§ 2-11-105 — Procedure when foreign law does not require probate; filing, recording and effect

(a) When a duly authenticated copy of a will from any
state or country where probate is not required by the laws of
the state or country, with a duly authenticated certificate of
the legal custodian of the original will that the same is a true
copy and that the will has become operative by the laws of the
state or country, and when a copy of a notarial will in
possession of a notarial officer in a foreign state or country
entitled to the custody thereof (the laws of which state or
country require that the will remain in the custody of the
notarial officer), duly authenticated by the notarial officer,
is presented by the executor or other persons interested to the
proper court in this state, the court shall take the proofs as
may be appropriate.
(b) If it appears to the court that the instrument should
be allowed in this state as the last will and testament of the
deceased, the copy shall be filed and recorded and the will has
the same effect as if originally proved and allowed in the
court.