1. If the will, card, or other document, or executed copy thereof, has been delivered to a specified donee, the donor may amend or revoke the gift by:
a. The execution and delivery to the donee of a signed statement.
b. An oral statement made in the presence of two persons and communicated to the donee.
c. A statement during a terminal illness or injury addressed to an attending physician and communicated to the donee.
d. A signed card or document found on the donor's person or in the donor's effects.
2. Any document of gift which has not been delivered to the donee may be revoked by the donor in the manner set out in subsection 1, or by destruction, cancellation, or mutilation of the document and all executed copies thereof.
3. Any gift made by a will may also be amended or revoked in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills, or as provided in subsection 1.
4. An anatomical gift is not amendable or revocable by a person other than the donor.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 142A.6; 81 Acts, ch 63, § 1]
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