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755 ILCS 5/1-2.26

    (755 ILCS 5/1-2.26)
    Sec. 1-2.26. "In the presence of" and any variation thereof includes:
        (1) being in the same physical location as another

person and close enough to see and know the other person is signing a document; or

(2) being in a different physical location from

another person, but able, using electronic means, to see, hear, communicate, and know that the person is signing a document in real time.

(Source: P.A. 102-167, eff. 7-26-21.)