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

For Kentucky, witnesses required is at least two (2) credible witnesses; statute citation is Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 394.040, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Kentucky
- **Witnesses required:** at least two (2) credible witnesses _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 394.040 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute citation:** Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 394.225 _(per apps.legislature.ky.gov — a different platform or surface from the one above)_
- **Self-proving affidavit:** Any will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses _(per apps.legislature.ky.gov, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> If the will is not wholly written by the testator, the subscription shall be made or the will acknowledged by him in the presence of at least two (2) credible witnesses, who shall subscribe the will with their names in the presence of the testator, and in the presence of each other.

## 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.

### Statute citation

apps.legislature.ky.gov says statute citation is **Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 394.040**, as of 2026-09-02.

> If the will is not wholly written by the testator, the subscription shall be made or the will acknowledged by him in the presence of at least two (2) credible witnesses, who shall subscribe the will with their names in the presence of the testator, and in the presence of each other.

Source: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36237

apps.legislature.ky.gov says statute citation is **Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 394.225**, as of 2026-09-02.

> (1) Any will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state and evidenced by the officer's certificate, in substantially the following form:

Source: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36262


## Source

- https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36237
- https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36262

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