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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. (Code 1981, § 44-5-157, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1/SB 405.) 44-5-158. Donor registry.