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

For New Hampshire, witnesses required is 2 or more credible witnesses; electronic wills is Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to allow an electronic will or codicil; statute citation is N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 551:2, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** New Hampshire
- **Witnesses required:** 2 or more credible witnesses _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Electronic wills:** Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to allow an electronic will or codicil _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute citation:** N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 551:2 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (d) Be signed by 2 or more credible witnesses, who shall, at the request of the testator and in the testator's presence, attest to the testator's signature.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Electronic wills

> (b) Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to allow an electronic will or codicil. This paragraph shall apply only to wills executed on or after March 23, 2020.

## Source

- https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LVI/551/551-2.htm

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