Colorado Will Signing Day Kit: Colorado's Witness and Notary Rules, Signing-Day Checklist, Witness Sheet and Original-Will Record

Who it is for

Anyone signing a will in Colorado, and the family member, friend or office helping set up the signing. Who can make a will, per the official page: At least 18 and of sound mind (Nolo, citing C.R.S. 15-11-501).

Not the right fit if

The person signing isn't in Colorado, you still need the will written (that's a lawyer's job), or someone may contest it. Not a will form or a legal service.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Colorado will signing data file, checked November 2026 against HB21-1004, Colorado Uniform Electronic Wills Act (Colorado General Assembly); Instructions for Probate with a Will, JDF 906 (Colorado Judicial Branch); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Colorado (Nolo, updated September 2025); Justia (statute text) (secondary source): C.R.S. 15-11-505, Who may witness (Justia statute text, 2022 Colorado Code).
• All 7 Colorado facts are confirmed: on an official page, or where none could be read, on a vetted secondary source marked as such.
• Also from the file: For probate, the court's instructions say the original will must be filed with the court.
• For the estate side in Colorado, the Colorado Executor and Estate Kit: Fair market value of everything the person owned, less liens and encumbrances, by year of death: $82,000 for 2024, $80,000 for 2023, $74,000 for 2022, $70,000 for 2020 and 2021, $68,000 for 2019, $66,000 for 2017 and 2018. The form we read stops at 2024. It can't transfer real estate.

What is inside

• Start here. The 7 confirmed Colorado facts at a glance.
• Colorado signing-day checklist. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Two witnesses who sign within a reasonable time after seeing the signing or acknowledgment, or instead the testator acknowledges the will before a notary (Nolo, citing C.R.S. 15-11-502). Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. Have a notary there for the self-proving affidavit. The official page we read names a notary public. Allowed. Per Nolo (citing C.R.S. 15-11-504), the testator and witnesses sign an affidavit before a notary. The rule here: Allowed: a will, or any part of it, isn't invalid because an interested witness signed it (C.R.S. 15-11-505, Justia's 2022 code text). Disinterested witnesses are still the safer choice. The testator signs (or acknowledges the signature) while the witnesses watch, then each witness signs.
• Witness information sheet. One block per Colorado witness (2 required, plus a spare).
• Original-will storage and location record. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Colorado: Recognized without witnesses if the signature and material provisions are in the testator's handwriting (Nolo, citing 15-11-502).
• Colorado will signing tracker (Excel). Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in Colorado: For an electronic will: witnesses (or a Colorado notary) may be electronically present; remote witnesses must be U.S. residents located in the U.S. (Nolo, citing 15-11-1305). Electronic wills: Authorized. The act declares an electronic will a will for all purposes.