{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-84-84-55","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 84, § 84-55","heading":"Formal requisites in execution - Self-proved wills","body":"Every will, other than a nuncupative will, must be in writing;\n\nand every will, other than a holographic will and a nuncupative\n\nwill, must be executed and attested as follows:\n\n1. It must be subscribed at the end thereof by the testator\n\nhimself, or some person, in his presence and by his direction, must\n\nsubscribe his name thereto.\n\n2. The subscription must be made in the presence of the\n\nattesting witnesses, or be acknowledged by the testator to them, to\n\nhave been made by him or by his authority.\n\n3. The testator must, at the time of subscribing or\n\nacknowledging the same, declare to the attesting witnesses that the\n\ninstrument is his will.\n\n4. There must be two attesting witnesses, each of whom must\n\nsign his name as a witness at the end of the will at the testator's\n\nrequest and in his presence.\n\n5. Every will, other than a holographic and a nuncupative will,\n\nand every codicil to such will or to a holographic will may, at the\n\ntime of execution or at any subsequent date during the lifetimes of\n\nthe testator and the witnesses, be made self-proved, and the\n\ntestimony of the witnesses in the probate thereof may be made\n\nunnecessary by:\n\na. the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the\n\naffidavits of the attesting witnesses, each made\n\nbefore an officer authorized to take acknowledgments\n\nto deeds of conveyance and to administer oaths under\n\nthe laws of this state, such acknowledgments and\n\naffidavits being evidenced by the certificate, with\n\nofficial seal affixed, of such officer attached or\n\nannexed to such testamentary instrument in form and\n\ncontents substantially as follows:\n\nTHE STATE OF OKLAHOMA\n\nCOUNTY OF ___________\n\nBefore me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally\n\nappeared __________, __________, and __________, known to me to be\n\nthe testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are\n\nsubscribed to the annexed or foregoing instrument in their\n\nrespective capacities, and, all of said persons being by me first\n\nduly sworn, said _________, testator, declared to me and to the said\n\nwitnesses in my presence that said instrument is his last will and\n\ntestament or a codicil to his last will and testament, and that he\n\nhad willingly made and executed it as his free and voluntary act and\n\ndeed for the purposes therein expressed; and the said witnesses,\n\neach on his oath stated to me, in the presence and hearing of the\n\nsaid testator, that the said testator had declared to them that said\n\ninstrument is his last will and testament or codicil to his last\n\nwill and testament, and that he executed same as such and wanted\n\neach of them to sign it as a witness; and upon their oaths each\n\nwitness stated further that they did sign the same as witnesses in\n\nthe presence of the said testator and at his request and that said\n\ntestator was at that time eighteen (18) years of age or over and was\n\nof sound mind.\n\n___________________\n\nTestator\n\nWitness (signature)\n\n____________________________\n\nName and Residence (printed)\n\n___________________\n\nWitness (signature)\n\n____________________________\n\nName and Residence (printed)\n\nSubscribed and acknowledged before me by the said __________,\n\ntestator, and subscribed and sworn before me by the said __________,\n\nand __________ witnesses, this _____ day of ________, A.D., _______.\n\n(SEAL) (SIGNED)____________________\n\n____________________\n\n(OFFICIAL CAPACITY\n\nOF OFFICER); or\n\nb. the written declaration of the testator and the\n\nwritten declarations of the attesting witnesses made\n\nin substantially the following form:\n\nWe the undersigned are the testator and the witnesses,\n\nrespectively, whose names are subscribed to the annexed or foregoing\n\ninstrument in their respective capacities, and we do hereby declare\n\nthat said __________, testator, declared to said witnesses that said\n\ninstrument is his last will and testament or a codicil to his last\ng form:\n\nWe the undersigned are the testator and the witnesses,\n\nrespectively, whose names are subscribed to the annexed or foregoing\n\ninstrument in their respective capacities, and we do hereby declare\n\nthat said __________, testator, declared to said witnesses that said\n\ninstrument is his last will and testament or a codicil to his last\n\nwill and testament, and that he willingly made and executed it as\n\nhis free and voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein\n\nexpressed; and said witnesses further declare that the said testator\n\ndeclared to them that said instrument is his last will and testament\n\nor codicil to his last will and testament, and that he executed same\n\nas such and wanted each of us to sign it as a witness; and that we\n\ndid sign the same as witnesses in the presence of the said testator\n\nand at his request and that said testator was at that time eighteen\n\n(18) years of age or over and was of sound mind, all of which we\n\ndeclare and sign under penalty of perjury this ________ day of\n\n________.\n\n___________________\n\nTestator\n\n___________________\n\nWitness (signature)\n\n____________________________\n\nName and Residence (printed)\n\n___________________\n\nWitness (signature)\n\n____________________________\n\nName and Residence (printed)\n\n6. Any person falsely executing a written declaration as a\n\nwitness or misrepresenting his or her identity with the intent to\n\ndefraud another person pursuant to subparagraph b of paragraph 5 of\n\nthis subsection shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of the\n\nfelony of perjury, a Class D1 felony offense, and shall be punished\n\nby imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of\n\nSection 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\n7. A self-proved testamentary instrument shall be admitted to\n\nprobate without the testimony of any subscribing witness, unless\n\ncontested, but otherwise it shall be treated no differently than a\n\nwill or codicil not self-proved. Furthermore, a self-proved\n\ntestamentary instrument may be revoked or amended by a codicil in\n\nexactly the same fashion as a will or codicil not self-proved and\n\nsuch a testamentary instrument may be contested as a will not self-\n\nproved.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 8348. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 636, § 1; Laws 1965, c.\n\n11, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 10, 1965; Laws 1976, c. 46, § 1; Laws\n\n1977, c. 58, § 1; Laws 1996, c. 107, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws\n\n1997, c. 133, § 597, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 589,\n\neff. Jan. 1, 2026.","path":["OK Code","Title 84"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os84.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3f8e79052a3d493c2abbd9678f3404db00041281c2ec2c5c70679d6c08b7c912","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-84-84-54","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-84-84-56"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}