Testator signed in all the pages Do witness need to sign in all the pages of WILL or at the end of the page is enough?
1) it is advisable that witnesses should initial each page
2) it is not necessary that witness should be aware of the contents of the will
3) what is necessary that in the presence of witnesses testator has signed the will and 2 witnesses have in the presence of testator signed as attesting witnesses
Attesting witnesses need to sing only on the last page and not on all the pages.
So signature at the end of the Will is enough and fulfils legal criteria.
Witnesses are not to sign on every page of the will. Their signature is required only on the last page of the will where the names of witnesses appears.
It's generally in the end.
You'll be guided by your local lawyer and the staff at the Registrar Office where you'll take the will to be registered.
The biometric and electronic photo of the witnesses will also be taken.
not planning to register the will. It is a holographic will has three pages so we wanted to know, witness has to sign in each page or at the end of the will. Or getting signature in all the pages are better Option?
I have already advised on the self same issue.Refer to my reply.
1) getting signatures on each page by witness is better option
The witness has to sign at the end page of the will , with its thumb impression and signatures ..
The witness is also required to sign in all the pages of the will.
This is attesting witness who is actually attesting the signature of the testator.
A handwritten and unregistered will is valid in India. However, it should have been attested by two witnesses whose signatures should be present on the will. Also, the signature of a doctor certifying that the person making the will is mentally sound and healthy to make the will is preferable.
It is not mandatory to attest the signature of the testator in a holographic will, but attesting the signature of the testator makes the handwritten will legally valid.
Just the end page is sufficient.
If you want to be sure you can get it signed on all pages as well, there is no legal impediment in getting signatures on all the pages.
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