Probate Code section 6384

The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by the authorized person establishing that the requirements of this chapter 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 shall 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,
2.certify that on (date) at (place)
3.(testator) (name, address, date and place of birth)
in my presence and that of the witnesses
4.(a)(name, address, date and place of birth)

(b)

(name, address, date and place of birth)
has declared that the attached document is his will and that he knows thecontents thereof.
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 his signature previously affixed.

(2)

following a declaration of the testator stating that he was unable to sign his will for the following reason ________________, I have mentioned this declaration on the will,* and the signature has been affixed by
(name and address)*
7.(b)the witnesses and I have signed the will;
8.(c)each page of the will has been signed by
_________________ and numbered;*
9.(d)I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the witnesses as designated above;
10.(e)the witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to the law under which I am acting;
11.(f)the testator has requested me to include the following statement concerning the safekeeping of his will:*
12.
PLACE OF EXECUTION
13.
DATE
14.
SIGNATURE and, if
necessary, SEAL
__________
*to be completed if appropriate

Source: Section 6384, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=6384.­ (accessed Apr. 24, 2025).

Last Updated

Apr. 24, 2025

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