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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (2026)

Self-proved will

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(1) Any will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved by the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state or under the laws of the state where execution occurs and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under official seal, in form and content substantially as follows:

I, .......... the testator, sign my name to this instrument this ..... day of ..... 20...., and being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that I sign and execute this instrument as my last will and that I sign it willingly or willingly direct another to sign for me, that I execute it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed and that I am eighteen years of age or older or am not at this time a minor, and am of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.

Testator .................

We, .......... and .........., the witnesses, sign our names to this instrument, being first duly sworn, and do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signs and executes this instrument as his or her last will and that he or she signs it willingly or willingly directs another to sign for him or her, and that he or she executes it as his or her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of us, in the presence and hearing of the testator, hereby signs this will as witness to the testator's signing, and that to the best of his or her knowledge the testator is eighteen years of age or older or is not at this time a minor, and is of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.

Witness .................

Witness.................

THE STATE OF ...................................

COUNTY OF ......................................

Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by .........., the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by .......... and .........., witnesses, this ..... day of ....... 20.... .

(SEAL) (Signed) .................................

(Official capacity of officer) ...................

The execution of the acknowledgment by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses as provided for in this section shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the signing of the will by the testator and the witnesses under section 30-2327.

(2) An attested will may at any time subsequent to its execution be made self-proved, by the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state or under the laws of the state where execution occurs, and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under official seal, attached or annexed to the will in form and content substantially as follows:

THE STATE OF .....................................

COUNTY OF ........................................

We, .........., .........., and .........., the testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument as his or her last will and that he or she had signed willingly or directed another to sign for him or her, and that he or she executed it as his or her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the testator, signed the will as witness and that to the best of his or her knowledge the testator was at that time eighteen or more years of age or was not at that time a minor, and was of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.

Testator .......................

Witness ........................

Witness ........................

Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by .........., the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by .......... and .........., witnesses, this ..... day of ....... 20.... .

(SEAL) (Signed) .................................

(Official capacity of officer) ..................

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: AVG Partners I v. Genesis Health Clubs, 307 Neb. 47 (Neb. 2020).
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AVG Partners I v. Genesis Health Clubs, 307 Neb. 47 (Neb. 2020). · cites it 2× “47 powers of attorney, 103 and establishment of a filial relation- ship. 104 Adding to this confusion is the largely historical form of an affidavit described as a verification.”
In Re Est. of Mecello, 633 N.W.2d 892 (Neb. 2001). · cites it 2× “The evidence clearly and convincingly established that the will was executed by Mecello in a manner consistent with Neb.Rev.Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 1995). We conclude that the signature requirements have been proved by clear and convincing evidence.”
Achterberg v. Farmers State Bank & Trust Co., 323 N.W.2d 827 (Neb. 1982). · cites it 4× “) The instrument in the present action was executed by the decedent and attesting witnesses in a manner consistent with the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 1979), and consequently qualifies as a “self-proved” will as that term is used in the statutory provisions…”
Bohling v. Bohling, 309 Neb. 625 (Neb. 2021). · cites it 2× “If 1 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 2016).”
In Re Est. of Flider, 328 N.W.2d 197 (Neb. 1982). · cites it 2× “Attached to the will was an acknowledgment signed by the testatrix and the witnesses, which complied with Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 1979).”
In Re Est. of Stephens, 608 N.W.2d 201 (Neb. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 5× “” We note that the will before us has an acknowledgment signed by Shirley and the witnesses, which acknowledgment complies with Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 1995).”
Loftus v. Loftus (In Re Est.), 26 Neb. Ct. App. 439 (Neb. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 2016).”
In re Est. of Loftus, 26 Neb. Ct. App. 439 (Neb. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 2016).”
Kitta v. Geringer, 633 N.W.2d 892 (Neb. 2001). · cites it 2× “The evidence clearly and convincingly established that the will was executed by Mecello in a manner consistent with Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 1995).”
In re Est. of Walker, 320 Neb. 139 (Neb. 2025). · cites it 2× “2d 159 (1994), the county court in this case found that the will offered by Mark was not self-proved because it did not meet statutory requirements set forth in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 2016).”
In re Est. of Newman (Neb. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “” The trial court also found the Will to be “self-proving” pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 2016), since the “properly executed” will was signed by the testator and the witnesses “before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state or…”
In re Est. of Lowe (Neb. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (Reissue 2016).”
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