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Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
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Title22 HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. |
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Title1 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL GENERALLY. |
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Chapter19. DEAD BODIES. |
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Article9. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. |
§22-19-178. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.
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(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
(1) this article;
(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or
(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.
(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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.