18. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity. (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) This subchapter; (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 the District of Columbia 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. (Apr. 15, 2008, D.C. Law 17-145, § 19, 55 DCR 2532.) Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 19 of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006).
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