A holograph will shall be of no effect unless it is wholly written, dated and signed by the testator himself.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 754
Holograph Will · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
It shall be of no effect where it appears that the testator, being illiterate or not knowing the language in which the will is drawn up, has reproduced graphic symbols without understanding their meaning.
It shall be of no effect unless each of the leaves which make it up is dated and signed by the testator.
A holograph will typewritten by the testator shall be of no effect unless it bears on each of its leaves a handwritten indication of such fact.
A holograph will may be deposited with a notary or in a Court registry or registry of a local authority.