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

For New Jersey, self-proving affidavit is Any will executed on or after September 1, 1978 may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses; statute citation is N.J. Stat. Ann. § 3B:3-4, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** New Jersey
- **Self-proving affidavit:** Any will executed on or after September 1, 1978 may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** N.J. Stat. Ann. § 3B:3-4 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Any will executed on or after September 1, 1978 may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized pursuant to

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/title-3b-administration-of-estates-decedents-and-others/nj-st-sect-3b-3-4/

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