Okla. Stat. tit. 84, § 84-55

Every will, other than a nuncupative will, must be in writing;

and every will, other than a holographic will and a nuncupative

will, must be executed and attested as follows:

1. It must be subscribed at the end thereof by the testator

himself, or some person, in his presence and by his direction, must

subscribe his name thereto.

2. The subscription must be made in the presence of the

attesting witnesses, or be acknowledged by the testator to them, to

have been made by him or by his authority.

3. The testator must, at the time of subscribing or

acknowledging the same, declare to the attesting witnesses that the

instrument is his will.

4. There must be two attesting witnesses, each of whom must

sign his name as a witness at the end of the will at the testator's

request and in his presence.

5. Every will, other than a holographic and a nuncupative will,

and every codicil to such will or to a holographic will may, at the

time of execution or at any subsequent date during the lifetimes of

the testator and the witnesses, be made self-proved, and the

testimony of the witnesses in the probate thereof may be made

unnecessary by:

a. the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the

affidavits of the attesting witnesses, each made

before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments

to deeds of conveyance and to administer oaths under

the laws of this state, such acknowledgments and

affidavits being evidenced by the certificate, with

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official seal affixed, of such officer attached or

annexed to such testamentary instrument in form and

contents substantially as follows:

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

COUNTY OF ___________

Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally

appeared __________, __________, and __________, known to me to be

the testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are

subscribed to the annexed or foregoing instrument in their

respective capacities, and, all of said persons being by me first

duly sworn, said _________, testator, declared to me and to the said

witnesses in my presence that said instrument is his last will and

testament or a codicil to his last will and testament, and that he

had willingly made and executed it as his free and voluntary act and

deed for the purposes therein expressed; and the said witnesses,

each on his oath stated to me, in the presence and hearing of the

said testator, that the said testator had declared to them that said

instrument is his last will and testament or codicil to his last

will and testament, and that he executed same as such and wanted

each of them to sign it as a witness; and upon their oaths each

witness stated further that they did sign the same as witnesses in

the presence of the said testator and at his request and that said

testator was at that time eighteen (18) years of age or over and was

of sound mind.

___________________

Testator

Witness (signature)

____________________________

Name and Residence (printed)

___________________

Witness (signature)

____________________________

Name and Residence (printed)

Subscribed and acknowledged before me by the said __________,

testator, and subscribed and sworn before me by the said __________,

and __________ witnesses, this _____ day of ________, A.D., _______.

(SEAL) (SIGNED)____________________

____________________

(OFFICIAL CAPACITY

OF OFFICER); or

b. the written declaration of the testator and the

written declarations of the attesting witnesses made

in substantially the following form:

We the undersigned are the testator and the witnesses,

respectively, whose names are subscribed to the annexed or foregoing

instrument in their respective capacities, and we do hereby declare

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that said __________, testator, declared to said witnesses that said

instrument is his last will and testament or a codicil to his last
g form:

We the undersigned are the testator and the witnesses,

respectively, whose names are subscribed to the annexed or foregoing

instrument in their respective capacities, and we do hereby declare

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that said __________, testator, declared to said witnesses that said

instrument is his last will and testament or a codicil to his last

will and testament, and that he willingly made and executed it as

his free and voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein

expressed; and said witnesses further declare that the said testator

declared to them that said instrument is his last will and testament

or codicil to his last will and testament, and that he executed same

as such and wanted each of us to sign it as a witness; and that we

did sign the same as witnesses in the presence of the said testator

and at his request and that said testator was at that time eighteen

(18) years of age or over and was of sound mind, all of which we

declare and sign under penalty of perjury this ________ day of

________.

___________________

Testator

___________________

Witness (signature)

____________________________

Name and Residence (printed)

___________________

Witness (signature)

____________________________

Name and Residence (printed)

6. Any person falsely executing a written declaration as a

witness or misrepresenting his or her identity with the intent to

defraud another person pursuant to subparagraph b of paragraph 5 of

this subsection shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of the

felony of perjury, a Class D1 felony offense, and shall be punished

by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of

Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

7. A self-proved testamentary instrument shall be admitted to

probate without the testimony of any subscribing witness, unless

contested, but otherwise it shall be treated no differently than a

will or codicil not self-proved. Furthermore, a self-proved

testamentary instrument may be revoked or amended by a codicil in

exactly the same fashion as a will or codicil not self-proved and

such a testamentary instrument may be contested as a will not self-

proved.

R.L. 1910, § 8348. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 636, § 1; Laws 1965, c.

11, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 10, 1965; Laws 1976, c. 46, § 1; Laws

1977, c. 58, § 1; Laws 1996, c. 107, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws

1997, c. 133, § 597, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 589,

eff. Jan. 1, 2026.