(755 ILCS 6/1-5)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-301)

Sec. 1-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide for: (1) the valid execution, attestation, self-proving, and probate of electronic wills, paper copies of electronic wills, and wills attested to by witnesses through audio-video communication; and (2) the valid execution, attestation, and witnessing of documents, other than wills, through audio-video communication.

(Source: P.A. 102-167, eff. 7-26-21.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-301)

Sec. 1-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide for:

(1) the valid execution, attestation, self-proving, and probate of electronic wills, paper copies of electronic wills, and wills attested to by witnesses through audio-video communication;

(2) the valid execution of electronic nontestamentary estate planning documents and validation of electronic signatures on nontestamentary estate planning documents; and

(3) the valid execution, attestation, and witnessing of documents, other than wills, through audio-video communication.

(Source: P.A. 102-167, eff. 7-26-21; 103-301, eff. 1-1-24.)