Notwithstanding the two preceding sections, a soldier being in actual military service, or a mariner or seaman being at sea, may dispose of his personal estate as he might heretofore have done; and the will of a person domiciled out of this state at the time of his death shall be valid as to his personal property in this state, if it be executed according to the law of the state or country in which he was so domiciled.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 1. Capacity to Make; Requisites; Validity
§41-1-1. Who May Make Will and as to What Property
§41-1-2. Who May Not Make Will
§41-1-3. Must Be in Writing; Witnesses
§41-1-4. Execution of Power of Appointment
§41-1-5. Wills of Personal Estate by Soldiers, Sailors or Nonresidents
§41-1-6. Revocation by Divorce; No Revocation by Other Changes of Circumstances
§41-1-8. Revival After Revocation
§41-1-9. Effect of Subsequent Conveyance
§41-1-10. On What Wills Chapter Operates; When Re-Executed Wills Deemed to Be Made