Is a handwritten will valid in NY

A handwritten will which is not executed and attested to properly is called a holographic will. Such a will is only valid if made by a member of the armed forces during a war or armed conflict, a person accompanying an armed force during a war or armed conflict, or a mariner while at sea. Otherwise, New York law requires that the Will be witnessed by at least two witnesses and the testator (the person making the Will) must have declared to the witnesses that they were actually witnessing his/her will. The witnesses are then required to sign the will themselves within thirty days of the testator's signing.

A handwritten will which is not executed and attested to properly is called a holographic will. Such a will is only valid if made by a member of the armed forces during a war or armed conflict, a person accompanying an armed force during a war or armed conflict, or a mariner while at sea. Otherwise, New York law requires that the Will be witnessed by at least two witnesses and the testator (the person making the Will) must have declared to the witnesses that they were actually witnessing his/her will. The witnesses are then required to sign the will themselves within thirty days of the testator's signing.