(755 ILCS 50/5-55)

Sec. 5-55. Law governing validity; choice of law as to the execution of document of anatomical gift; presumption of validity.

(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

(1) this 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, had 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

(Source: P.A. 98-172, eff. 1-1-14.)