{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/32.1-291.19.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/32.1-291.19.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/32.1-291.19.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/32.1-291.19.html"}],"law_id":359430,"edition_id":2,"section_id":359430,"structure_id":51409,"section_number":"32.1-291.19","catch_line":"Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity","history":"2007, cc. 92, 907.","full_text":"A\n\nA document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:\n\n1\n\nThis Act;\n\n2\n\nThe laws of the state or country where it was executed; or\n\n3\n\nThe 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.\n\nB\n\nIf a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.\n\nC\n\nA 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1337214,"text":"A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":1337215,"text":"This Act;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":1337216,"text":"The laws of the state or country where it was executed; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0092\">92<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0907\">907<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1431543,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359430,"identifier":"32.1-291.19","token":"32.1\/8\/2\/32.1-291.19","url":"\/32.1-291.19\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-291.19\/","token":"32.1\/8\/2\/32.1-291.19","dublin_core":{"Title":"Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-291.19","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: <a id=\"paragraph-1337214\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-291.19\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> This Act; <a id=\"paragraph-1337215\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-291.19\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the state or country where it was executed; or <a id=\"paragraph-1337216\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-291.19\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the state or country where the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed. <a id=\"paragraph-1337217\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-291.19\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If a document of gift is valid under this section, the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift. <a id=\"paragraph-1337218\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-291.19\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. <a id=\"paragraph-1337219\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/32.1-291.19\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLAW GOVERNING VALIDITY; CHOICE OF LAW AS TO EXECUTION OF DOCUMENT OF GIFT;\nPRESUMPTION OF VALIDITY (\u00a7 32.1-291.19)\n\nA. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:\n\n   1. This Act;\n\n   2. The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or\n\n   3. The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical\n   gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time\n   the document of gift was executed.\n\nB. If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state\ngoverns the interpretation of the document of gift.\n\nC. A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical\ngift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was\nrevoked.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 92, 907.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}