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755 ILCS 6/1-5

    (755 ILCS 6/1-5)
    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.)