{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-1531.18","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-1531.18","heading":"Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.","body":"(a)\nA document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:\n(1)\nThis subchapter;\n(2)\nThe laws of the state or country where it was executed; or\n(3)\nThe 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.\n\n(b)\nIf a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of the District of Columbia governs the interpretation of the document of gift.\n\n(c)\nA 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.","path":["Title 7.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/7-1531.18","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"db4154263216b898d33e329039de1bad02167bdee432b23a046f8aea3ee0dbf1","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-1531.17","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-1531.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}