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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi, Heather,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Funny you asked this question because I have the same situation right now and just researched this for myself. Depending on what you’re drafting for the client, the language to insert is different for power
of attorney’s and wills. For the POA, it can be signed by another person, but that person has to be a notary or an authorized officer. This is not the case for someone signing for another if it’s a Will.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here's the language that I will be inserting into my documents that I came up with – so feel free to use it, but you can come up with your own as well. I tried to stick as closely as possible to the language
in the statutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">FOR WILL: If Testator is unable to sign, then include provision:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">“Pursuant to the authority of RCW 11.12.030, this document was signed on behalf of the decedent, in his presence, and by his direction by me, John Smith”.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">FOR POA:
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">_________________________</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Principal Signature</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Signature of ______ was affixed by the NOTARY PUBLIC, XX, residing at XX, Washington, date of expiration _____.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">I, XX, NOTARY PUBLIC for the State of Washington, do hereby state that the Principal, ________, made this acknowledgment by orally directing me to sign his name on
his behalf. This acknowledgment was obtained under the authority of RCW 64.08.100.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">__________________________</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">XX, NOTARY PUBLIC</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Hope that helps,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> on behalf of Heather de Vrieze <heatherd@westseattlelaw.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 3:06 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[WSBAPT] Will Self-Proving Affidavit Form<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It has been a number of years since I did one of these, and believe that it may not be necessary even now, but I am creating a Will for a client who has lost almost all use of her hands. She believes she may
be able to “make her mark on the Will”, but if she cannot, RCW 11.12.020 allows a will may be “signed by the testator or by some other person under the testator's direction in the testator's presence”.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I want to ensure that my self-proving affidavit appropriately addresses this, and before I re-invent the wheel (affidavit), I was wondering if someone has a tried and true form for this that they would be
willing to share.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Heather</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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