Illinois Code § 755 ILCS 50/5-55

Law governing validity; choice of law as to the execution of document of anatomical gift; presumption of validity.
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(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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. 

executed; or
making the anatomical gift was domiciled, had a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.

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