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

For Arizona, witnesses required is disputed: Signed by at least two people, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after that person witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will per azleg.gov, Contain the electronic signatures of at least two persons per azleg.gov; statute citation is Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-2502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Arizona
- **Witnesses required:** Signed by at least two people, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after that person witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will _(per azleg.gov; the source states this two ways — see below)_
- **Statute citation:** Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-2502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute citation:** Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-2503 _(per azleg.gov — a different platform or surface from the one above)_
- **Statute citation:** Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-2518 _(per azleg.gov — a different platform or surface from the one above)_
- **Holographic wills:** A will that does not comply with section 14-2502 is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and the material provisions are in the handwriting of the testator. _(per azleg.gov, not stated by the source above)_
- **Electronic wills:** An electronic will must meet all of the following requirements: 1. Be created and maintained in an electronic record that is readable as text at the time of signing. _(per azleg.gov, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> Except as provided in sections 14-2503, 14-2506 and 14-2513, a paper will shall be: 1. In writing. 2. 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. 3. Signed by at least two people, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after that person witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will.

## The source states this two ways

The same publisher states this differently in more than one place. Each version is reproduced with the page it came from.

### Witnesses required

azleg.gov says witnesses required is **Signed by at least two people, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after that person witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will**, as of 2026-09-02.

> Except as provided in sections 14-2503, 14-2506 and 14-2513, a paper will shall be: 1. In writing. 2. 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. 3. Signed by at least two people, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after that person witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will.

Source: https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/02502.htm

azleg.gov says witnesses required is **Contain the electronic signatures of at least two persons**, as of 2026-09-02.

> An electronic will must meet all of the following requirements: 1. Be created and maintained in an electronic record that is readable as text at the time of signing. 2. Contain the electronic signature of the testator or the testator's electronic signature made by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction. 3. Contain the electronic signatures of at least two persons, each of whom met all of the following requirements:

Source: https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/02518.htm


### Statute citation

azleg.gov says statute citation is **Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-2502**, as of 2026-09-02.

> Except as provided in sections 14-2503, 14-2506 and 14-2513, a paper will shall be: 1. In writing. 2. 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. 3. Signed by at least two people, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after that person witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will.

Source: https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/02502.htm

azleg.gov says statute citation is **Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-2503**, as of 2026-09-02.

> A will that does not comply with section 14-2502 is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and the material provisions are in the handwriting of the testator.

Source: https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/02503.htm

azleg.gov says statute citation is **Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-2518**, as of 2026-09-02.

> An electronic will must meet all of the following requirements: 1. Be created and maintained in an electronic record that is readable as text at the time of signing. 2. Contain the electronic signature of the testator or the testator's electronic signature made by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction. 3. Contain the electronic signatures of at least two persons, each of whom met all of the following requirements:

Source: https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/02518.htm


## Source

- https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/02502.htm
- https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/02503.htm
- https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/02518.htm

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