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Who may apply.— Any person may apply for certified copies of the wills, entries in the registers, instruments and documents recorded in the office of the Special Notary. However, during the lifetime of the testator, certified copies of public wills, deeds of revocation of wills, records of deposit of closed wills, records of approval of closed wills, record of open printed wills shall be issued only on the application of the testator himself or by his attorney with special powers. After the death of the testator, such certified copies shall be issued to any person upon production of the death certificate of the testator and an endorsement to that effect shall be made in the margin of the page where the records or will are written, unless such endorsement has already been made.