Any person absenting himself beyond the limits of this state for five (5) years successively shall be presumed to be dead in any case in which his death may come into question, unless proof is made that he was alive within that time.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-40-105
Death presumed after five years' absence
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Brown v. Pine Bluff Nursing Home (2004)
Most recently applied in Brown v. Pine Bluff Nursing Home (December 2004)
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