No, not for the will itself.
The signing rule on the pages we read asks for two attesting witnesses, who each sign. The testator signs in their presence or acknowledges the signature to them. A notary isn't part of that rule; one comes in for the self-proving affidavit, where it's used.
In the source's wording
"There must be two attesting witnesses"
From the sources listed below, checked November 2026.
What else the signing needs
- Self-proving affidavit
- Allowed, before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and administer oaths, or by a written declaration under penalty of perjury.
"made before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds of conveyance and to administer oaths"
- Interested witnesses
- A gift to a witness is void unless two other competent witnesses signed. A witness who would inherit anyway keeps up to that share.
"unless there are two other competent subscribing witnesses to the same"
- Remote or video signing
- For an electronic will only: the two witnesses may sign in the testator's physical or electronic presence (live sight and sound from different places), and they must be U.S. residents physically in the U.S. when they sign (Nolo's Oklahoma page, updated September 2025, on the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act).
"in the physical or electronic presence of the will maker"
- Electronic wills
- Authorized since November 1, 2024. An electronic will can be signed, attested and made self-proving at the same time, by acknowledgment before an officer whose certificate is attached to or logically associated with the electronic will (84 O.S. 907).
"An electronic will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proving by acknowledgment of the testator"
- Handwritten wills
- Recognized if entirely written, dated and signed by the testator's own hand. No witnesses needed.
"entirely written, dated and signed by the hand of the testator himself"
- Who can make a will
- Over 18 and of sound mind.
"Every person over the age of eighteen (18) years of sound mind may, by last will, dispose of all his estate."
Next step
Plan an in-person signing, with the witnesses in the room. Online notarization of a will is generally not available through us: New Jersey's remote notarization law leaves wills and codicils out for signers outside the U.S. (N.J.S.A. 52:7-10.10), and states set their own rules on video witnessing. Here: For an electronic will only: the two witnesses may sign in the testator's physical or electronic presence (live sight and sound from different places), and they must be U.S. residents physically in the U.S. when they sign (Nolo's Oklahoma page, updated September 2025, on the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act).
Need a notary for the self-proving affidavit in Oklahoma? We can look for a mobile notary commissioned there; bring your own witnesses (two).
Request a mobile notary in Oklahoma
If a local notary in Oklahoma does it: $5 per notarial act, under the state's fee rules (Oklahoma notary fees).
Worth knowing
An oral will is valid only in narrow cases: an estate of $1,000 or less, proved by two witnesses, made in military service, at sea or expecting immediate death from an injury that day.
Sources
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 84, Wills and Succession (Oklahoma Legislature, complete title) (checked November 2026)
- Justia (statute text) (secondary source): 84 O.S. 907, Acknowledgment and attestation (2025 Oklahoma Statutes, Justia statute text) (checked November 2026)
- National Notary Association (secondary source): OK Senate Bill 468 law update (National Notary Association): signed May 28, 2024, effective November 1, 2024 (checked November 2026)
- Nolo (secondary source): How to Make Will in Oklahoma (Nolo, updated September 2025) (checked November 2026)
Sourced from official pages; a few facts from vetted secondary sources, marked "(secondary source)".
We are not lawyers, and this is general information, not legal advice. Checked November 2026. Rules change, and whoever receives the document decides what it accepts; we can't guarantee acceptance.
Common questions
Does a will have to be notarized in Oklahoma?
No, not for the will itself. The signing rule on the pages we read asks for two attesting witnesses, who each sign. The testator signs in their presence or acknowledges the signature to them. A notary isn't part of that rule; one comes in for the self-proving affidavit, where it's used.
Where does a notary come in for a Oklahoma will?
The self-proving affidavit. Allowed, before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and administer oaths, or by a written declaration under penalty of perjury.
Can a will be signed over video in Oklahoma?
For an electronic will only: the two witnesses may sign in the testator's physical or electronic presence (live sight and sound from different places), and they must be U.S. residents physically in the U.S. when they sign (Nolo's Oklahoma page, updated September 2025, on the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act).
Can a beneficiary witness a Oklahoma will?
A gift to a witness is void unless two other competent witnesses signed. A witness who would inherit anyway keeps up to that share.
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