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

Who it is for

Anyone signing a will in Connecticut, and the family member, friend or office helping set up the signing. Who can make a will, per the official page: 18 or older. The probate courts' affidavit for a witness proving a will (form PC-210) has the witness swear the testator was at least 18.

Not the right fit if

The person signing isn't in Connecticut, 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 Connecticut will signing data file, checked November 2026 against Affidavit in Proof of Will and/or Codicil, form PC-210 (rev. 1/19), Connecticut Probate Courts; Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Connecticut (Nolo, updated September 2025).
• All 7 Connecticut 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: Only the minimum age was confirmed. The state's statute site couldn't be opened for this check, so the witness count, the self-proving affidavit and the other rules are left unconfirmed. The probate courts' form PC-210 is a witness's sworn statement used after the testator's death, signed before a judge, clerk, notary public or commissioner of the Superior Court; it isn't a self-proving affidavit made at the signing.
• For the estate side in Connecticut, the Connecticut Executor and Estate Kit: Personal property in the person's name alone up to $40,000. Solely owned real estate in the state rules the procedure out; survivorship real estate doesn't, and survivorship assets over $40,000 don't count against the limit.

What is inside

• Start here. The 7 confirmed Connecticut facts at a glance.
• Connecticut signing-day checklist. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Signed in front of two witnesses, who sign in the testator's presence (Nolo, citing Conn. Gen. Stat. 45a-251). Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. If a beneficiary would have to witness, stop and call the lawyer first: A witness who, or whose spouse, gets a gift under the will could lose it (Nolo, citing 45a-258). Have a notary there for the self-proving affidavit. The official page we read names a notary public. Allowed. Per Nolo (citing 45a-285), the testator and witnesses sign an affidavit before a notary. The rule here: A witness who, or whose spouse, gets a gift under the will could lose it (Nolo, citing 45a-258). The testator signs (or acknowledges the signature) while the witnesses watch, then each witness signs.
• Witness information sheet. One block per Connecticut witness (2 required, plus a spare).
• Original-will storage and location record. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Connecticut: Not recognized, per Nolo's Connecticut page (updated September 2025).
• Connecticut will signing tracker (Excel). Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in Connecticut: Not provided for: no Connecticut law we found lets witnesses appear by video, and e-wills aren't authorized (Nolo's Connecticut page, updated September 2025). Electronic wills: Not authorized; the will must be on paper, per Nolo's Connecticut page (updated September 2025).