What Do I Need to Sign My Healthcare Proxy in Arkansas?

In Arkansas, notarization can serve as an alternative to witnesses for a healthcare proxy.Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-103Verified Jul 15, 2026 Either witnesses or notarization satisfies the execution requirements.

Arkansas allows Remote Online Notarization (RON) for healthcare proxies.Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-103Verified Jul 15, 2026 The notarization can be completed via secure video call with an approved RON provider. The state also accepts out-of-state RON.

To execute a healthcare proxy in Arkansas: Find 2 adults to serve as witnesses. Review witness restrictions to ensure eligibility. Get the document notarized (standard practice, not required). 2 witnesses must be physically present, so the signing cannot be completed remotely

Yes. Arkansas has an explicit reciprocity statuteArk. Code Ann. § 20-6-103(h)Verified Jul 15, 2026: a healthcare directive executed in another state is honored in Arkansas if it was valid where signed. Arkansas gives effect to an advance directive executed outside the state if, at the time of execution, the directive complies with either Ark. Code § 20-6-101 et seq. or the laws of the state in which the directive was executed (§ 20-6-103(h), as amended by Act 974 of 2017, eff. Aug. 1, 2017). The 2017 amendment changed the interstate recognition standard from the principal's state of residence (domicile) to the state of execution, and renumbered this provision from (g) to (h). The current text contains no nonresident limitation — it reads simply 'An advance directive that is executed outside of this state shall be given effect in this state if...' (2024 Ark. Code, verified 2026-06-10). The document portability tool covers reciprocity rules in detail.