Valid will:
1. notarized will: notarized will shall be handled by the testator through the notary office. Notarization of wills must be handled by the testator in person at the notary office where the household registration is located, rather than entrusting others to act as agents. If the testator cannot go to the notary office to notarize his will in person due to illness or other special reasons, he may ask a notary to send a notary to the place where the testator is located.
2. Self-made will: A written will must be written and signed by the testator, indicating the year, month and day of production. If a will doesn't need a witness to testify, it has no legal effect.
3. Acting will: There are two witnesses, one of whom is written by the witness, indicating the year, month and day, and finally signed by the testator and the witness.
4. Record the will: there are more than two witnesses present.
According to the Law of Succession of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Seventeenth notarial certificate by the testator through the notary office. The will of this book is written by the testator and signed by the testator, indicating the year, month and day.
An agent's will has more than two witnesses, one of whom represents the year, month and day, and is signed by the agent, other witnesses and the testator. A recorded will should have more than two witnesses to testify in court.
The testator may conduct oral examination in case of emergency. An oral will shall have more than two witnesses to testify in court. After the state of emergency is lifted, the testator may make a will in written or recorded form, and the oral proof is invalid.
Article 18 The following persons shall not be witnesses to the will:
(1) Persons with incapacity or limited capacity;
(2) Heirs and beneficiaries;
(3) people who are interested in the heirs and beneficiaries.
Extended data:
Effective elements of establishing a will:
1, the testator must have testamentary capacity.
Testamentary capacity refers to the ability of a natural person to make a will and dispose of his property freely according to law. Will is a civil act, and the founder must have corresponding civil capacity.
2. The will must be the true meaning of the testator.
A will must be the true intention of the testator to dispose of his property, because the true intention is a necessary condition for the effectiveness of civil litigation. In principle, whether a will is the true meaning of the testator should be based on what the testator finally does in the will.
3. The property disposed by will is the personal property of the testator.
Will is not only a civil act of the testator to dispose of his personal property, but also a legal attribute of the testator's personal property. If the testator disposes of the property belonging to the state, the collective or others according to the will, some wills will be deemed invalid.
China Court Network-People's Republic of China (PRC) Inheritance Law