[WSBAPT] Notarized Will required to admit to probate vs valid > Will

Fri Oct 2 10:08:48 PDT 2026

For us the downside is tying up the time of three people in the office for every Will signing.  When we have multiple attorneys with overlapping Will signing appointments, we don’t have enough staff to cover two witnesses and the notary.

Amy Lewis, Attorney
Pronouns she/her/hers
[cid:Logo_fa335a1d-9f24-4802-a3dd-b58f259e3c98.png]

909 A Street, Suite 600 | Tacoma, WA 98402
phone 253.572.4500 | fax 253.272.5732 | www.eisenhowerlaw.com<http://www.eisenhowerlaw.com/>
From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Mark McClure
Sent: Friday, October 2, 2026 10:00 AM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] Notarized Will required to admit to probate vs valid > Will

Why don’t you notarize?  What is the downside?

Mark C. McClure | Managing Attorney
Law Office of Mark McClure, PS
"Why Retire With Debt?"
1103 West Meeker Street, #101
Kent, WA 98032
Office:  253.631.6484 (Leave Msg - Will be returned within 24 hours)
Email: Mark at McClureLawGroup.com<mailto:Mark at McClureLawGroup.com>
Web: www.McClureLawGroup.com<http://www.mcclurelawgroup.com/>
Notice of Unavailability:  TBD
**NOTE** All visits must be scheduled in advance for access to the building.  Call 253-631-6484  to schedule.
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email contains legal stuff. If you are not the intended recipient you could get into a lot of trouble if you read it, and even more trouble if you tell someone else about it. So, the best thing to do is ignore it and forget you ever saw it. Thank you.

From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>> On Behalf Of Eric Nelsen
Sent: Friday, October 2, 2026 9:39 AM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>>
Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] Notarized Will required to admit to probate vs valid > Will

No crushing required! Looks good to me. So now we’ll both be crushed if someone finds a flaw.

Sincerely,

Eric

Eric C. Nelsen
Sayre Law Offices, PLLC
1417 31st Ave South
Seattle WA 98144-3909
206-625-0092
eric at sayrelawoffices.com<mailto:eric at sayrelawoffices.com>

From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>> On Behalf Of Eva Luchini
Sent: Friday, October 2, 2026 9:21 AM
To: wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBAPT] Notarized Will required to admit to probate vs valid > Will

I do not notarize my Wills.  I do a declaration of witnesses of which I am one and my assistant is the other and it should be  SELF PROVING PURSUANT TO RCW 5.50.030, 11.20.020

Here’s what it looks like, below.

Feel free to crush my soul and tell me I’ve been doing it wrong.

DECLARATION OF WITNESSES

(SELF PROVING PURSUANT TO RCW 5.50.030, 11.20.020)

Each of the undersigned declares that, on the date written below and, in our presence, [CLIENT] declared this document to be their Will and signed it as the Testator. At the Testator’s request and in the presence of the Testator and each other, we are signing as attesting witnesses. The Testator appears to be over 18 years old, of sound and disposing mind and memory, competent in every respect to make a Will, and not under any restraint, duress, or undue influence. Each of us is over 18 years old and competent to be an attesting witness. This declaration is made at the request of [CLIENT] for the purpose of proving the foregoing Will.

Each of us further declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Washington that the foregoing declaration is true and correct.

Signed at __, Washington, on____________, 2026.

Witness Signature

Witness Signature

Witness Printed Name

Witness Printed Name

Camas, WA 98607

Camas, WA 98607

Witness Address

Witness Address

 IMPORTANT/CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail message (and any attachments accompanying it) may contain confidential information, including information protected by attorney-client privilege. The information is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). Delivery of this message to anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is not intended to waive any privilege or otherwise detract from the confidentiality of the message. If you are not the intended recipient, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, do not read, disclose, reproduce, distribute, disseminate or otherwise use this transmission. Rather, please promptly notify the sender by reply e-mail, and then destroy all copies of the message and its attachments, if any.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20261002/2d506b0f/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Logo_fa335a1d-9f24-4802-a3dd-b58f259e3c98.png
Type: image/png
Size: 22687 bytes
Desc: Logo_fa335a1d-9f24-4802-a3dd-b58f259e3c98.png
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20261002/2d506b0f/Logo_fa335a1d-9f24-4802-a3dd-b58f259e3c98.png>