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.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses
Chapter 40 - General Provisions
§ 16-40-103. Modes of taking testimony of witnesses
§ 16-40-104. Judicial knowledge of laws of other states
§ 16-40-105. Death presumed after five years' absence
§ 16-40-107. Evidence of sermons by a religious leader — Definitions