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

For Massachusetts, witnesses required is signed by at least 2 individuals; statute citation is Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 2-502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Massachusetts
- **Witnesses required:** signed by at least 2 individuals _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 2-502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (3) signed by at least 2 individuals, each of whom 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.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/ma/part-ii-real-and-personal-property-and-domestic-relations-ch-183-210/ma-gen-laws-ch-190b-sect-2-502/

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