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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63789</law_id><section_number>32.1-291.19</section_number><catch_line>Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Postmortem Examinations and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Anatomical Gifts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: <a id="paragraph-232440" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.19/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> This Act; <a id="paragraph-232441" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.19/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the state or country where it was executed; or <a id="paragraph-232442" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.19/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the state or country where the <span class="dictionary">person</span> making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed. <a id="paragraph-232443" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.19/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a document of gift is valid under this section, the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift. <a id="paragraph-232444" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.19/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">person</span> may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that <span class="dictionary">person</span> knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. <a id="paragraph-232445" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.19/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2007, cc. 92, 907.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
