26-1-622. Official reports and records made pursuant to federal law prima facie evidence. An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is dead or alive; missing; missing in action; interned in a neutral country; or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by law of the United States to make same, shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as prima facie evidence that such person is dead or alive; missing; missing in action; interned in a neutral country; or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, as the case may be.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 14, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1001-40; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 72, L. 1983.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. Statutory Provisions on Evidence
26-1-601. List of conclusive presumptions
26-1-602. Disputable presumptions
26-1-603. Books containing laws presumed correct
26-1-604. When recitals in statutes conclusive
26-1-605. Entries in official books and records prima facie evidence
26-1-606. Entry made by officer or board prima facie evidence
26-1-607. When writings of a decedent prima facie evidence
26-1-608. Photographs of items allegedly taken or converted -- admissibility procedure
26-1-609. through 26-1-620 reserved
26-1-622. Official reports and records made pursuant to federal law prima facie evidence
26-1-623. Presumption of authenticity of finding, report, or record