Title 53, Chapter 4, Section 20
( 53-4-20)
(a) A will shall be in writing and shall be signed by the testator
or by some other individual in the testator's presence and at the
testator's express direction. A testator may sign by mark or by any
name that is intended to authenticate the instrument as the
testator's will. (b) A will shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the
testator by two or more competent witnesses. A witness to a will
may attest by mark. Another individual may not subscribe the name of
a witness, even in that witness's presence and at that witness's
direction. (c) A codicil shall be executed by the testator and attested and
subscribed by witnesses with the same formality as a will. |