{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-19-18","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-19-18","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:\n(1) This article;\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, the law of this state governs 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 19. ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-19-18/","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":"26417dbf3230946d10908bd499a93114b0db8be32d6042eb8f63ccb9ef2d0c24","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-19-17","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-19-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}