{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-13","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, § 13","heading":"Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine","body":"Section 13. (a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.\n(b) Upon 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 whom the gift could pass under section 11.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 113A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter113A/Section13","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:53Z","sha256":"482d19eafda8b328206642c75243e97795662976735e26ae5383cff666b98581","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-12","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}