Source: https://wearabledocs.com/states Anatomical gift acts · fifty-one jurisdictions # One document, not fifty forms Every U.S. jurisdiction lets you refuse to be an organ donor by a record you sign, and lets that refusal bar anyone else from making the gift for you. We host that record for *all fifty states and the District of Columbia*. Coverage ## Where we can host a record All fifty states and the District of Columbia. You tell us your state during setup, and we show you what it asks for before you sign anything. Find your state Click your state to open its statute. Point at a state for its act and the sections your document cites. Choose a state above to see what it asks and read its statute. **Alabama** 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. **Alabama law** Ala. Code §§ 22-19-166, 22-19-167 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Alabama statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/alabama) **Alaska** 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. **Alaska law** Alaska Stat. §§ 13.52.187, 13.52.193 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Alaska statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/alaska) **Arizona** 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. **Arizona law** Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 36-846, 36-847 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Arizona statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/arizona) **Arkansas** 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. **Arkansas law** Ark. Code Ann. §§ 20-17-1207, 20-17-1208 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Arkansas statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/arkansas) **California** 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. **California law** Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 7150.30, 7150.35 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the California statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/california) **Colorado** 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. **Colorado law** Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 15-19-207, 15-19-208 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Colorado statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/colorado) **Connecticut** Revised 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 [Read the Connecticut statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/connecticut) **Delaware** Uniform 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 [Read the Delaware statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/delaware) **District of Columbia** 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. **District of Columbia law** D.C. Code §§ 7-1531.06, 7-1531.07 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the District of Columbia statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/district-of-columbia) **Florida** Florida 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 [Read the Florida statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/florida) **Georgia** Revised 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 [Read the Georgia statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/georgia) **Hawaii** Revised 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 [Read the Hawaii statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/hawaii) **Idaho** 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. **Idaho law** Idaho Code §§ 39-3407, 39-3408 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Idaho statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/idaho) **Illinois** Revised 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 [Read the Illinois statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/illinois) **Indiana** Revised 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 [Read the Indiana statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/indiana) **Iowa** Revised 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 [Read the Iowa statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/iowa) **Kansas** 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. **Kansas law** Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-3226, 65-3227 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Kansas statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/kansas) **Kentucky** 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. **Kentucky law** Ky. Rev. Stat. §§ 311.1921, 311.1923 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Kentucky statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/kentucky) **Louisiana** Revised 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 [Read the Louisiana statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/louisiana) **Maine** Revised 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 [Read the Maine statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/maine) **Maryland** 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. **Maryland law** Md. Code, Est. & Trusts §§ 4-505, 4-506 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Maryland statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/maryland) **Massachusetts** 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. **Massachusetts law** Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, §§ 7, 8 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Massachusetts statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/massachusetts) **Michigan** Revised 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 [Read the Michigan statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/michigan) **Minnesota** Darlene 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 [Read the Minnesota statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/minnesota) **Mississippi** 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. **Mississippi law** Miss. Code Ann. §§ 41-39-113, 41-39-115 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Mississippi statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/mississippi) **Missouri** Revised 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 [Read the Missouri statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/missouri) **Montana** Revised 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 [Read the Montana statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/montana) **Nebraska** 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. **Nebraska law** Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-4830, 71-4831 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Nebraska statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/nebraska) **Nevada** 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. **Nevada law** Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 451.561, 451.562 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Nevada statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/nevada) **New Hampshire** 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 Hampshire law** N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 291-A:7, 291-A:8 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the New Hampshire statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/new-hampshire) **New Jersey** Revised 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 [Read the New Jersey statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/new-jersey) **New Mexico** Jonathan 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 [Read the New Mexico statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/new-mexico) **New York** N.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 [Read the New York statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/new-york) **North Carolina** Revised 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 [Read the North Carolina statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/north-carolina) **North Dakota** 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. **North Dakota law** N.D. Cent. Code §§ 23-06.6-06, 23-06.6-07 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the North Dakota statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/north-dakota) **Ohio** Revised 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 [Read the Ohio statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/ohio) **Oklahoma** 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. **Oklahoma law** Okla. Stat. tit. 63, §§ 2200.7A, 2200.8A **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Oklahoma statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/oklahoma) **Oregon** Revised 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 [Read the Oregon statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/oregon) **Pennsylvania** 20 Pa.C.S. ch. 86 (pre-2006 UAGA structure) Persons who may execute anatomical gift; Manner of executing 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, 8615 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Pennsylvania statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/pennsylvania) **Rhode Island** 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. **Rhode Island law** R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-18.6.1-7, 23-18.6.1-8 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Rhode Island statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/rhode-island) **South Carolina** Revised 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 [Read the South Carolina statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/south-carolina) **South Dakota** 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. **South Dakota law** S.D. Codified Laws §§ 34-26-54, 34-26-55 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the South Dakota statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/south-dakota) **Tennessee** Revised 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 [Read the Tennessee statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/tennessee) **Texas** 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. 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 [Read the Texas statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/texas) **Utah** 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. **Utah law** Utah Code §§ 26B-8-306, 26B-8-307 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Utah statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/utah) **Vermont** 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. **Vermont law** 18 V.S.A. §§ 5250g, 5250h **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Vermont statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/vermont) **Virginia** 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. **Virginia law** Va. Code Ann. §§ 32.1-291.7, 32.1-291.8 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Virginia statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/virginia) **Washington** Revised 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 [Read the Washington statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/washington) **West Virginia** Revised 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 [Read the West Virginia statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/west-virginia) **Wisconsin** Revised 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 [Read the Wisconsin statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/wisconsin) **Wyoming** 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. **Wyoming law** Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 35-5-207, 35-5-208 **Statute read** 2026-09-02 [Read the Wyoming statute in full](https://wearabledocs.com/states/wyoming) 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 ## One document, not fifty forms. 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. [See what it costs](https://wearabledocs.com/pricing)