Forms of Last Will (Testament) - Lawyer in Poland

Holographic.

A testator may make a will by writing it entirely by hand, signing and dating it. The absence of a date, however, does not invalidate a holographic will if it does not raise doubts about the testator's capacity to make a will, about its content or about the mutual relations among several wills.Art. 950. Notarial. A will may be made in the form of a notarial deed.

Nuncupative will by public act.

A testator may make a will also by declaring, in the presence of two witnesses, his final wishes orally to the head of a municipality (wójt), (mayor or president of a city), head of a province (starosta), voivodship marshall, secretary of the province or municipality or manager of the Office of Vital Records.The testator's declaration is written down in a record with an indication of the date it was made. The record is read out to the testator in the presence of the witnesses. The record should be signed by the testator, by the person to whom the final wishes were declared, and by the witnesses. If the testator cannot sign the record, this fact must be mentioned in the record together with the reason for there being no signature.Deaf or mute individuals cannot make a will in the manner provided for in this article.