{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-19-13","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-19-13","heading":"Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.","body":"(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 with respect to the decedent shall allow: (1) A person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the decedent; or (2) a person to whom the gift could pass under section eleven of this article to examine and copy the document of gift or refusal.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 19. ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-19-13/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:35Z","sha256":"5abc3c889bb847ad7b632b7fc3a18b6110e0498902e953cdc8f9d8252337c988","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-19-12","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-19-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}