Any interested person may petition to administer the estate of a missing person; however, no personal representative shall be appointed until the court determines the missing person is dead.
Fla. Stat. § 733.209
Estates of missing persons
History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 93, ch. 2001-226
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