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It is a good idea to see an estate planning lawyer to prepare Your Will. It is important to make sure that the Will is valid under Alaska law, accurately describes your wishes and does everything possible to benefit you.

Steps to Create a Will in Alaska Decide what property to include in your will. Decide who will inherit your property. Choose an executor to handle your estate. Choose a guardian for your children. Choose someone to manage children's property. Make your will. Sign your will in front of witnesses. Store your will safely.

Although technically, you do not need to notarize your will to make it legally valid, it is suggested. To make a will ?self-proving? in Alaska, you must have it notarized (with your witnesses) to speed up the probate process since the court can accept the will without reaching out to the witnesses of choice.

You must take your completed will to the clerk's office in a state court. The court clerk will ask you to sign an Agreement and Receipt for Deposit of Will. This agreement lists the names and addresses of the persons who may receive a copy of the will upon your death.

Made by a person 18 years or older. Made by a person of sound mind. Signed by the person making the Will. Signed by two witnesses within a reasonable time after they watch the person sign the Will or after the person making the Will tells the witnesses that the signature on the Will belongs to him or her.

In Alaska, a handwritten Will, also called a holographic Will, can be valid and enforceable. The same rules apply to handwritten Wills as apply to typed Wills, except with respect to the witness requirement.