Last Will and Testament PDF — Free Template

Yes. A will generated from our template and printed for wet-ink signature is legally valid in all 50 states the moment you execute it in the presence of two disinterested witnesses (three witnesses in Vermont under 14 V.S.A. §5) per Uniform Probate Code §2-502 or your state equivalent — no lawyer review required, no court filing required during your lifetime. Critical caveat on electronic signatures: while the federal E-SIGN Act of 2000 (15 U.S.C. §7001) and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA, adopted by 49 states) recognize e-signatures broadly, both expressly exclude wills, codicils and testamentary trusts from electronic execution in the 38 UETA states. Translation: you must print the PDF and sign it physically — typing your name on a screen is not enough. Only Nevada (NRS 133.085), Indiana (IC §29-1-21), Arizona (ARS §14-2518) and Florida (Fla. Stat. §732.522) currently authorize fully electronic wills, and each requires a qualified custodian or notarial protocol that goes well beyond a basic e-signature. Our wizard prints your will ready-to-execute with the signature lines, witness blocks and self-proving affidavit pre-formatted to your state’s statute.

No state requires it, but 47 states recognize it under Uniform Probate Code §2-504. A self-proving affidavit notarized at signing means your witnesses will not need to testify in probate court — saving your family weeks of delay. Only DC, Maryland and Ohio do not recognize it (they have alternative streamlined processes).

In 28 states yes — including CA, TX, VA, NJ. The will must be entirely in your handwriting, signed and dated. However, 22 states do not recognize holographic wills (FL, NY, GA, MA, IL, OH, etc.). We strongly recommend a typed witnessed will for legal certainty.

Not for simple estates. If your estate is under $5M, you have no minor children with special needs, no business interests and a clear set of beneficiaries, a self-drafted will is fully valid. Consult an estate attorney if you have a blended family, want to disinherit a spouse, or own assets in multiple states.

Yes — Louisiana operates under civil law (Civil Code Art. 1576), not common law. Wills must be either notarial (signed before a notary and two witnesses on each page) or olographic (entirely handwritten, dated, signed). Our template routes Louisiana residents to a notarial form.

Yes — your draft is encrypted with AES-256 in Frankfurt (EU) and deleted within 24h after download. We are GDPR-compliant and never use your data to train third-party AI models. Your will exists only on your computer.

iFillPDF gives you unlimited free use with a watermark and 0 AI Deep Detect — enough for a complete simple will (typically 6 pages) plus a self-proving affidavit (1 page) and a separate guardianship designation (1 page) — with zero credit card. Start ($8.99/mo) unlocks 8 AI Deep Detect/mo and the full template library. Compare to the full SERP top 10: eForms (4.7 stars, 14,281 reviews) is free but provides a static PDF you fill manually with no state-specific AI routing — you download Florida, then California, then re-fill the testator name in each. LegalTemplates (4.8 stars, 2,083 reviews, SERP #1 May 2026) charges $39/mo Premier or a $7.99 one-week unlimited pass after a free draft. FreeWill.com (SERP #4, 1.4 million wills created, $13.8B committed to nonprofits) is genuinely 100 percent free but optimized as a charitable-bequest funnel for 2,400+ nonprofit partners — no Vermont 14 V.S.A. §5 three-witness flag and California-only Revocable Living Trust. DoYourOwnWill is free with a one-size-fits-all template and no Louisiana CC Art. 1576 notarial routing. LegalZoom Estate Plan Bundle is $89 one-time + $39/yr Premier membership. Trust & Will Will Plan is $159 one-time. Rocket Lawyer is $39.99/mo (or $99.99/yr Premium). NOLO Quicken WillMaker desktop software is $99 one-time. US Legal Forms charges $39.95 per single state-specific will form (no AI, no affidavit prefill). On the federal side, every plan handles the IRS Form 706 estate-tax exclusion ($13.61M per individual, $27.22M per married couple in 2026 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act sunset), but only iFillPDF integrates a probate-audit log compliant with the documentation standard articulated in Estate of Hickox v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2017-140) — IRS examiners reviewing Schedule M marital deduction or Schedule O charitable bequests get a contemporaneous timestamped change history. iFillPDF is the only US-targeted will tool that combines (a) a genuine free tier with state-specific AI prefill, (b) Vermont 14 V.S.A. §5 + Louisiana CC Art. 1576 edge cases hard-coded, (c) self-proving affidavit pre-populated for the 47 UPC §2-504 states, and (d) GDPR-grade EU hosting outside Cloud Act 50 USC §3024 reach — your testamentary intentions never leave Frankfurt eu-central-1 and are deleted within 24h, never used to train third-party AI under our IRC §6103-grade confidentiality posture.