Codicil to Last Will & Testament - Nebraska
Codicil to Last Will and Testament
Before signing: Identify the exact existing will and all prior codicils. Write each replacement or revocation precisely. This codicil uses the witnessed execution route in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2327: the testator signs or acknowledges it, and at least two witnesses each witness the signing or acknowledgment and sign. The separate self-proving affidavit below is optional.
I, [TESTATOR'S FULL LEGAL NAME], of [COUNTY] County, Nebraska, declare that I am at least eighteen years old or otherwise not a minor under Nebraska law, am of sound mind, and make this [FIRST / SECOND / OTHER] Codicil to my Last Will and Testament.
1. Existing will and codicils
My Last Will and Testament is dated [__/__/____] (the Will). The prior codicils to it, if any, are dated [LIST DATES OR WRITE NONE: ________________________________]. I intend to change only the provisions expressly identified below. Except to the extent expressly changed by this Codicil, I confirm the Will and any prior codicils.
2. Exact amendments
Amendment 1. The provision of the Will or prior codicil dated [__/__/____] identified as [ARTICLE, SECTION, BENEFICIARY, AND SUBJECT] is:
☐ Revoked in full.
☐ Replaced in full with the following language: [INSERT COMPLETE REPLACEMENT LANGUAGE: ________________________________________________].
☐ Supplemented with the following language, placed after [EXACT LOCATION]: [INSERT LANGUAGE: ________________________________________________].
Amendment 2, if needed. The provision of the Will or prior codicil dated [__/__/____] identified as [ARTICLE, SECTION, BENEFICIARY, AND SUBJECT] is:
☐ Revoked in full.
☐ Replaced in full with the following language: [INSERT COMPLETE REPLACEMENT LANGUAGE: ________________________________________________].
☐ Supplemented with the following language, placed after [EXACT LOCATION]: [INSERT LANGUAGE: ________________________________________________].
Additional amendments, if any: [ATTACH SIGNED AND NUMBERED ADDITIONAL PAGES THAT IDENTIFY EACH EXISTING PROVISION AND ITS EXACT CHANGE / NONE].
I intend the express terms of this Codicil to govern where they conflict with an identified provision of the Will or a listed prior codicil. No other gift, appointment, trust provision, bond term, survivorship condition, or residue clause is changed unless expressly identified above.
3. Testator's signature
I sign this Codicil as my testamentary act on [__/__/____] at [CITY], Nebraska.
Testator signature: [________________________________]
Printed name: [________________________________]
4. Witness attestation
Each of us witnessed the Testator sign this Codicil or acknowledge the Testator's signature or this Codicil. Each signs as a witness to that act.
Witness 1 signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Printed name and address: [________________________________]
Witness 2 signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Printed name and address: [________________________________]
Optional self-proving affidavit under § 30-2329(2)
Use this affidavit only after the attested Codicil above has been executed. The Testator and both witnesses must make the required acknowledgment and affidavits before an officer authorized to administer oaths, who supplies an official seal.
State of [________________]
County of [________________]
We, [TESTATOR NAME], [WITNESS 1 NAME], and [WITNESS 2 NAME], the Testator and witnesses whose names are signed to the foregoing Codicil, being first duly sworn, declare to the undersigned officer that the Testator signed and executed this Codicil willingly, or willingly directed another to sign for the Testator; that the Testator executed it as a free and voluntary act for the purposes stated; that each witness signed in the presence and hearing of the Testator as witness to the Testator's signing or acknowledgment; and that, to the best of each witness's knowledge, the Testator was at least eighteen years old or otherwise not a minor, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence at execution.
Testator signature: [________________________________]
Witness 1 signature: [________________________________]
Witness 2 signature: [________________________________]
Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by [TESTATOR NAME], and subscribed and sworn to before me by [WITNESS 1 NAME] and [WITNESS 2 NAME], on [__/__/____].
Officer signature: [________________________________]
Official capacity: [________________________________]
Official seal: [SPACE FOR SEAL]
Sources and References
About this template
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 6, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Nebraska
- Category
- Estate Planning & Wills
Legal authority
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2209(53) (will includes a codicil)
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2326 (who may make a will)
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2327 (witnessed execution)
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329 (optional self-proof)
Estate planning documents decide what happens to your property, your children, and your medical care when you cannot make those decisions yourself. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives each serve different purposes and each have to meet state law requirements for signing, witnessing, and notarization. A document that looks fine on the page but was not executed correctly can be rejected in probate, which is exactly when it is too late to fix.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 6, 2026.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2209(53) (checked October 6, 2026): "Will means any instrument, including any codicil or other testamentary instrument complying with sections 30-2326 to 30-2338, which disposes of personal or real property, appoints a personal representative, conservator, guardian, or trustee, revokes or revises an earlier executed testamentary instrument"
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2326 (checked October 6, 2026): "Any individual who is eighteen or more years of age or is not a minor and who is of sound mind may make a will and thereby dispose of personal and real property at and after death"
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2327 (checked October 6, 2026): "every will is required to be in writing signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's presence and by his direction, and is required to be signed by at least two individuals each of whom witnessed either the signing or the testator's acknowledgment of the signature or of the will"
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2329(2) (checked October 6, 2026): "An attested will may at any time subsequent to its execution be made self-proved, by the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths"
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