{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-19","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, § 19","heading":"Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity","body":"Section 19. (a) A document of gift shall be valid if executed in accordance with:\n(1) this chapter;\n(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or\n(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.\n(b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, then this chapter shall govern the interpretation of the document of gift.\n(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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 113A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter113A/Section19","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:53Z","sha256":"c5c240ff927397d2d0a7e60154a9a5882044573ba7d4a0d5619649342f695f62","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-18","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}