Section 22-19-60 Gift made by execution of affidavit to be filed with Department of Public Safety; notice of intent and specific gift to be noted on driver's license or nondriver identification ca - Alabama Statutes

Section 22-19-60

Gift made by execution of affidavit to be filed with Department of Public Safety; notice of intent and specific gift to be noted on driver's license or nondriver identification card; when gift effective; execution and acknowledgment of affidavit; effect of expiration, revocation, renewal, etc., of license or card.

(a) A gift of all or part of the body may be made by the holder of a valid Alabama Driver's License or nondriver identification card by the execution of a sworn affidavit to be filed with the Department of Public Safety.

(b) Notice of intent to make a gift shall be noted on the driver's license or nondriver identification card of the donor in a manner to be determined by the Department of Public Safety and there shall also be noted thereon the specific gift of the donor in accordance with the following legend:

E - Eye

K - Kidney

H - Heart

Li - Liver

L - Lungs

A - All (everything)

(c) The gift shall become effective on the death of the donor without any formal requirements of delivery.

(d) The affidavit shall be signed by the holder of the driver's license or nondriver identification card in the presence of two witnesses who shall acknowledge the affidavit in the presence of the donor.

(e) The gift shall become invalidated upon the expiration, cancellation, revocation or suspension of a driver's license or nondriver identification card.

(f) The gift shall not become invalidated if the driver's license or nondriver identification card is properly renewed before the expiration date.

(g) The amendatory provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall commence on the date of renewal of the driver's license or nondriver identification card of the donor.

(Acts 1976, No. 753, p. 1037, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-531, p. 881, §§1, 2.)