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Is a self-written will legal in Oregon?
Yes. Oregon recognizes wills you write yourself, as long as they meet the state's signing requirements. The governing statute is Or. Rev. Stat. §112.225 et seq..
Your will needs to be in writing, signed by you, and witnessed by 2 adults. You don't need a notary for the will itself to be valid, but adding a notarized "self-proving" affidavit makes the probate process faster later (this tool generates that for you automatically).
You must be at least 18 years old and of sound mind. Witnesses cannot be people who inherit under your will (or in some states, the spouse of a person who inherits). This tool walks you through the rules so you don't trip over them.
A will you write yourself has the same legal force as one drafted by an attorney, provided you follow the signing rules. Courts admit self-written wills to probate every day. An attorney's value is in advising on complex estates, not in drafting the document itself.
What it costs to make a will in Oregon
A Oregon estate-planning attorney typically charges $300 to $600 for a simple will, and $1,000 to $1,500 for a will-plus-revocable-trust package. Rates run higher in dense metros and lower in rural areas. Most attorneys bill at $250 to $400 per hour and need one or two meetings to draft a basic will.
You can also write a will entirely from scratch with a sheet of paper and a pen, with no software at all. Oregon requires the same 2-witness signing process regardless of who drafts the document. The risk with a from-scratch will is technical: a missing self-proving affidavit, a witness who's also a beneficiary, or wording that creates ambiguity for the probate court. That's what this tool prevents.
Will.com is free at the document level. The $29/year subscription adds cloud-stored, zero-knowledge-encrypted access so you can edit and update your plan as life changes.
Oregon will requirements at a glance
How it works
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Answer a few questions
About you, your family, and what you own.
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Download your will
A complete, personalized document, formatted for Oregon courts.
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Sign with witnesses
Print and sign in front of 2 adult witnesses. Keep the signed copy somewhere safe.
When you might want an attorney instead
An online will works for most people. It's the right tool when your situation is straightforward: you want to leave your assets to family or friends, you don't have complex tax issues, and you're not anticipating a fight over your estate.
Consider hiring an attorney if any of these apply:
- Your estate is large enough to trigger federal estate tax (over $13.99 million in 2025) or Oregon estate or inheritance tax.
- You own a business, complex investments, or assets in multiple states or countries.
- You're in a blended family, especially if you want to leave assets to a current spouse while protecting children from a prior relationship.
- You have a child or beneficiary with special needs and want a supplemental-needs trust that won't disqualify them from public benefits.
- You expect someone to contest the will, or you're disinheriting a close family member.
- You have substantial retirement accounts and want sophisticated beneficiary planning.
If none of these apply, an online will is genuinely fine. The legal validity of your will doesn't depend on who drafted it, only on whether Oregon's signing rules were followed.
Self-proving affidavit in Oregon
Oregon recognizes self-proving affidavits, a notarized statement attached to the will in which the witnesses swear to the signing in front of a notary. See ORS 113.055.
A self-proven will skips the requirement to track down witnesses years later for the probate court. It's optional, but adding the affidavit at signing time saves your executor work. Will.com generates the affidavit alongside the will.
Family changes after you sign
A child born or adopted after the will. Oregon has a default rule under Or. Rev. Stat. §112.405: a child of the testator who is born, adopted, or conceived after the will was executed and who is neither provided for in the will nor mentioned in a way evidencing intentional omission takes (i) nothing if the testator had no other children alive when the will was executed and devised substantially all property to the other parent; (ii) a share from the portions devised to living children if other children were provided for; (iii) the intestate share otherwise. for an after-born child who isn't named or accounted for in the will. The safest practice is to update your will when family changes.
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