Ohio § 2107.60 Oral will

Ohio Statutes

§ 2107.60 — Oral will

Ohio § 2107.60

Title 21Courts-Probate-Juvenile

Ch. 2107Wills

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2107.60 (2026).

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An oral will, made in the last sickness, shall  be valid in respect to personal property if reduced to writing and  subscribed by two competent disinterested witnesses within ten  days after the speaking of the testamentary words. The witnesses  shall prove that the testator was of sound mind and memory, not  under restraint, and that the testator called upon some person  present at the time the testamentary words were spoken to bear  testimony to the disposition as the testator's will.

No oral will shall be admitted to record unless it is offered  for probate within three months after the death of the testator.

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An oral will, made in the last sickness, shall be valid in respect to personal property if reduced to writing and subscribed by two competent disinterested witnesses within ten days after the speaking of the testamentary words. The witnesses shall prove that the testator was of sound mind and memory, not under restraint, and that the testator called upon some person present at the time the testamentary words were spoken to bear testimony to the disposition as the testator's will.

No oral will shall be admitted to record unless it is offered for probate within three months after the death of the testator.