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NY · Revocable Living Trust

Make your New York living trust.

Free and legally valid in New York. Skip probate, keep your estate private, stay in control while you're alive.

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New York living trust requirements

Witnesses requiredNone required
Notarizationacknowledgment before notary OR two witnesses

Special notes for New York

  • Unless the settlor is also the sole trustee, at least one trustee must also execute and acknowledge the trust instrument (EPTL 7-1.17)
  • Both execution paths are equally valid — acknowledgment (notary) is typically more convenient

How it works

  1. 1

    Answer a few questions

    About your assets, trustees, and beneficiaries. Takes about 15 minutes.

  2. 2

    Download your trust

    A complete, personalized revocable living trust, formatted for New York.

  3. 3

    Sign and fund

    Sign with acknowledgment before notary OR two witnesses. Fund the trust by transferring assets into its name.

No account, nothing stored on our servers

Will.com doesn’t store the content of your documents. There’s no account to create and no email required. Your draft answers are saved on your device so you can pick up where you left off, and you can clear them anytime.

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