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Can I notarize a Last Will and Testament?

https://www.anotarycoach4you.com/blog/ Good evening! My name is Laura Biewer and I am the founder of www.CoachMeLaura.com and owner of At Your Service Mobile Notary. I want to talk to you tonight about Last Wills and Testaments, but before I do, I just need to give you that legal disclosure that I'm not an attorney and I cannot give you legal advice. What I do want to share is based on my experience with customers approaching me about getting their will notarized. What you need to know is that two witnesses are what the requirement is for wills in almost every single state. Now one state does require three, and there may be a couple of States that require notarization on top of the witnesses, but for the most part the two witnesses and the will maker's signatures are all that's required. You can notarize a will under different conditions. One would be that there's an attestation clause. An attestation clause is simply going to state that the will maker and witness one and witness two were all in each other's presence at the time of signing and that they are aware that the document that was signed was the will makers Last Will and Testament. The other thing would be if there is a self-proving affidavit - that's a very similar document that does the same thing, and again, you would notarize the will-maker and the two witnesses. That typically has a Jurat on it. So why would you need that? If you've already done the will and it just needs two witnesses - why bother with the other document? Here's why: because of probate. The probate process is slow and this document, which is notarized, would then expedite the probate process by verifying those witnesses up front with the notary. Then the court doesn't have to do it. Now, there's one other occasion when you could notarize it (even if you don't have an attestation clause or a self-proving affidavit) and that would be because they asked you to do it. However, and this is a big one, it may never replace the requirements of two witnesses. That means two people who are there at the time of signature, they watch the signers sign the document. That is incredibly important to have happen. Now a will is easily done on your own so they can go to LegalZoom.com or RocketLawyer.com, or go to Office Max and download or buy these documents. But they're very sensitive because they deal with the assets after the will-maker is gone. Not everybody goes through probate, however most will if you have real estate that you own or you have liquid assets over a certain threshold amount. Every state is a little different with that. So how do I avoid the probate process? You avoid it by not owning anything at your death or by having a living trust. A living trust is a vehicle for you to give up ownership of your assets, your real estate, and any other assets during your lifetime to the trust. The trust owns it, and you own the trust. And then you manage all those assets for your own benefit during your lifetime and you make provision for those who are left behind and who you would like to get what. Read the rest of the full blog here: https://www.anotarycoach4you.com/blog/