SB 2127 — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 59-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act; and to provide for application.

25.0258.01000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 SENATE BILL NO.

2127 of(Judiciary NorthCommittee) Dakota Introduced by Judiciary Committee (At the request of the Commission on Uniform State Laws) AAN BILLACT for an Act to create and enact chapter 59-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act;

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An electronic nontestamentary estate planning document or electronic signature on an electronic nontestamentary estate planning document is attributable to a person if it was the actS. of the person.

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The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including by showing the efficacy of a security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature was attributable.

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An individual may create a certified paper copy of an electronic nontestamentary estate planning document by affirming under penalty of perjury before a notary public that the paper copy is a complete and accurate copy of the document.

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2127 - PAGE 6 ____________________________ ____________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House ____________________________ ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No.

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Senate Vote:

Yeas 45 Nays 1 Absent 1 House Vote:

Yeas 90 Nays 2 Absent 2 ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate Received by the Governor at ________M.

on _____________________________________, 2025.

Approved at ________M.