Delaware § 202 Requisites and execution of will

Delaware Statutes

§ 202 — Requisites and execution of will

Delaware § 202

JurisdictionDelaware

Title12

PartWills

Ch. 2GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subch.Tenets and Principles

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Del. Code tit. 12, § 202 (2026).

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(a)Every will, whether of personal or real estate, must be:

(1)In writing and signed by the testator or by some person subscribing the testator’s name in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction; and

(2)Subject to § 1306 of this title, attested and subscribed in testator’s presence by 2 or more credible witnesses.

(b)Any will not complying with subsection (a) of this section shall be void.

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(a) Every will, whether of personal or real estate, must be:

(1) In writing and signed by the testator or by some person subscribing the testator’s name in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction; and

(2) Subject to § 1306 of this title, attested and subscribed in testator’s presence by 2 or more credible witnesses.

(b) Any will not complying with subsection (a) of this section shall be void.