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

For Maine, witnesses required is Signed by at least 2 individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual witnessed either the signing of the will; holographic wills is 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 18-C M.R.S. § 2-502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Maine
- **Witnesses required:** Signed by at least 2 individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual witnessed either the signing of the will _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Holographic wills:** 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:** 18-C M.R.S. § 2-502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Signed by at least 2 individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual witnessed either the signing of the will as described in

## 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

> subsection 1 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://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec2-502.html

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