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

For Hawaii, witnesses required is Signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph (2) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will; holographic wills is A will that does not comply with subsection (a) 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 Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:2-502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Hawaii
- **Witnesses required:** Signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph (2) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Holographic wills:** A will that does not comply with subsection (a) 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:** Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:2-502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Except as provided in subsection (b) and in sections 560:2-503, 560:2-506, and 560:2-513, a will must 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; and (3) Signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph (2) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of 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 subsection (a) 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://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0002-0502.htm

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