Section 5. Acquisition and Loss of Property, 44-5-1 through 44-5-230.
ARTICLE 6
REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFTS
44-5-157. Requirements for validity of document of gift; governing law.
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A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
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This article;
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The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or
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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.
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If a document of gift is valid under this Code section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
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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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
(Code 1981, §44-5-157, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1/SB 405.)