North Dakota

For North Dakota, witnesses required is By at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after witnessing either the signing of the will; notarization rule is Acknowledged by the testator before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments; holographic wills is A will that does not comply with subsection 1 is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting; statute citation is N.D. Cent. Code § 30.1-08-02, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

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What the source says

(1) By at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after witnessing either the signing of the will as described in subdivision b or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will; or (2) Acknowledged by the testator before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.

— codes.findlaw.com, retrieved 2026-09-02

Where each value comes from

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— all from codes.findlaw.com, retrieved 2026-09-02

Source

• codes.findlaw.comhttps://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-30-1-uniform-probate-code/nd-cent-code-sect-30-1-08-02/

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