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

For Rhode Island, witnesses required is this signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two (2) or more witnesses present at the same time, and the witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator; statute citation is R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-5-5, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Rhode Island
- **Witnesses required:** this signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two (2) or more witnesses present at the same time, and the witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-5-5 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> No will shall be valid, except as provided in §§ 33-5-6 and 33-5-7, unless it shall be in writing and signed by the testator, or by some other person for him or her in his or her presence and by his or her express direction; and this signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two (2) or more witnesses present at the same time, and the witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator

## Source

- https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-5/33-5-5.htm

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