A signed will printed by a computer is also a will written by myself.
With the development of science and technology, there is no legislation in advance. With the progress of science and technology, computers, printers and other electronic office equipment are entering thousands of households, and it is more and more accepted to print letters with computers. China's Inheritance Law (1985) only stipulates five forms of wills. In recent years, more and more people have taken computer-printed wills to court, demanding to protect their rights and interests. Whether the printed will belongs to the self-written will or the proxy will in the Inheritance Law is controversial in civil and legal circles. Some legal experts even pointed out that this kind of printed will belongs to the five legal forms stipulated in the Inheritance Law and is a new form of will protected by civil law. It is against the development of the times and judicial progress not to recognize the effectiveness of printed will.
But it must meet the valid conditions of the will:
1. The testator must have full capacity for civil conduct. That is, a will made by a person who has reached the age of 18 and is in a normal mental state is valid.
2. The will must be the true meaning of the testator. Wills made by coercion or fraud, as well as altered or forged wills, are invalid.
3. The contents of the will shall not violate the law, and shall not harm the interests of the state and the collective.
4. The will should reserve the necessary share of the inheritance for the heirs who lack the ability to work and have no source of income; Property owned by the state, the collective or others shall not be disposed of.
Relevant laws and regulations:
Will The so-called will refers to the legal act of disposing of his estate or other business by individuals within the scope permitted by law before the testator's life, which takes effect when the testator dies. Will * * * has the following characteristics:
1, a will is a unilateral legal act, that is, a will is a legal act that can produce expected legal consequences based on the testator's unilateral expression of will.
2. The testator must have full capacity for civil conduct, and those with limited capacity and those without capacity for civil conduct cannot make a will.
3. The establishment of a will cannot be an agent. The content of a will must be the true meaning of the testator, which should be made by the testator himself and cannot be represented by others. If it is a will written by proxy, it must also be signed by myself and witnessed by more than two witnesses.
4. In case of emergency, it can only be used orally, and more than two witnesses are needed to witness it. After the state of emergency is lifted, if the testator can make a will in written form or recorded form, the oral will is invalid.
5. A will is an act that takes legal effect only when the testator dies. Because a will is a disposition made by the testator before his death, and it can be changed or revoked before his death, the will must be based on the testator's death.
6. If the testator is not actually dead, but has the relevant legal conditions and is declared dead by the people's court upon the application of the relevant interested parties, the will will also take legal effect, and the interested parties may dispose of the testator's property. If the testator reappears in a short time, the corresponding property can be returned to the testator; If it takes a long time, such as more than two years, and the property cannot be returned, the beneficiary shall help the testator's basic life within the scope of his benefit, but the legal obligor is not subject to this restriction.
No notarization is required.