Forms for Planning Your Estate in Arkansas

In Arkansas, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and the witnesses sign an affidavit at probate instead of a self-proving affidavit.

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Revocable Living Trust

Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.

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Last Will and Testament

In Arkansas, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and the witnesses sign an affidavit at probate instead of a self-proving affidavit.

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Pour-Over Will

In Arkansas, a pour-over will is signed before 2 witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Arkansas allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2 witnesses or a notary.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Arkansas treats a power of attorney as durable by default, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirement.

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Transfer on Death Deed

In Arkansas, a beneficiary deed is signed before a notary, then recorded with the county before the owner's death.

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Vehicle Transfer on Death

Name a beneficiary to inherit your vehicle at death without probate. Available in 26 states and the District of Columbia.

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Living Will

In Arkansas, the living will is the Declaration, a document of its own, apart from the healthcare power of attorney.

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Arkansas requires 2 witnesses present when the testator signs. A gift to a witness who is also a beneficiary can be voided or reduced in Arkansas, so the usual practice is disinterested witnesses.

Yes. Arkansas recognizes holographic (handwritten) wills when the material provisions are in the testator's handwriting. A holographic will typically needs no witnesses, but it is easier to challenge than a formally executed will.

Arkansas requires 2 witnesses, each at least 18 years old and present when you sign, and the agent cannot serve as one. At least one witness must be unrelated to you.

Arkansas does not require notarization for a financial power of attorney, but banks and other third parties generally expect a notarized document; the document carries a notary block. A power of attorney used for real estate is recorded with the county where the property sits.

Arkansas provides a statutory form, and a deed in substantially that form is accepted. The deed must state that it is not to take effect until the death of the owner (Ark. Code Ann. 18-12-608(a)(1)(A)); the statutory form expresses this as "effective on my (our) death" (18-12-608(g)).