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

For Missouri, witnesses required is shall be attested by two or more competent witnesses subscribing their names to the will in the presence of the testator; statute citation is Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.320, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Missouri
- **Witnesses required:** shall be attested by two or more competent witnesses subscribing their names to the will in the presence of the testator _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.320 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Every will shall be in writing, signed by the testator, or by some person, by his direction, in his presence; and shall be attested by two or more competent witnesses subscribing their names to the will in the presence of the testator.

## Source

- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=474.320

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