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

For Pennsylvania, statute citation is 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Pennsylvania
- **Statute citation:** 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute citation:** 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3132.1 _(per codes.findlaw.com — a different platform or surface from the one above)_
- **Self-proving affidavit:** An attested will may at the time of its execution or at any subsequent date be made self-proved by the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses _(per codes.findlaw.com, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> Every will shall be in writing and shall be signed by the testator at the end thereof, subject to the following rules and exceptions:

## The source states this two ways

The same publisher states this differently in more than one place. Each version is reproduced with the page it came from.

### Statute citation

codes.findlaw.com says statute citation is **20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2502**, as of 2026-09-02.

> Every will shall be in writing and shall be signed by the testator at the end thereof, subject to the following rules and exceptions:

Source: https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-20-pacsa-decedents-estates-and-fiduciaries/pa-csa-sect-20-2502/

codes.findlaw.com says statute citation is **20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3132.1**, as of 2026-09-02.

> (b) Acknowledgment and affidavits.--An attested will may at the time of its execution or at any subsequent date be made self-proved by the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this Commonwealth or under the laws of the state where execution occurs

Source: https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-20-pacsa-decedents-estates-and-fiduciaries/pa-csa-sect-20-3132-1/


## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-20-pacsa-decedents-estates-and-fiduciaries/pa-csa-sect-20-2502/
- https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-20-pacsa-decedents-estates-and-fiduciaries/pa-csa-sect-20-3132-1/

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