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    291-A:19 Law Governing Validity; Choice of Law as to Execution of Document of Gift; Presumption of Validity. –

I. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

(a) This chapter;

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

(c) 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.

II. If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state shall govern the interpretation of the document of gift.

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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

Source. 2010, 111:1, eff. July 31, 2010.