West Virginia Code § 16-19-18

Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift;
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presumption of validity.
(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
(1) This article;
(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, has 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. a
(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valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

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