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N.C.G.S. § 130A-412.21

Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.

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2026-08-08
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2026-08-09
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(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) This Part; (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, 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. (2007-538, s. 1.)

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