Section 44-5-100. Criteria for making valid gift causa mortis

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   (a) To constitute a valid gift in contemplation of death, the following criteria must be met:

   (1) The object of the gift must be personal property;

   (2) The donor must be in his last illness or in peril of death;

   (3) The gift must be intended to be absolute only in the event of death;

   (4) The gift must be perfected by either actual or symbolic delivery; and

   (5) The gift must be proved by one or more witnesses.

(b) A gift in contemplation of death may be made by parol.

Orig. Code 1863, § 2626; Code 1868, § 2626; Code 1873, § 2668; Code 1882, § 2668; Civil Code 1895, § 3574; Civil Code 1910, § 4154; Code 1933, § 48-201.

                    
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