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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-157. Requirements for validity of document of gift; governing law.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-157. Requirements for validity of document of gift; governing law.

(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 Code 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

## History

Code 1981, § 44-5-157, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1/SB 405.