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Persons Presumed to Be Dead and Their Estates

W. Va. Code § 44-9-1— When person presumed to be dead
W. Va. Code § 44-9-1a— When person in military service presumed to be dead; administration of estate; when spouse may remarry
W. Va. Code § 44-9-1b— When person in area proclaimed to be in a state of emergency presumed dead
W. Va. Code § 44-9-2— Jurisdiction of estate of supposed decedent
W. Va. Code § 44-9-3— Application for probate or administration, and publication of notice thereof
W. Va. Code § 44-9-4— Ancillary letters on estates of nonresidents supposed to be dead
W. Va. Code § 44-9-5— Evidence on such application; record thereof
W. Va. Code § 44-9-6— Order declaring presumption established; probate of will; letters testamentary or of administration; their effect; death certificate issued upon order
W. Va. Code § 44-9-7— Powers of clerk of county commission
W. Va. Code § 44-9-8— Personal representative to institute suit to settle such estate
W. Va. Code § 44-9-9— Publication in such suit
W. Va. Code § 44-9-10— Procedure when supposed decedent fails to appear
W. Va. Code § 44-9-11— Distribution of estate; refunding bonds
W. Va. Code § 44-9-12— Vacation of prior proceedings on reappearance of supposed decedent
W. Va. Code § 44-9-13— Final accounting of personal representative; effect of his acts; title of purchasers and distributees
W. Va. Code § 44-9-14— Substitution of supposed decedent in pending actions; opening judgments; effect of judgment after substitution
W. Va. Code § 44-9-15— When laws relating to wills and estates generally to govern
W. Va. Code § 44-9-16— Costs, by whom payable