(755 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 55)
Sec. 5.
International will; certificate.
The authorized person shall
attach to the will a certificate to be signed by him establishing that the
requirements of this Act for valid execution of an international will have
been fulfilled. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate
and deliver another to the testator. The certificate must be substantially
in the following form:
CERTIFICATE
(Convention of October 26, 1973)
1. I, ................... (name, address, and capacity), a |
| person authorized to act in connection with international wills,
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2. certify that on .............. (date) at
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3.
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| (testator)................................................ (name, address, date and place of birth) in my presence and that of the witnesses
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4. (a) ............... (name, address, date and place of
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(b) ............... (name, address, date and place of
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| birth) has declared that the attached document is his will and that he knows the contents thereof.
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5. I furthermore certify that:
6. (a) in my presence and in that of the witnesses
(1) the testator has signed the will or has acknowledged
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| his signature previously affixed;
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*(2) following a declaration of the testator stating that
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| he was unable to sign his will for the following reason...................., I have mentioned this declaration on the will;
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*and the signature has been affixed by .............
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7. (b) the witnesses and I have signed the will;
8. *(c) each page of the will has been signed by
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| ............. and numbered;
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9. (d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the
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| testator and of the witnesses as designated above;
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10. (e) the witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as
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| such according to the law under which I am acting;
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11. *(f) the testator has requested me to include the
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| following statement concerning the safekeeping of his will:
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12. PLACE OF EXECUTION
13. DATE
14. SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL
*to be completed if appropriate
(Source: P.A. 86-1291 .)
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