The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 5)
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§ 5. Execution of will; requisites
(a) 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.
(b) During the period that the Emergency Administrative Rules for Remote Notarial Acts
adopted by the Vermont Secretary of State (the Emergency Rules) are in effect, the
witnesses to a will signed in conformity with the Emergency Rules and pursuant to
the self-proving will provisions of section 108 of this title shall be considered to be in the presence of the testator and each other whether
or not the witnesses are physically present with the testator or the notary. (Amended 2005, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2019, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 28, 2020.)