If any person who shall have resided in this state goes from and does not return to this state for five successive years, he or she shall be presumed to be dead in any case wherein his or her death shall come in question, unless proof be made that he or she was alive within that time. The fact that such person was exposed to a specific peril of death due to a terrorist event may be a sufficient basis for determining at any time after such exposure that he or she died less than five years after the date his or her absence commenced.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.620
Person, when presumed to be dead
Known as the The Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act
The act spans §§ 490–490 (79 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 50 F. Supp. 2d 931 - Levy v. GENERAL ELEC. CAPITAL ASSUR. CO. (1999)
Most recently applied in 50 F. Supp. 2d 931 - Levy v. GENERAL ELEC. CAPITAL ASSUR. CO. (May 1999)
Effective: 28 Aug 2002; (RSMo 1939 § 1873, A.L. 1982 S.B. 700 Revision, A.L. 2002 S.B. 712); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1709; 1919 § 5396; 1909 § 6340
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.