Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 41-39-137 - 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) Sections 41-39-101 through 41-39-149;(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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. Laws, 2008, ch. 561, § 19; reenacted without change, Laws, 2012, ch. 346, § 19, eff. 7/1/2012.Reenacted without change by Laws, 2014, ch. 315, SB 2217, 19, eff. 7/1/2014.