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        144C.8  FORFEITURE OF DESIGNEE'S AUTHORITY.
         A designee shall forfeit all rights and authority under a
      declaration and all rights and authority under the declaration shall
      vest in and devolve upon an alternate designee, or if there is none,
      vest in and devolve pursuant to section 144C.5, under either of the
      following circumstances:
         1.  The designee is charged with murder in the first or second
      degree or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the declarant's
      death and those charges are known to a third party.
         2.  The designee does not exercise the designee's authority under
      the declaration within twenty-four hours of receiving notification of
      the death of the declarant or within forty hours of the declarant's
      death, whichever is earlier.

Section History: Recent Form

         2008 Acts, ch 1051, §13, 22

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        144C.8  FORFEITURE OF DESIGNEE'S AUTHORITY.
         A designee shall forfeit all rights and authority under a
      declaration and all rights and authority under the declaration shall
      vest in and devolve upon an alternate designee, or if there is none,
      vest in and devolve pursuant to section 144C.5, under either of the
      following circumstances:
         1.  The designee is charged with murder in the first or second
      degree or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the declarant's
      death and those charges are known to a third party.
         2.  The designee does not exercise the designee's authority under
      the declaration within twenty-four hours of receiving notification of
      the death of the declarant or within forty hours of the declarant's
      death, whichever is earlier.

Section History: Recent Form

         2008 Acts, ch 1051, §13, 22

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        144C.8  FORFEITURE OF DESIGNEE'S AUTHORITY.
         A designee shall forfeit all rights and authority under a
      declaration and all rights and authority under the declaration shall
      vest in and devolve upon an alternate designee, or if there is none,
      vest in and devolve pursuant to section 144C.5, under either of the
      following circumstances:
         1.  The designee is charged with murder in the first or second
      degree or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the declarant's
      death and those charges are known to a third party.
         2.  The designee does not exercise the designee's authority under
      the declaration within twenty-four hours of receiving notification of
      the death of the declarant or within forty hours of the declarant's
      death, whichever is earlier.

Section History: Recent Form

         2008 Acts, ch 1051, §13, 22