Can bank employees be a witness to a will in Georgia. I recently moved and I would prefer not to have family to witness the will.

Question

Can bank employees be a witness to a will in Georgia. I recently moved and I would prefer not to have family to witness the will.

Answer

Some banks do not do this. Why do you have to use family at all? I am not a notary. What I did for my own will and what I recommend to clients is to go the UPS store or some other place that offers notary services and wait till 2 customers come in. Then you all sign in front of each other and the notary. Problem solved.

Just make sure that you all sign at once and in front of each other and the notary. GA is picky about this. You will need at least 2 witnesses who are not beneficiaries under the will. If nothing else, get a friend and at least one customer or even another employee (not the notary) in the store.