby revoke all of my prior wills and codicils.

1. I direct that my testamentary estate be disposed of in accordance with the Uniform Statutory Will Act, as in effect on the date of execution of this will.

2. I appoint ________ as personal representative of my estate under this will. If a trust becomes applicable under the provision of the Act, I appoint ________ as trustee hereunder. If either of them does not serve, or at any time ceases to serve, in either capacity, I appoint ________ to serve in the vacant capacity or capacities. I appoint ________ as guardian and conservator of my minor children. I, ________, the testator, sign my name to this instrument this ______________ day of ________, 19 ____, 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) (willingly direct another to sign for me) (cross out the one of these two alternatives that is inapplicable), that I execute one of these two alternatives that is inapplicable [sic], that I execute it as my free and voluntary act for the purpose therein expressed, and that I am 18 years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.

__________________ Testator

We, ________ and ________ 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) Last Will and that (he) (she) (signs it willingly) (willingly directs another to sign) (her) (him) (cross out the inapplicable word or phrase in each of these instances), 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 18 years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.

__________________ Witness

__________________ Witness

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 ________, 19 ____.

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(Signed) __________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

(official capacity of officer)

History: Laws 1991, ch. 173, § 17.

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Section 45-2A-17 - Form of statutory will.