2006 Minnesota Statutes

524.3-406 FORMAL TESTACY PROCEEDINGS; CONTESTED CASES; TESTIMONY
OF ATTESTING WITNESSES.
(a) If evidence concerning execution of an attested will which is not self-proved is necessary
in contested cases, the testimony of at least one of the attesting witnesses, if within the state
competent and able to testify, is required. Due execution of a will may be proved by other
evidence.
(b) If the will is self-proved, compliance with signature requirements for execution is
conclusively presumed and other requirements of execution are presumed subject to rebuttal
without the testimony of any witness upon filing the will and the acknowledgment and
affidavits annexed or attached thereto, unless there is proof of fraud or forgery affecting the
acknowledgment or affidavit.
History: 1974 c 442 art 3 s 524.3-406; 1975 c 347 s 40