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

For Michigan, witnesses required is Signed by at least 2 individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he or she witnessed either the signing of the will as described in subdivision (b) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will; holographic wills is A will that does not comply with subsection (1) is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if it is dated, and if the testator's signature and the document's material portions are in the testator's handwriting; statute citation is Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Michigan
- **Witnesses required:** Signed by at least 2 individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he or she witnessed either the signing of the will as described in subdivision (b) 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 (1) is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if it is dated, and if the testator's signature and the document's material portions are in the testator's handwriting. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute citation:** Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> a will is valid only if it is all of the following: (a) In writing. (b) 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. (c) Signed by at least 2 individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he or she witnessed either the signing of the will as described in subdivision (b) 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

> (2) A will that does not comply with subsection (1) is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if it is dated, and if the testator's signature and the document's material portions are in the testator's handwriting.

## Source

- https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-2502

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