LegalZoom Will Cost California 2026: Complete Pricing Comparison

LegalZoom Will Prices, Checked October 6, 2026

We opened LegalZoom's last will page and its estate plan compare page on October 6, 2026. These are the prices and contents LegalZoom itself lists. Neither page lists a separate California price. Prices can change, so check LegalZoom's page before you buy.

What the fine print says about the attorney access

LegalZoom's footnotes describe the consultations as telephone consultations with a participating firm, during normal business hours, of up to half an hour each, limited to one consultation for each new legal matter, fulfilled through Legal Advantage Plus. For the Pro plan: "After the 30-day period, your card will automatically be charged $25 and the Legal Assist Plan renews automatically each month at a rate of $25/month." For Premium, the plan "continue[s] automatically for $199 per year." For the Pro plan LegalZoom adds that the renewal rate is subject to change, and for both plans that you can cancel online or by calling.

LegalZoom's compare page states: "LegalZoom is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice, except where authorized through its subsidiary law firm LZ Legal Services, LLC," and both pages state: "The information you provide to LegalZoom is not protected by attorney-client privilege." LegalZoom describes the attorneys it advertises as independent attorneys, and the phone consultations are with a participating firm; the documents are built from your answers to LegalZoom's online questionnaire, which LegalZoom says takes about 15 minutes.

Our California Will Package: $150, or $250 for a Couple

Our California will package is a flat $150 for one person and $250 for a married couple. There is no membership and nothing renews. Each person receives:

• A last will and testament naming your beneficiaries and executor, with guardian nominations for minor children.
• A durable power of attorney for finances.
• An advance health care directive with a HIPAA authorization.
• An attestation clause your witnesses sign under penalty of perjury, so the court can accept the will on that declaration instead of calling the witnesses in, unless someone contests the will (Probate Code §8220(b); Code of Civil Procedure §2015.5).

You answer our questionnaire, and Rozsa Gyene, a California attorney (State Bar #208356), prepares and reviews the documents under California law. Attorney review is included in the $150.

Worked Example: What You Pay in the First Year

Take one person who wants a will, a power of attorney and a health care directive, the same three documents in each column. LegalZoom's Basic Will does not include the last two, so the comparison starts at Pro.

If you buy the Pro Will and cancel the Legal Assist Plan before the 30 days run out, you pay $149, one dollar less than our package. For a married couple the checkout prices are $249 (Pro) and $399 (Premium) at LegalZoom and $250 with us.

Signing Any Will So It Holds Up in California (Probate Code §6110)

The price matters less than the signing. A will from LegalZoom, from us or from any other source is valid in California only if it meets the Probate Code. The full rules, including handwritten wills, are in our guide to California will requirements. The points that trip up people who print a will at home:

1. Sign it yourself, in writing. The will must be in writing and signed by you, or in your name by someone else in your presence and at your direction (§6110(a), (b)).
2. Two witnesses, present at the same time. At least two people must sign as witnesses during your lifetime. Each must be present at the same time, must witness either your signing or your acknowledgment of the signature or of the will, and must understand that the document is your will (§6110(c)(1)).
3. A typed will is not a handwritten will. A will without witnesses can be valid as a handwritten (holographic) will only if the signature and the material provisions are in your own handwriting (§6111). A will printed from a website does not qualify, so it needs the witnesses.
4. A notary does not count. The California Statutory Will form in §6240 tells the signer: "You do not need to have this document notarized. Notarization will not fulfill the witness requirement."
5. Pick witnesses who inherit nothing. A will signed by a beneficiary is still valid (§6112(b)), but the gift to that witness is presumed to have been obtained by duress, menace, fraud or undue influence unless two other disinterested witnesses also signed. If the presumption is not rebutted, the witness takes no more than the share they would have received without the will (§6112(c), (d)).
6. Do not count on the safety net. A will that was not witnessed correctly can still be admitted if the person offering it proves by clear and convincing evidence that you intended it as your will (§6110(c)(2)). That proof is made in court, after your death, usually against a relative who objects.
7. Update it after a divorce. Unless the will says otherwise, a final divorce or annulment revokes gifts to the former spouse and any nomination of the former spouse as executor, trustee or guardian (§6122). The rest of the will stays in force, so review it anyway.
8. Keep the original where someone can find it. After a death, whoever holds the original must deliver it to the superior court clerk in the county where the estate may be administered within 30 days, and send a copy to the named executor (§8200). The court fee for lodging a will is $50 (Gov. Code §70626(d)).

What a Will Does Not Do: Probate

Neither LegalZoom's will nor ours keeps property out of probate. A will tells the court who inherits and who should serve as executor; the executor still petitions the superior court, and the first filing fee is $435 ($450 in Riverside and San Francisco counties). Statutory compensation under Probate Code §10810 for the attorney, and the same amount for the executor under §10800, is figured on the gross value of the estate. On a $500,000 estate that is $13,000.00 each, or $26,000.00 together, before extraordinary fees and costs. Try your own numbers in the California probate cost calculator.

Two shortcuts apply for deaths on or after April 1, 2025: an affidavit for personal property when the estate, not counting trust, joint tenancy and beneficiary-designated assets among others, is $208,850 or less (§13100), and a court petition for a primary residence worth up to $750,000 (§13151). Unless it goes to a surviving spouse, who can take property without probate administration (§13500), a home worth more than $750,000 that passes by will goes through full probate. For more on how estates are probated with and without a will, see what happens if you die without a will in California and our California probate fee schedule.

If you own a home, a funded living trust is the document that keeps it out of probate: a $400 trust plus $100 deed with us. LegalZoom's trust prices and its separately sold deed are covered on our LegalZoom living trust cost page, and the will that goes with a trust is explained in pour-over wills in California. If you live near our office, see living trust Burbank.

When a Will by Itself Is the Right Purchase

A will alone usually makes sense when you own no real estate, your accounts and retirement plans already name beneficiaries, and what is left would fit the $208,850 affidavit. It also makes sense for parents whose main goal is naming a guardian; the California Statutory Will form notes that a will lets you nominate a guardian to raise children under 18. Our post on when a simple will is enough in California goes through these cases. For a side by side look at other online will services, see best online will services in California.

Frequently Asked Questions

Sources

Checked October 6, 2026. LegalZoom prices were read on LegalZoom's own pages that day. Statute text was read from the official California code text, reproduced with its leginfo source.

1. Last Will and Testament, LegalZoom (Basic, Pro and Premium Will prices, contents and footnotes)
2. Compare estate plan packages, LegalZoom (individual and couple prices, disclaimers)
3. Probate Code §6110, execution of a will
4. Probate Code §6111, holographic wills
5. Probate Code §6112, witnesses and interested witnesses
6. Probate Code §6122, effect of divorce or annulment
7. Probate Code §6240, California Statutory Will form
8. Probate Code §8200, delivering the will to the court
9. Probate Code §8220, proof of an uncontested will
10. Code of Civil Procedure §2015.5, declarations under penalty of perjury
11. Probate Code §10810, statutory attorney compensation
12. Probate Code §13151, primary residence petition
13. Probate Code §13500, property passing to a surviving spouse
14. Probate Code section 890 adjusted amounts (§§13100, 13151, 13200), Judicial Council of California
15. Statewide Civil Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2026 (items 124 and 169), Judicial Council of California
16. Attorney profile, Rozsa Gyene, State Bar #208356, State Bar of California