Chapter 65: Public Health

Article 32: Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

Statute 65-3238: Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity. (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

      (1)   This act;

      (2)   the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or

      (3)   the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.

      (b)   If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.

      (c)   A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

      History:   L. 2007, ch. 127, § 19; July 1.