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

For Georgia, witnesses required is A will shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses; statute citation is O.C.G.A. § 53-4-20, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Georgia
- **Witnesses required:** A will shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** O.C.G.A. § 53-4-20 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) A will shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses. A witness to a will may attest by mark. Another individual may not subscribe the name of a witness, even in that witness's presence and at that witness's direction.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/ga/title-53-wills-trusts-and-administration-of-estates/ga-code-sect-53-4-20/

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