A. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 24-6B-19

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

(1)     the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift 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, 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 pursuant to 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.