28C-20. Provisions applicable to person held incommunicado in foreign country.
As to a person who is known to be held incommunicado in a foreign country, G.S. 28C-1 through 28C-8 and G.S. 28C-10 may be applied as though the person were an absentee within the meaning of this Chapter, and if the person's whereabouts becomes unknown, the other provisions of this Chapter may be applied by such amendments to the pending proceeding as may be required. This section shall not apply to personnel serving in or with the Armed Forces of the United States, the United States Merchant Marine, or the Red Cross during a period of hostilities between the United States and some other power who are listed by the appropriate federal agency as prisoners of war or as missing in action. (1965, c. 815, s. 1; 1973, c. 522, s. 12; c. 1329, s. 2; 2011-183, s. 26.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 28C - Estates of Missing Persons
§ 28C-1 - Death not presumed from seven years' absence; exposure to peril to be considered.
§ 28C-2 - Action for receiver; contents of complaint; parties.
§ 28C-3 - Procedure on complaint.
§ 28C-4 - Notice to interested persons.
§ 28C-6 - Procedure after notice.
§ 28C-8 - Powers and duties of permanent receiver.
§ 28C-9 - Search for absentee.
§ 28C-10 - Claims against absentee.
§ 28C-11 - Final finding and decree.
§ 28C-12 - Termination of receivership.
§ 28C-13 - Distribution of property of absentee.
§ 28C-14 - Additional limitations on accounting, distribution or making claim by absentee.
§ 28C-15 - When claim of absentee barred.
§ 28C-16 - Laws of administration of estates applicable.
§ 28C-17 - Appointment of public administrator as receiver for estate of less than $1,000.
§ 28C-18 - Payment of insurance policies.
§ 28C-19 - Absentee Insurance Fund.
§ 28C-20 - Provisions applicable to person held incommunicado in foreign country.