{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-2-505","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 2-505","heading":"Who may witness","body":"Section 2–505. [Who May Witness.]\n(a) An individual generally competent to be a witness may act as a witness to a will.\n(b) The signing of a will by an interested witness shall not invalidate the will or any provision of it except that a devise to a witness or a spouse of such witness shall be void unless there are 2 other subscribing witnesses to the will who are not similarly benefited thereunder or the interested witness establishes that the bequest was not inserted, and the will was not signed, as a result of fraud or undue influence by the witness.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 190B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section2-505","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:28Z","sha256":"30edf59ca442d5e6f8bf2185ef33ed47e0576f524864ed1749a037e5b089eb44","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-2-504","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-2-506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}