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

For Colorado, witnesses required is Signed by at least two individuals, either prior to or after the testator's death; notarization rule is Acknowledged by the testator before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments; holographic wills is A will that does not comply with subsection (1) 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 Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-11-502, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Colorado _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Witnesses required:** Signed by at least two individuals, either prior to or after the testator's death _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notarization rule:** Acknowledged by the testator before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Holographic wills:** A will that does not comply with subsection (1) 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 the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-11-502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (I) Signed by at least two individuals, either prior to or after the testator's death, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he or she witnessed either the testator's signing of the will as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will; or (II) Acknowledged by the testator before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-15-probate-trusts-and-fiduciaries/co-rev-st-sect-15-11-502/

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2028-02-09.
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