§ 8-37.1. Finding of presumed death.
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Findings, Records andReports of Federal Officers and Employees.
§ 8‑37.1. Finding ofpresumed death.
(a) A written findingof presumed death, made by the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, orother officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding,pursuant to the Federal Missing Persons Act (56 Stat. 143, 1092, and P.L. 408,ch. 371, 2d Sess. 78th Cong.; 50 U.S.C. App. Supp. 1001‑17), as now orhereafter amended, or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be receivedin any court, office or other place in this State as prima facie evidence ofthe death of the person therein found to be dead, and the date, circumstancesand place of his disappearance. This subsection applies only to findings ofpresumed death made prior to the effective date of Section 5(b) of Public Law89‑554.
(b) A written findingof presumed death, made by the Secretary pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 37 ofthe U.S. Code, P.L. 89‑554 as now or hereafter amended, or a dulycertified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office, orother place in this State as prima facie evidence of the death of the persontherein found to be dead, and the date, circumstances, and place of hisdisappearance. This subsection applies only to findings of presumed death madeon or after the effective date of Section 5(b) of Public Law 89‑554. (1945,c. 731, s. 1; 1995, c. 379, s. 3.)