Massachusetts Statutes
§ 19 — Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity
Massachusetts § 19
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVIPUBLIC HEALTH
Ch. 113AUNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, § 19 (2026).
Text
Section 19.
(a)A document of gift shall be valid if executed in accordance with:
(1)this chapter;
(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 section, then this chapter shall govern 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
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