GroundRules
Ala. Code § 22-19-178: Law Governing Validity; Choice of Law as to Execution of Document of Gift; Presumption of Validity.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 22 Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
- Title 1 Health and Environmental Control Generally.
- Chapter 19 Dead Bodies.
- Article 9 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
(a) 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.
(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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
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