South Dakota

For South Dakota, witnesses required is Signed in the conscious presence of the testator by two or more individuals; holographic wills is A will 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 S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

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What the source says

(3) Signed in the conscious presence of the testator by two or more individuals who, in the conscious presence of the testator, witnessed either the signing of the will or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature.

— sdlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02

Where each value comes from

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— all from sdlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02

What sdlegislature.gov says

(a) A will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self - proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state in which execution occurs and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under official seal, in substantially the following form:

— sdlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02

Sources

• sdlegislature.govhttps://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/29A-2-502.html
• sdlegislature.govhttps://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/29A-2-504.html

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