# Alaska — Will execution requirements by state: witnesses, notarization, holographic and electronic wills

For Alaska, witnesses required is signed by at least two individuals; holographic wills is a will that does not comply with (a) of this section is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting; statute citation is Alaska Stat. § 13.12.502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Alaska
- **Witnesses required:** signed by at least two individuals _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Holographic wills:** a will that does not comply with (a) of this section is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute citation:** Alaska Stat. § 13.12.502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (3) signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signs within a reasonable time after the witness witnesses either the signing of the will as described in (2) of this subsection or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or the will.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Holographic wills

> a will that does not comply with (a) of this section is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/ak/title-13-decedents-estates-guardianships-transfers-trusts-and-health-care-decisions/ak-st-sect-13-12-502/

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2028-02-24.
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