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No, in Utah, you do not need to notarize your will to make it legal. However, Utah 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.

Under Utah law, in order to have a valid Will, the document in question must be signed by the person creating the Will (the ?testator?) and the Will must be signed by two witnesses and the Will must be intended by the testator to be a Will.

Utah recognizes holographic (handwritten) wills so long as the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting. A Utah will may be changed at any time by codicil, or an amendment to the will, which must be executed in the same way as a will.

The ?witnessed will? ? To create an enforceable witnessed will in Utah, the person making the will must put its terms in writing and then sign the document in the presence of two witnesses, who also must sign the will. A notary public should verify the will maker's signature and the signatures of the witnesses.

A last will and testament will be considered valid if it is signed by the testator as well as two witnesses. The witness need only be generally competent to act as a witness (see Utah Code 75-2-505).