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

For Utah, witnesses required is signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he witnessed either the signing of the will as described in Subsection (1)(b) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will; 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 Utah Code § 75-2-502, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Utah
- **Witnesses required:** signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he witnessed either the signing of the will as described in Subsection (1)(b) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Holographic wills:** 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. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute citation:** Utah Code § 75-2-502 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Except as provided in Subsection (2) and in Sections 75-2-503 , 75-2-506 , and 75-2-513 , a will shall be: in writing; signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction; and signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he witnessed either the signing of the will as described in Subsection (1)(b) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will.

## 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 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.

## Source

- https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S502_1800010118000101.xml

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