{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-1531.12","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-1531.12","heading":"Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.","body":"(a)\nA document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective.\n\n(b)\nUpon or after an individual’s death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under § 7-1531.10.","path":["Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.","Chapter 15. Anatomical Parts.","Subchapter II-A. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-1531.12","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"43b42a573dfa425d3a1e33bdcbb7cc0acec6029b3dba889faf7294edf984aebe","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-1531.11","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-1531.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}