{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-4-20","heading":"Required writing; signing; witnesses; codicil.","body":"(a) A will shall be in writing and shall be signed by the testator or by some other individual in the testator’s presence and at the testator’s express direction. A testator may sign by mark or by any name that is intended to authenticate the instrument as the testator’s will.\n(b) A will shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses. A witness to a will may attest by mark. Another individual may not subscribe the name of a witness, even in that witness’s presence and at that witness’s direction.\n(c) A codicil shall be executed by the testator and attested and subscribed by witnesses with the same formality as a will.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 4 Wills","Article 3 Execution and Attestation"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.53.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"cb8d05aee49a42966b4f1942a3e3a16de0b55cdb8405dca796f026b71ca9232d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-12","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}