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

For New Mexico, witnesses required is signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed in the presence of the testator and of each other after each witnessed the signing of the will as described in Subsection B of this section; statute citation is N.M. Stat. Ann. § 45-2-502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** New Mexico
- **Witnesses required:** signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed in the presence of the testator and of each other after each witnessed the signing of the will as described in Subsection B of this section. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** N.M. Stat. Ann. § 45-2-502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 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; and C. signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed in the presence of the testator and of each other after each witnessed the signing of the will as described in Subsection B of this section.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-45-uniform-probate-code/nm-st-sect-45-2-502/

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