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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Handwritten Will</font>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">This came up in Estate of Price, 871 P.2d 1079, 73 Wn.App. 745 (Wash.App. Div. 1 1994).
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">A notary's signature can be deemed the signature of an attesting witness, if all of the legal requirements of a valid attestation were nonetheless complied with by the notary's
signature. In Price, the individual who signed the will as the notary submitted an affidavit during the probate of her knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding the will’s execution.</span></p>
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Interesting question. My concern would be whether the notary can swear or declare all the necessary statements. For example, does he have to say the testator requested that he witness the will signing? RCW 11.12.020. </p>
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On Feb 23, 2016, at 11:36 AM, jeffrey winter <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:jdwinter@hotmail.com">jdwinter@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">I have been presented with a handwritten Will to probate. There is only one witness signature, but the testator's signature was notarized. Is it possible for the notary
to act as a second witness if he is willing to fill out the appropriate affidavit? </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif; color:#0070C0">Jeffrey D. Winter</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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