Requirements for valid execution of a document of gift — presumption of validity, when — requirements for out-of-state execution of documents
Effective Aug 28, 2008(L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
1. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
- (1) Sections 194.210 to 194.294;
- (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.
- 2. If a document of gift is valid as provided by subsection 1 of this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
- 3. 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
- 4. For purposes of this section, for a document of gift from another state or country to be valid it must be executed by a record, document, or donor registry that expresses the informed consent of a person to make an anatomical gift.
(L. 2008 S.B. 1139)