Section 10-208 - Federal finding of presumed death. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-208. Federal finding of presumed death.
 

A written finding of presumed death made by the Secretary of Defense or other officer or employee of the United States authorized by federal law to make a finding of presumed death or a duly certified copy of the finding shall be received in any court, office, or other place in the State as evidence of: 

(1) The death of the individual disclosed in the finding as dead; and 

(2) The date, circumstances, and place of the individual's death or disappearance. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 961/2, § 43; 1997, ch. 31, § 1.]