Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-137
in effectA document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
Sections 41-39-101 through 41-39-149; The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or 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.
If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.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: Public.Resource.Org MS CodeURL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ms/transforms/ms/ocms/r78/gov.ms.code.title.41.htmlFetched: 6/9/2026
