[WSBAPT] Unsworn statements and self-authenticated wills

[J A Cyphers]

Look at RCW Chapter 5.50.
I am still sorting my way through this but it looks like they just took
this out of Chapter 9A and put it into Chapter 5.50.
It was part of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6028 passed in 2020 and
effective 6/11/2020.

On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 8:37 AM <jcrspicatto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Effective July 1, 2021, RCW 9A.72.085 stops being effective.  This part of
> the perjury statute authorizes the unsworn statement signed with the "I
> declare under penalty of perjury ." language to be admitted as testimony in
> court without notarization.  As this is simpler than notarizing a witness
> statement to self-authenticate a will, I've relied on this perjury statute
> for years and had no trouble getting such self-authentication clauses
> accepted by Washington judges in probate proceedings.  Starting July 1st,
> what happens?  Do self-authentication clauses authorized by RCW
> 11.20.020(2)
> need to be notarized to be accepted as testimony, as was the case before
> 9A.72.085 was adopted?
>
> Jenny Rydberg, JD
> 206-550-5491
>
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