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

Who it is for

Anyone signing a will in Delaware, and the family member, friend or office helping set up the signing. Who can make a will, per the official page: 18 or older, of sound mind.

Not the right fit if

The person signing isn't in Delaware, 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 Delaware will signing data file, checked November 2026 against Delaware Code Title 12 (Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations), Chapter 2, Wills; Delaware Code Title 12, Chapter 13, Probate of Wills (section 1305, self-proved wills); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Delaware (Nolo, updated September 2025).
• All 7 Delaware facts are confirmed: on an official page, or where none could be read, on a vetted secondary source marked as such.
• Sources: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/title12.pdf https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c013/index.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/delaware-make-will-31927.html
• For the estate side in Delaware, the Delaware Executor and Estate Kit: $50,000 for deaths on or after June 11, 2026; $30,000 before. Only when there's no real estate in the person's name alone. The affidavit can also transfer motor vehicles, trailers and boats.

What is inside

• Start here. The 7 confirmed Delaware facts at a glance.
• Delaware signing-day checklist. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Two or more credible witnesses, who sign in the testator's presence. Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. Have a notary or another officer who can administer oaths there for the self-proving affidavit. The statute names that officer rather than notaries by name. Allowed at signing or any later date, before an officer authorized to administer oaths in the state, under official seal. If no notary is available on the day, the affidavit can be added later, while the witnesses can still be reached. The rule here: A witness who gets something under the will doesn't make the will or any part of it invalid. The testator signs (or acknowledges the signature) while the witnesses watch, then each witness signs.
• Witness information sheet. One block per Delaware witness (2 required, plus a spare).
• Original-will storage and location record. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Delaware: Not recognized. A will that isn't written, signed and witnessed as the statute says is void. A separate handwritten list can cover only certain personal items.
• Delaware will signing tracker (Excel). Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in Delaware: Not provided for: no Delaware law we found lets witnesses appear by video, and e-wills aren't authorized (Nolo's Delaware page, updated September 2025). Electronic wills: Not authorized: Nolo's Delaware page (updated September 2025) says the will must be on paper, not audio, video or a digital file.