{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-394.225","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 394.225","heading":"Self-proved will.","body":"(1) Any will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self -proved, by\nacknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses, each made\nbefore an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state and\nevidenced by the officer's certificate, in substantially the following form:\nI, __________________, the testator, sign my name to this instrument this ____ day\nof ____________, 19____, and being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the\nundersigned authority that I sign  and execute this instrument as my last will and that I\nsign it willingly (or willingly direct another to sign for me), that I execute it as my free\nand voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that I am eighteen (18) years of\nage or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.\n__________________________________\n(Testator)\nWe, ________________, _________________, the witnesses, sign our names to\nthis instrument, being first duly sworn, and do hereby declare to the undersigned authority\nthat the testator signs and executes this instrument as his last will and that he signs it\nwillingly (or willingly directs another to sign for him), and that each of us, in the presence\nand hearing of the testator and in the p resence of the other subscribing witness, hereby\nsigns this will as witness to the testator's signing, and that to the best of our knowledge\nthe testator is eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint\nor undue influence.\n__________________________________\n(Witness)\n__________________________________\n(Witness)\nTHE STATE OF _______________\nCOUNTY OF _________________\nSubscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by ______________, the\ntestator and subscribed and sworn to before me by ________________, and\n________________, witnesses, this _____ day of ____________.\n(Signed)_________________________________________\n(Signed)_________________________________________\n(OFFICIAL CAPACITY OF OFFICER)\n(2) An attested will may, at any time subsequent to its execution, be made self -proved,\nby the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses,\neach made before an officer authorized to administer o aths under the laws of this\nstate, and evidenced by the officer's certificate, attached or annexed to the will in\nform and content substantially as follows:\nTHE STATE OF _______________\nCOUNTY OF _________________\nBefore me, the undersigned authority, o n this day personally appeared\n______________________ and ____________________ known to me to be the testator\nand the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing\ninstrument and, all of these persons being by me first duly s worn. _________________,\nthe testator, declared to me and to the witnesses in my presence that the instrument is his\nlast will and that he had willingly signed or directed another to sign for him, and that he\nexecuted it as his free and voluntary act for t he purposes therein expressed; and each of\nthe witnesses stated to me, in the presence and hearing of the testator, that he signed the\nwill as witness in the presence of the testator and of the other subscribing witness, and\nthat to the best of his knowled ge the testator was eighteen (18) years of age or over, of\nsound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.\n___________________________________\n(Testator)\n___________________________________\n(Witness)\n___________________________________\n(Witness)\n___________________________________\n(Witness)\nSubscribed, sworn and acknowledged before me by ____________________, the testator,\nsubscribed and sworn before me by ________________________ and\n_________________, witnesses, this _____ day of _______________, A.D.,\n________________\n_________________________________\n(OFFICIAL CAPACITY OF OFFICER)\n(3) The execution of an acknowledgment of a will by a testator, and of the affidavits of\nwitnesses, made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of\nthis state and evidenced by the officer's certificate substantially in the form set out\nin this section during the period between June 21, 1974, and the effective date of the\n1982 amendments to this section shall be considered to be a valid execution and\nattestation of a written will even though the will was not signed and attested\nseparately from the execution of the acknowledgment by the testator and the\naffidavits of the witnesses.\n(4) A self -proved will may be admitted to probate without the testimony of any\nsubscribing witness, but otherwise treated no differently from a will not self-proved.","path":["KRS Chapter 394"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36262","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:25Z","sha256":"c1bb90da4031db55b67b2bbe39e0a1b0813208149145f4810071e297daf29569","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-394.220","next":"us-ky/krs-394.230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}