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Iowa Code § 142C.12A

Law governing validity, choice of law, presumption of validity

Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

The act spans §§ 142C.1 to 142C.9 (23 sections).

2007 Acts, ch 44, §15

1. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with any of the following:

a. This chapter.

b. The laws of the state or country where the document of gift was executed.

c. 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.

2. If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.

3. 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.