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Registration is entirely voluntary and electing not to register with the Office of the Secretary of State does not have any effect on the validity of the will. The fee to file a Will Registry Form is $10.00.

A competent adult may execute a living will at any time. The living will must be signed by the declarant and witnessed by either two adult witnesses or a notary public or lawyer. The witnesses must also attest to the sound mind of the declarant, and that the living will was executed free of duress or undue influence.

For an online Will to be valid in New Jersey, you must meet the following requirements: The Testator must have the intent of using the document as their Last Will and Testament. The Testator must create the Will in writing (typing or word processing is included in this definition.)

In New Jersey, you do not need a lawyer to make a will; however, you may want to talk to a lawyer in the following situations: You want to explore your options for passing on your assets. You have significant assets that may be subject to estate tax. You have complex plans for passing on your assets.

In New Jersey, ing to the law, an Advanced Directive, or Living Will, in and of itself, is a simple document needing only to be in writing, signed and dated in the presence of two subscribing adult witnesses who must attest to the fact that the person is of sound mind and free from duress and undue influence.

While New Jersey does not require you to notarize a will to make it legal, there are significant benefits of getting it notarized. When a notary signs and stamps your will in New Jersey, this makes it ?self-proving.? This means the Surrogate will not need to take any additional actions to prove the will is authentic.