Will (definition)
| A legal declaration of the manner in which a person wishes to distribute his (her) estate after death. | ||
| State Law | ||
| Arizona | ||
| includes a codicil and any testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession Arizona Laws 14-1201 | ||
| includes a codicil, testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor and instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument Arizona Laws 14-13102 | ||
| includes codicils Arizona Laws 1-215 | ||
| California | ||
| includes a codicil, a testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor, or an instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument California Probate Code 871 | ||
| includes codicil California Civil Code 14, California Penal Code 7, California Code of Civil Procedure 17 | ||
| includes codicil and any testamentary instrument which merely appoints an executor or revokes or revises another will California Probate Code 88 | ||
| Delaware | ||
| means “last will and testament” and includes “codicil Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302 | ||
| Florida | ||
| means an instrument admitted to probate, including a codicil, executed by an individual in the manner prescribed by the Florida Probate Code, which disposes of the individual’s property on or after his or her death Florida Statutes 740.002 | ||
| Idaho | ||
| includes a codicil and any testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession Idaho Code 15-2-1102 | ||
| includes a codicil, testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor and instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument Idaho Code 15-14-102 | ||
| includes codicils Idaho Code 73-114 | ||
| Indiana | ||
| includes a codicil, a testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor, and an instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument Indiana Code 32-39-1-28 | ||
| includes a testament and codicil Indiana Code 1-1-4-5 | ||
| includes a trust or other instrument governing the distribution of assets following an individual’s death Indiana Code 29-2-12-1.5 | ||
| Iowa | ||
| includes codicil; it also includes a testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, and a testamentary instrument that merely revokes or revives another will Iowa Code 633.3 | ||
| includes codicils Iowa Code 4.1 | ||
| means the same as defined in section 633 Iowa Code 638.2 | ||
| Kansas | ||
| includes codicils Kansas Statutes 77-201 | ||
| Kentucky | ||
| includes a codicil, testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor, and instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument Kentucky Statutes 395A.020 | ||
| includes codicils Kentucky Statutes 446.010 | ||
| means a last will or testament, codicil, appointment by will, writing in the nature of a will in exercise of a power, and any other testamentary disposition Kentucky Statutes 394.010 | ||
| Maine | ||
| includes a codicil Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 | ||
| Michigan | ||
| includes , but is not limited to, a codicil and a testamentary instrument that appoints a personal representative, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to the decedent’s property that is passing by intestate succession Michigan Laws 700.1108 | ||
| means that term as defined in section 1108 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700 Michigan Laws 700.1002 | ||
| Missouri | ||
| includes the words testament and codicil Missouri Laws 1.020 | ||
| Montana | ||
| includes a codicil, testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor, and instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument Montana Code 72-31-402 | ||
| includes codicils Montana Code 1-1-205 | ||
| New Hampshire | ||
| shall include codicils New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:22 | ||
| North Carolina | ||
| shall be construed to include codicils as well as wills North Carolina General Statutes 12-3 | ||
| North Dakota | ||
| includes codicils North Dakota Code 1-01-49 | ||
| Ohio | ||
| includes codicil Ohio Code 1.59 | ||
| includes codicils to wills admitted to probate, lost, spoliated, or destroyed wills, and instruments admitted to probate under Chapter 5817 of the Revised Code Ohio Code 2137.01 | ||
| South Dakota | ||
| includes a codicil or codicils South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2 | ||
| includes a codicil, testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor, and instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument South Dakota Codified Laws 55-19-1 | ||
| Tennessee | ||
| includes codicil Tennessee Code 32-1-101 | ||
| Texas | ||
| includes : (1) a codicil; and (2) a testamentary instrument that merely: (A) appoints an executor or guardian; (B) directs how property may not be disposed of; or (C) revokes another will Texas Estates Code 22.034 |
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| Utah | ||
| includes a codicil and any testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession Utah Code 75-2-1402 | ||
| includes a codicil, a testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor, and an instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument Utah Code 75-11-102 | ||
| includes a codicil Utah Code 68-3-12.5 | ||
| Vermont | ||
| includes a codicil, testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor, and an instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument | ||
| shall include codicils | ||
| Virginia | ||
| includes a codicil or other amendment to a testamentary instrument Virginia Code 64.2-1033 | ||
| includes a codicil, testamentary instrument that only appoints an executor, and instrument that revokes or revises a testamentary instrument Virginia Code 64.2-116 | ||
| includes any testament, codicil, exercise of a power of appointment by will or by a writing in the nature of a will, or any other testamentary disposition Virginia Code 64.2-100 | ||
| Washington | ||
| means an instrument validly executed as required by RCW 11 Washington Code 11.02.005 | ||
| Wisconsin | ||
| includes codicils as well as wills Wisconsin Statutes 990.01 | ||