Can you sign a will or power of attorney online?

Federal, 15 U.S.C. 7003(a)(1). The E-SIGN validity rule 'shall not apply to a contract or other record to the extent it is governed by' '(1) a statute, regulation, or other rule of law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary trusts'¹. The Cornell Legal Information Institute copy is cited because uscode.house.gov showed 'Under Maintenance' on Oct 9, 2026.

Florida, Statutes 732.502(1). 'The testator's: 1. Signing, or 2. Acknowledgment ... must be in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses.' 'The attesting witnesses must sign the will in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other.'²

Florida, Statutes 732.522(1) and (2). 'Any requirement that an instrument be signed may be satisfied by an electronic signature.' A requirement that individuals sign 'in the presence of one another may be satisfied by witnesses being present and electronically signing by means of audio-video communication technology' if 'The individuals are supervised by a notary public in accordance with s. 117.285' and 'The witness hears the signer make a statement acknowledging that the signer has signed the electronic record'³.

Florida, Statutes 117.285(5)(g) and (k). 'The presence of a witness with the principal at the time of signing by means of audio-video communication technology is not effective for witnessing the signature of a principal who is a vulnerable adult as defined in s. 415.102.' The subsection's requirements 'do not apply if there are at least two witnesses in the physical presence of the principal at the time of the notarial act.' Subsection (5) names a will, a revocable trust with testamentary aspects, a health care advance directive and a power of attorney authorizing transactions listed in s. 709.2208⁴.

Florida, Statutes 709.2105(2). 'A power of attorney must be signed by the principal and by two subscribing witnesses and be acknowledged by the principal before a notary public or as otherwise provided in s. 695.03.'⁵

Texas, Estates Code 251.051. 'Except as otherwise provided by law, a will must be: (1) in writing; (2) signed by: (A) the testator in person; or (B) another person on behalf of the testator ... and (3) attested by two or more credible witnesses who are at least 14 years of age and who subscribe their names to the will in their own handwriting in the testator's presence.' The chapter's headings run from 251.001 (who may execute a will) to 251.107 (self-proved holographic will); none mentions an electronic will⁶.

Texas, Business and Commerce Code 322.003(b). The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act chapter 'does not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by: (1) a law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary trusts'⁷.

Texas, Estates Code 751.0021(a)(4) and Government Code 406.107. A durable power of attorney is 'acknowledged by the principal ... before an officer authorized under the laws of this state or another state to: (A) take acknowledgments to deeds of conveyance; and (B) administer oaths.' An online notary public 'has the authority to perform any of the functions authorized under Section 406.016 as an online notarization', and 406.016 includes taking acknowledgments; 406.101(9) defines online notarization as 'a notarial act performed by means of two-way video and audio conference technology'⁸⁹.

New York, EPTL 3-2.1(a) and 3-6.6. 'every will must be in writing', with at least two attesting witnesses who 'within one thirty day period, both attest the testator's signature'. The same section carries a second version, 'Effective December 12, 2027', that adds 'electronic wills authorized by part six of this article'. Part six requires an electronic will to be 'signed at the end thereof' by the testator or by another individual in the testator's physical presence, and signed by two witnesses, each 'a domiciliary of a state', within thirty days¹⁰¹¹.

New York, State Technology Law 307(1). The article 'shall not apply' 'To any document providing for the disposition of an individual's person or property upon death or incompetence, or appointing a fiduciary of an individual's person or property, including, without limitation, wills, trusts, decisions consenting to orders not to resuscitate, and powers of attorney', with four listed exceptions, none of which covers a will¹².

New York, General Obligations Law 5-1501B(1)(b). The principal's signature must be 'duly acknowledged in the manner prescribed for the acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property and witnessed by two persons who are not named in the instrument as agents or as permissible recipients of gifts'¹³.

The uniform act. The Uniform Law Commission describes its Electronic Wills Act as one that 'permits testators to execute an electronic will and allows probate courts to give electronic wills legal effect'¹⁴. States adopt it one at a time, and the Commission's bill tracker shows Kentucky's S.B. 50 as 'Enacted' on 04/13/2026¹⁵. We could not read the Commission's full enactment list as text, so this page does not list the adopting states. If your state is not one of the three above, read your own statute or ask a lawyer licensed there.

A signed file is not a valid will by itself. The three e-signature services below each say their signatures are legally binding under the federal and state e-signature laws¹⁷¹⁸¹⁹. Those statements are about e-signatures generally. For a will, the federal rule quoted above steps aside to the state's will statute¹.

Remote witnessing is a notary service, not a software feature. Florida's remote witnessing runs through an online notary public and a remote online notarization provider³⁴. None of the three pricing pages below lists a notary or witness service¹⁶¹⁸¹⁹.

Paper is still the route in most places we read. Texas asks for witnesses who subscribe 'in their own handwriting'⁶, and New York's electronic route is dated Dec 12, 2027¹¹.