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§ 24-6B-19 NMSA 1978

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

Known as the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

The act spans §§ 24–24 (29 sections).

Laws 2007, ch. 323, § 19.

A. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

(1) the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;

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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.