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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-43-390

Validity and interpretation of document of gift; presumption of validity

Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

The act spans §§ 44-43-300 to 44-43-415 (24 sections).

2009 Act No. 4, SECTION 2, eff May 6, 2009.

(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 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.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: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.