9401 - Federal findings of death or other status as evidence.
CHAPTER 94 MISSING PERSONS Sec. 9401. Federal findings of death or other status as evidence. 9402. Federal reports of persons missing in action or interned as evidence. 9403. Signatures of Federal officers presumed authorized. Enactment. Chapter 94 was added August 1, 1975, P.L.233, No.92, effective January 1, 1976. § 9401. Federal findings of death or other status as evidence. A written finding of missing in action or presumed death made by the Department of Defense, or an officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding pursuant to the Federal Missing Persons Act (56 Stat. 143, 1092, and Public Laws, 408, Ch. 371, 2d Sess. 78th Cong. 50 U.S.C.App.Supp. 1001- 17), as now or hereafter amended, or a duly certified copy of such finding shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this Commonwealth as prima facie evidence of the death of the person therein found to be missing in action or dead, and the date, circumstances, and place of his disappearance. Cross References. Section 9401 is referred to in sections 9402, 9403 of this title.