{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-291.19","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 32.1-291.19","heading":"Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity","body":"A. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:1. This Act;2. The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or3. 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. 2007, cc. 92, 907.","path":["Title 32.1. HEALTH","Chapter 8. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS AND SERVICES","Article 2. ANATOMICAL GIFTS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/32.1-291.19/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:34Z","sha256":"94f9aaa6486990be71224a8af978e7f714a4f26c63783d67ff85d593b54f7ebe","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-291.18","next":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-291.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}