26-28-119 - Law governing validity -- Choice of law as to execution of document of gift -- Presumption of validity. - Utah Statutes

26-28-119. Law governing validity -- Choice of law as to execution of document ofgift -- Presumption of validity.
(1) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
(a) this chapter;
(b) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or
(c) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift wasdomiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift wasexecuted.
(2) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs theinterpretation of the document of gift.
(3) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift isvalid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

Enacted by Chapter 60, 2007 General Session