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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 19 - Health » Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools » Chapter 20 - Virgin Islands Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift » § 419. 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 chapter;

    • (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 the Virgin Islands 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid, unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.