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Wills and estate planning
What a will does, how to write one, and what your state requires for it to count.
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Wills and estate planning
What a will does, how to write one, and what your state requires for it to count.
South Carolina follows the Uniform Probate Code, and defines who may make a will by exclusion rather than by naming an age.
A South Carolina will must be in writing, signed by the testator or signed in the testator's name by another individual in the testator's presence and at their direction, and signed by at least two individuals who each witnessed either the signing or the testator's acknowledgment of the signature or of the will.
S.C. Code § 62-2-502
No. Section 62-2-502 requires two witnesses, not a notary, and notarizing a South Carolina will does not replace them. A notary appears only in a separate self-proving affidavit.
S.C. Code § 62-2-502
South Carolina frames it as an exclusion rather than a threshold: an individual who is of sound mind and who is not a minor as the Probate Code defines that term may make a will.
S.C. Code § 62-2-501
S.C. Code § 62-2-502 (Execution). Signed by at least two individuals, each of whom witnessed the signing or the testator's acknowledgment of the signature or of the will.
Links last checked 2026-08-25.
This is general information about the law, not legal advice, and it has not been reviewed by an attorney licensed in South Carolina. Requirements change. Confirm the current rules for your state before you sign.
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