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

Who it is for

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

Not the right fit if

The person signing isn't in Florida, 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 Florida will signing data file, checked November 2026 against Fla. Stat. 732.502, Execution of wills (Florida Senate); Fla. Stat. 732.501, Who may make a will (Florida Senate); Fla. Stat. 732.504, Who may witness (Florida Senate, 2018 edition); Fla. Stat. 732.503, Self-proof of will (Florida Senate); Fla. Stat. 732.522, Method and place of execution (Florida Senate); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Florida (Nolo, updated November 2023).
• All 7 Florida 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: Florida says a handwritten will that is signed and witnessed under its execution rule isn't treated as a holographic will. The page we read doesn't say an unwitnessed one is valid, so we left that blank.

What is inside

• Start here. The 7 confirmed Florida facts at a glance.
• Florida signing-day checklist. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Two witnesses. The testator signs or acknowledges in front of both, and they sign in front of the testator and each other. 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. The statutory form has boxes for physical presence or online notarization. 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 will, or any part of it, isn't invalid because an interested witness signed it (2018 edition of the statute).
• Witness information sheet. One block per Florida witness (2 required, plus a spare).
• Original-will storage and location record. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Florida: Not recognized unless witnessed: a handwritten will needs the same two witnesses as any other will, per Nolo's Florida page (updated November 2023).
• Florida will signing tracker (Excel). Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in Florida: Witnesses may appear by audio-video only when supervised by a notary in an online notarization session under chapter 117. Electronic wills: Authorized. A signature requirement can be met with an electronic signature.