Code of Virginia - Title 64.1 Wills And Decedents' Estates - Section 64.1-96.6 Certificate

§ 64.1-96.6. Certificate

The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by him establishing that the requirements of this Act for valid execution of an international will have been complied with. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:


                                 CERTIFICATE
                       (Convention of October 26, 1973)
1. I,  .................... (name, address and capacity), a person authorized
to act in connection with international wills
2. Certify that on  .................. (date)  ................ (place)
3. (testator)  .................... (name, address, date and place of birth)
in my presence and that of the witnesses
4. (a)  .................... (name, address, date and place of birth)
(b)  .................... (name, address, date and place of birth) has
declared that the attached document is his will and that he knows the contents
 thereof.
5. I furthermore certify that:
6. (a) in my presence and in that of the witnesses
(1) the testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his signature
previously affixed.
*(2) following a declaration of the testator stating that he was unable to
sign his will for the following reason  .................... I have mentioned
this declaration on the will
*and the signature has been affixed by (name and address)
7. (b) the witnesses and I have signed the will;
8. *(c) each page of the will has been signed by  ............
.................... and numbered;
9. (d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the
witnesses as designated above;
10. (e) the witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to
 the law under which I am acting;
11. (f) the testator has requested me to include the following statement
concerning the safekeeping of his will:
12. PLACE OF EXECUTION
13. DATE
14. SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL.
* to be completed if appropriate 

(1995, c. 443.)

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