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Home » US Law » 2020 Arkansas Code » Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare » Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety » Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead » Subchapter 12 - Revised Arkansas Anatomical Gift Act » § 20-17-1219. Law governing validity — Choice of law as to execution of document of gift — Presumption of validity
  1. (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

    1. (1) this subchapter;

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

    3. (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.

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

  3. (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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.