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

For Oklahoma, witnesses required is two attesting witnesses; holographic wills is A holographic will is one that is entirely written, dated and signed by the hand of the testator himself; self-proving affidavit is may, at the time of execution or at any subsequent date during the lifetimes of the testator and the witnesses, be made self-proved; statute citation is Okla. Stat. tit. 84, § 55, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Oklahoma
- **Witnesses required:** two attesting witnesses _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Holographic wills:** A holographic will is one that is entirely written, dated and signed by the hand of the testator himself _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Self-proving affidavit:** may, at the time of execution or at any subsequent date during the lifetimes of the testator and the witnesses, be made self-proved _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute citation:** Okla. Stat. tit. 84, § 55 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 4. There must be two attesting witnesses, each of whom must sign his name as a witness at the end of the will at the testator's request and in his presence.

## Where each value comes from

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

### Holographic wills

> A holographic will is one that is entirely written, dated and signed by the hand of the testator himself. It is subject to no other form, and may be made in or out of this State, and need not be witnessed.

### Self-proving affidavit

> 5. Every will, other than a holographic and a nuncupative will, and every codicil to such will or to a holographic will may, at the time of execution or at any subsequent date during the lifetimes of the testator and the witnesses, be made self-proved, and the testimony of the witnesses in the probate thereof may be made unnecessary by:

## Source

- https://oksenate.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/os84.pdf

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