Requirements for Validity of Document of Gift; Governing Law

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  1. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
    1. This article;
    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.
  2. If a document of gift is valid under this Code section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
  3. 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

(Code 1981, §44-5-157, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1/SB 405.)


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