Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 142C.6 (2026)
Delivery of document of gift not required — right to examine
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1. A document of gift does not require delivery during the donor’s lifetime to be effective. 2. Upon or after an individual’s death, a person in possession of the document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or the refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to whom the gift could pass under section 142C.5. 95 Acts, ch 39, §6; 2002 Acts, ch 1064, §6; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §38; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §8
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case, 2010–2010 · leading case: Alcor Life Extension Found. v. Richardson, 785 N.W.2d 717 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010).
Alcor Life Extension Found. v. Richardson, 785 N.W.2d 717 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010). “See Iowa Code § 142C.6 (“A document of gift does not require delivery during the donor’s life *726 time to be effective.”
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