A will that isn't signed correctly isn't a will. Here is what each state we serve requires at the signing table, from each state's own statute.
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The will you prepare here is signed on paper. Federal law leaves wills, codicils, and testamentary trusts entirely to state law rather than to the electronic-signature rules that cover ordinary contracts (15 U.S.C. § 7003(a)(1)), and a handful of states have their own electronic-will statutes with their own requirements. This service does not prepare one: print your will and sign it with your witnesses as your state's page below describes.
Florida
2 witnesses present at signing
A Florida will must be signed at the end by the testator, and the testator must sign or acknowledge it in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, who must sign in the presence of the testator and of each other (§ 732.502(1), Fla. Stat.). Notarization is not required to make the will valid. Florida law separately provides for a self-proving affidavit before a notary (§ 732.503, Fla. Stat.).
A typed Texas will must be signed by the testator, or by another person at the testator's direction and in the testator's presence, and attested by two credible witnesses who are at least fourteen years old and sign in the testator's presence (Estates Code § 251.051). Notarization is optional but is used for the self-proving affidavit attached to the will (§ 251.104).
A Nevada will must be in writing, signed by the testator or by an attending person at the testator's express direction, and attested by at least two competent witnesses who subscribe their names in the testator's presence (NRS 133.040). Notarization is not required to make the will valid. NRS 133.050 lets the attesting witnesses make the will self-proving in either of two ways: an affidavit sworn before a notary, or a DECLARATION signed under penalty of perjury with no notary at all.
A Wisconsin will must be signed by the testator and by at least two witnesses who sign within a reasonable time after witnessing the testator's signing, or the testator's acknowledgment of the signature or of the will, in the witness's conscious presence (Wis. Stat. 853.03). The two witnesses may observe at different times, so a single sitting is best practice rather than a requirement. Notarization is not required for validity; it is required only for the self-proving affidavit under Wis. Stat. 853.04, which needs an officer authorized to administer oaths.
A Nebraska will must be in writing, signed by the testator or in the testator's name by another individual in the testator's presence and by the testator's direction, and signed by at least two individuals each of whom witnessed either the signing or the testator's acknowledgment of the signature or of the will (Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-2327). The acknowledgment need not be sworn. Witnesses must sign before the testator's death. Notarization is not required for validity; it is required only for the self-proving affidavit under Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-2329.
A Michigan will must be in writing, signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction, and signed by at least two individuals each of whom signed within a reasonable time after witnessing either the signing of the will or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or of the will (MCL 700.2502). Notarization is not required for validity. This document offers both self-proving routes MCL 700.2504 allows: the sworn affidavit under MCL 700.2504(1) to (3), which needs a notary, and the UNSWORN statement made under penalty of perjury that MCL 700.2504(5) permits, which needs no notary; the customer completes one or the other.
Each state's requirement above is maintained against the state's own statute (the citations appear in the notes) and reviewed when the underlying law changes. States with no released templates aren't listed — we don't summarize law we haven't verified.
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