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No, in Maine, you do not need to notarize your will to make it legal. However, Maine allows you to make your will "self-proving" and you'll need to go to a notary if you want to do that. A self-proving will speeds up probate because the court can accept the will without contacting the witnesses who signed it.

Maine doesn't allow wills to be filed with the court during a testator's lifetime. After the testator's death, the personal representative should file the will with the probate court in the county where the decedent died. Eventually Maine wills become part of the public record.

You can also write your will yourself. This is called a Holographic Will. The Will must be written in your own handwriting and signed by you. No witnesses are needed.

You don't have to have an attorney to make an Advance Directive, unless you want to. You don't have to get it notarized, but it's a good idea to do so if you can. Make copies and give one to each of your doctors or hospital. Ask your doctor to include it in your medical record.

In addition to the last will and testament as described above, Maine also recognizes a handwritten will (?holographic will?) so long as the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting; such a handwritten will does not need to be witnessed.

Maine law has these formalities for making a will: a will must be in writing and signed by the testator (will-maker) or in the will-maker's name by someone else who the will-maker asked to sign for them, as long as the will-maker asked the other person to sign the will, and it was done in their conscious presence.