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

In Oregon, notarization can serve as an alternative to witnesses for a healthcare proxy.ORS 127.515Verified Jul 15, 2026 Either witnesses or notarization satisfies the execution requirements.

Oregon allows Remote Online Notarization (RON) for healthcare proxies.ORS 127.515Verified 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 Oregon: Find 2 adults to serve as witnesses. Review witness restrictions to ensure eligibility. Get the document notarized (standard practice, not required). Remote notarization is available; whether the document itself may be signed electronically is unresolved

Yes. Oregon has an explicit reciprocity statuteORS 127.515Verified Jul 15, 2026: a healthcare directive executed in another state is honored in Oregon if it was valid where signed or valid under the principal's domicile law. Per ORS 127.515(6): advance directive executed in another state is valid if it complies with that state's law, the law where the principal was located at execution, or Oregon law. Oregon enacted its own Oregon Health Care Decisions Act (ORS 127.660) but did not formally adopt the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act. The document portability tool covers reciprocity rules in detail.