64.1-96.4 - Requirements.
§ 64.1-96.4. Requirements.
(a) The will shall be made in writing. It need not be written by the testatorhimself. It may be written in any language, by hand or by any other means.
(b) The testator shall declare in the presence of two witnesses and of aperson authorized to act in connection with international wills that thedocument is his will and that he knows the contents thereof. The testatorneed not inform the witnesses, or the authorized person, of the contents ofthe will.
(c) In the presence of the witnesses, and of the authorized person, thetestator shall sign the will or, if he has previously signed it, shallacknowledge his signature.
(d) When the testator is unable to sign, the absence of his signature doesnot affect the validity of the international will if the testator indicatesthe reason for his inability to sign and the authorized person makes notethereof on the will. In these cases, it is permissible for any other personpresent, including the authorized person or one of the witnesses, at thedirection of the testator to sign the testator's name for him, if theauthorized person makes note of this also on the will, but it is not requiredthat any person sign the testator's name for him.
(e) The witnesses and the authorized person shall there and then attest thewill by signing in the presence of the testator.
(1995, c. 443.)