A written finding of presumed death, made by the Secretary of Defense or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding, pursuant to the following provisions of the Federal Missing Persons Act, United States Code, title 5, section 5565; United States Code, title 10, section 1507; and United States Code, title 37, section 555, as now or hereafter amended, or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office or other place in this state as prima facie evidence of the death of the person therein found to be dead, and the date, circumstances and place of disappearance.
1947 c 229 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 81
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence
Section 600.02 — Business Records As Evidence.
Section 600.03 — Interpretation.
Section 600.04 — Citation, Uniform Business Records As Evidence Act.
Section 600.05 — Account Books; Loose-leaf System.
Section 600.06 — Book Entries By A Person Deceased.
Section 600.07 — Books Proved By Deposition.
Section 600.08 — Letterpress Copies.
Section 600.09 — Affidavits, Taken Out Of State.
Section 600.10 — Affidavit Of Publication.
Section 600.11 — Printer's Affidavit.
Section 600.12 — Affidavit Of Officer Of Historical Society As To Publication.
Section 600.13 — Original Records; Probate Court Decrees; Certified Copies.
Section 600.135 — Photographic Copies Of Business And Public Records.
Section 600.14 — Instruments Acknowledged; Evidence.
Section 600.15 — Written Instruments; Signatures; Pleading And Proof.
Section 600.16 — Endorsement Of Money Received.
Section 600.17 — Copies Of Government Records And Documents.
Section 600.18 — Federal Census; Population.
Section 600.19 — Abstracts Of Title To Be Received In Evidence.
Section 600.20 — Marriage Certificate And Record.
Section 600.21 — Copies Of Record Of Death; Recordation.
Section 600.22 — Instruments, Records Thereof, And Copies.
Section 600.23 — Recorders And Court Administrators.
Section 600.24 — Finding Of Presumed Death Under Federal Missing Persons Act.