(a) Upon application, the court may direct the guardian to make search for the absentee in any manner the court considers advisable, including one or more of the following methods:
(1) Inserting in one or more suitable periodicals a notice requesting information from any person having knowledge of the absentee’s whereabouts;
(2) Notifying officers of justice and public welfare agencies in appropriate locations of the absentee’s disappearance; or
(3) Engaging the services of an investigating agency.
(b) The expenses of the search shall be taxed as costs and paid out of the property of the absentee.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action
Section 3-102 - Presumption of Death
Section 3-103 - Certain Insurance Policy Provisions Invalid and Unenforceable
Section 3-104 - Protection of Property of Absentee
Section 3-105 - Search for Absentee
Section 3-106 - Termination of Guardianship Proceedings
Section 3-108 - Reappearance of Absentee
Section 3-109 - Insurance on Life of Absentee Not Found to Be Dead