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AlabamaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to Make Anatomical Gift; Effect of Refusal · Preclusive Effect of Anatomical Gift, Amendment, or Revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Alabama law
- Ala. Code §§ 22-19-166, 22-19-167
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
AlaskaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Alaska law
- Alaska Stat. §§ 13.52.187, 13.52.193
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
ArizonaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Arizona law
- Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 36-846, 36-847
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
ArkansasRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift — Effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Arkansas law
- Ark. Code Ann. §§ 20-17-1207, 20-17-1208
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
CaliforniaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- California law
- Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 7150.30, 7150.35
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
ColoradoRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift - effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Colorado law
- Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 15-19-207, 15-19-208
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
ConnecticutRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Methods of refusing to make an anatomical gift · Effect of anatomical gift, amendment, revocation or refusal
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Connecticut law
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-289f, 19a-289g
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
DelawareUniform Anatomical Gift Act (pre-2006 version)
Persons who may execute an anatomical gift · Amendment or revocation of the gift
- Act
- 1968 act
- Enforcement
- A person who knows of your refusal may not make the gift, and a donee with notice of it may not accept.
- Signing it yourself
- No formalities are prescribed for making one.
- If someone signs at your direction
- The same, whoever signs.
- Notary
- Its statute does not say.
- Delaware law
- 16 Del. C. §§ 2711, 2715
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
District of ColumbiaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- District of Columbia law
- D.C. Code §§ 7-1531.06, 7-1531.07
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
FloridaFlorida Anatomical Gift Act (pre-2006 UAGA structure)
Persons who may make an anatomical gift · Donor amendment or revocation of anatomical gift
- Act
- 1968 act
- Enforcement
- A person who knows of your refusal may not make the gift, and a donee with notice of it may not accept.
- Signing it yourself
- No formalities are prescribed for making one.
- If someone signs at your direction
- The same, whoever signs.
- Notary
- Its statute does not say.
- Florida law
- Fla. Stat. §§ 765.512, 765.516
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
GeorgiaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make an anatomical gift · Role and authority of people other than donor
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Georgia law
- O.C.G.A. §§ 44-5-145, 44-5-146
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
HawaiiRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make an anatomical gift and effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of an anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Hawaii law
- Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 327-7, 327-8
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
IdahoRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift — Effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Idaho law
- Idaho Code §§ 39-3407, 39-3408
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
IllinoisRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), as incorporated into the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Illinois law
- 755 ILCS 50/5-43, 50/5-7
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
IndianaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal of anatomical gifts · Persons prohibited from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift; donor revocation of an anatomical gift; unemancipated minors
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Indiana law
- Ind. Code §§ 29-2-16.1-6, 29-2-16.1-7
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
IowaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Persons who may make — manner of making — amending or revoking — refusal to make anatomical gift before donor's death — preclusive effect (subsection 4, "Refusal to make") · Preclusive effect (subsection 5)
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Iowa law
- Iowa Code § 142C.3(4), (5)
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
KansasRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Kansas law
- Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-3226, 65-3227
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
KentuckyRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift -- Effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Kentucky law
- Ky. Rev. Stat. §§ 311.1921, 311.1923
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
LouisianaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), as adapted
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift; amendment; revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- If someone signs at your direction
- The same, whoever signs.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Louisiana law
- La. Rev. Stat. §§ 17:2354.1, 17:2354.2
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
MaineRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift and effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Maine law
- 22 M.R.S. §§ 2947, 2948
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
MarylandRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Maryland law
- Md. Code, Est. & Trusts §§ 4-505, 4-506
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
MassachusettsRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Massachusetts law
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, §§ 7, 8
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
MichiganRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Law (2006 RUAGA)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; means · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Michigan law
- Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 333.10107, 333.10108
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
MinnesotaDarlene Luther Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Minnesota law
- Minn. Stat. §§ 525A.07, 525A.08
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
MississippiRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Mississippi law
- Miss. Code Ann. §§ 41-39-113, 41-39-115
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
MissouriRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make a gift, evidenced how, requirements · Person other than donor barred from making, amending, or revoking donor's gift — revocation not a bar to making a gift — parent may revoke or amend a gift of a child
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Missouri law
- Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 194.235, 194.240
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
MontanaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), as adapted
Making, amending, revoking, and refusing to make anatomical gifts by individual · Making, amending, revoking, and refusing to make anatomical gifts by individual
- Act
- 2006 revision, renumbered by the state
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Montana law
- Mont. Code Ann. § 72-17-201(11), (14), (16)
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
NebraskaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Nebraska law
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-4830, 71-4831
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
NevadaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Nevada law
- Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 451.561, 451.562
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
New HampshireRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to Make Anatomical Gift; Effect of Refusal · Preclusive Effect of Anatomical Gift, Amendment, or Revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- New Hampshire law
- N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 291-A:7, 291-A:8
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
New JerseyRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift · Person other than donor prohibited from making anatomical gift, exceptions
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- New Jersey law
- N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 26:6-83, 26:6-84
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
New MexicoJonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- New Mexico law
- N.M. Stat. Ann. §§ 24-6B-7, 24-6B-8
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
New YorkN.Y. Public Health Law art. 43 (pre-2006 UAGA structure)
Persons who may execute an anatomical gift · Amendments or revocation of the gift
- Act
- 1968 act
- Enforcement
- A person who knows of your refusal may not make the gift, and a donee with notice of it may not accept.
- Signing it yourself
- No formalities are prescribed for making one.
- If someone signs at your direction
- The same, whoever signs.
- Notary
- Its statute does not say.
- New York law
- N.Y. Pub. Health Law §§ 4301, 4305
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
North CarolinaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of an anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- North Carolina law
- N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 130A-412.9, 130A-412.10
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
North DakotaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift — Effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- North Dakota law
- N.D. Cent. Code §§ 23-06.6-06, 23-06.6-07
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
OhioRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), as adapted
Refusal to make anatomical gift · Action by person other than donor
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults who have signed at the individual’s request. Neither has to be disinterested; Ohio dropped that requirement, so both may be family members.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Ohio law
- Ohio Rev. Code §§ 2108.07, 2108.08
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
OklahomaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift - Effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Oklahoma law
- Okla. Stat. tit. 63, §§ 2200.7A, 2200.8A
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
OregonRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), as adapted
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Effect of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Oregon law
- Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 97.961, 97.963
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
Pennsylvania20 Pa.C.S. ch. 86 (pre-2006 UAGA structure)
Persons who may execute anatomical gift; Manner of executing anatomical gifts; Requests for anatomical gifts · Amendment or revocation of gift
- Act
- 1968 act
- Enforcement
- A person who knows of your refusal may not make the gift, and a donee with notice of it may not accept.
- Signing it yourself
- No formalities are prescribed for making one.
- If someone signs at your direction
- The same, whoever signs.
- Notary
- Its statute does not say.
- Pennsylvania law
- 20 Pa.C.S. §§ 8611, 8613, 8617, 8615
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
Rhode IslandRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift — Effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Rhode Island law
- R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-18.6.1-7, 23-18.6.1-8
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
South CarolinaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; documentation · Amendment or revocation by person other than donor of anatomical gift made by donor
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- South Carolina law
- S.C. Code Ann. §§ 44-43-330, 44-43-335
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
South DakotaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift — Effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- South Dakota law
- S.D. Codified Laws §§ 34-26-54, 34-26-55
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
TennesseeRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), heavily condensed
Refusal to make anatomical gift — Effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision, renumbered by the state
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Tennessee law
- Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 68-30-107, 68-30-108
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
TexasRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member. The record may instead be acknowledged before a notary public (Tex. Health & Safety Code § 692A.007(b)(1)).
- Notary
- Offered instead of witnesses where someone signs at your direction. Not required when you sign yourself.
- Texas law
- Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 692A.007, 692A.008
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
UtahRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift -- Effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Utah law
- Utah Code §§ 26B-8-306, 26B-8-307
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
VermontRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Vermont law
- 18 V.S.A. §§ 5250g, 5250h
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
VirginiaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Virginia law
- Va. Code Ann. §§ 32.1-291.7, 32.1-291.8
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
WashingtonRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make an anatomical gift · Making, amending, or revoking a gift by a person other than donor—Making additional gifts
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Washington law
- Wash. Rev. Code §§ 68.64.060, 68.64.070
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
West VirginiaRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), as adapted
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision, renumbered by the state
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- West Virginia law
- W. Va. Code §§ 16-19-7, 16-19-8
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
WisconsinRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), as adapted
Anatomical gifts — Refusal to make an anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Anatomical gifts — Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision, renumbered by the state
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Wisconsin law
- Wis. Stat. § 157.06(7), (8)
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
WyomingRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006)
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal · Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation
- Act
- 2006 revision
- Enforcement
- An unrevoked refusal bars all other persons from making the gift.
- Signing it yourself
- No witnesses required by the statute.
- If someone signs at your direction
- Two adults. At least one of the two must be a disinterested witness; the other may be anyone, including a family member.
- Notary
- Not required.
- Wyoming law
- Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 35-5-207, 35-5-208
- Statute read
- 2026-09-02
The distinction that decides it
Registry removal is not a refusal
Many people believe that taking their name off the state donor registry is enough. It is not, and the acts say so in terms.
- Taking your name off (revocation):This resets your status to blank. It bars no one. A hospital, a family member or a surrogate can still authorize the gift, because nothing on record says you refused.
- A signed refusal:This is the instrument the statutes provide for. It bars every other person from making an anatomical gift on your behalf, and it keeps working when you cannot speak. It only works if it is found in time, which is the part we do.
Taking your name off the donor registry is a revocation. A revocation bars no one. Only a signed refusal does, and only if it is found in time.
Both provisions cited per state, all fifty-one
Background
Why the wording is so similar, and why that is not the same as uniform
The Uniform Law Commission drafts model acts. A model act is not law and binds no one. Each legislature enacts its own statute, amends it as it likes, and that statute is the law for a person in that state. So there are fifty-one anatomical gift laws here, not one with exceptions.
What is true is that most of them were drafted from the same model, which is why their refusal provisions read alike. Where they do not, we say so rather than averaging it out.
The card in the code
Where a card carried on the person is named in the statute
A card carried on the person is not something these statutes are silent about. Some of them name one in terms.
Five of the fifty-one: Delaware, Florida, Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania.
- Delaware “A signed card or document found on the person or in the person's effects”16 Del. C. § 2715(a)(4)
- Florida “A signed document found on or about the donor's person”Fla. Stat. § 765.516(1)(d)
- Indiana “a signed card or document found on the decedent's person or in the decedent's effects”Ind. Code § 29-2-16.1-10(m)(4)
- New York “a signed card or document, found on such individual's person or in such individual's effects”N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4305(1)(e)
- Pennsylvania “a card designed to be carried on the person”20 Pa.C.S. § 8613(b)
Execution
Where your state asks for more than a signature
Most ask only for a record you signed; the ones that ask for more ask about witnesses, not about the refusal itself.
- 46 of the 51: your signature is enough.Witnesses come into it only where somebody else signs at your direction because you physically cannot.
- Louisiana asks for witnesses on every signed refusal,including one you sign yourself: two adults, at least one of them disinterested. Your blank prints the witness page for you when Louisiana is your state.
- Texas offers a notary acknowledgment instead of witnesses,as an alternative rather than an addition, and in the one place witnesses are asked for at all: a record signed at your direction. No other state offers it.
- Ohio asks for two adults and does not require either to be disinterested,where witnesses are needed at all.
Two witnesses cannot weaken your document anywhere, so we suggest two wherever you are. A notary is not required by any of the fifty-one, and a notarized document is never worse than one without.
Execution rules read per state, all fifty-one
Fifty-one statutes. One signature.
You tell us your state, we show you what it asks for before you sign, and your page names the state you signed in. Your signed document is what carries legal weight. We host it and make it findable.