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

For Vermont, witnesses required is signed in the presence of two or more credible witnesses by the testator or in the testator’s name by some other person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction; statute citation is 14 V.S.A. § 5, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Vermont
- **Witnesses required:** signed in the presence of two or more credible witnesses by the testator or in the testator’s name by some other person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** 14 V.S.A. § 5 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> A will shall be: (1) in writing; (2) signed in the presence of two or more credible witnesses by the testator or in the testator’s name by some other person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction; and (3) attested and subscribed by the witnesses in the presence of the testator and each other.

## Source

- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/14/001/00005

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