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

Who it is for

Anyone signing a will in Oregon, 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 lawfully married, and of sound mind.

Not the right fit if

The person signing isn't in Oregon, 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 Oregon will signing data file, checked November 2026 against ORS Chapter 112, Intestate Succession and Wills (Oregon Legislature); Justia (statute text) (secondary source): ORS 112.235, Execution of a will (2021 Oregon Revised Statutes, Justia); FindLaw Codes (secondary source): ORS 112.238, Exception to will execution formalities (FindLaw Codes, current as of January 1, 2023); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Oregon (Nolo, updated August 2025).
• All 7 Oregon 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: A court can treat a will that doesn't meet the signing rules as valid if there's clear and convincing evidence the person meant it as a will (ORS 112.238).
• For the estate side in Oregon, the Oregon Executor and Estate Kit: The estate's fair market value up to $275,000, with no more than $200,000 in real property and no more than $75,000 in personal property.

What is inside

• Start here. The 7 confirmed Oregon facts at a glance.
• Oregon signing-day checklist. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Two witnesses, who each see the testator sign or acknowledge the signature and then sign. Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. The statute we read doesn't say who takes the affidavit. Ask the lawyer whether to have a notary there. A witness's signature on an affidavit signed at the same time as the will counts as a witness signature. The statute we read doesn't mention a notary. The rule here: A will signed by an interested witness isn't invalid for that reason. The testator signs (or acknowledges the signature) while the witnesses watch, then each witness signs. Remote witnessing: Not provided for: no Oregon law we found lets witnesses appear by video, and e-wills aren't authorized: the execution statute says a writing doesn't include an electronic record (ORS 112.
• Witness information sheet. One block per Oregon witness (2 required, plus a spare).
• Original-will storage and location record. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Oregon: Not recognized as a separate kind of will: every will must be in writing and signed by the testator and two witnesses (ORS 112.235). A document that misses those steps, handwritten or not, can be treated as a will only if a court finds clear and convincing evidence the person meant it as one (ORS 112.238).
• Oregon will signing tracker (Excel). Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in Oregon: Not provided for: no Oregon law we found lets witnesses appear by video, and e-wills aren't authorized: the execution statute says a writing doesn't include an electronic record (ORS 112.235(4)), and Nolo's Oregon page (updated August 2025) agrees. Electronic wills: Not allowed. For a will, a writing doesn't include an electronic record.