South Carolina § 19-5-320 - Effect of report that person is missing, besieged, captured by the enemy or the like.
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§ 19-5-320. Effect of report that person is missing, besieged, captured by the enemy or the like.
An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy or is dead or alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the act referred to in Section 19-5-310 or by any other law of the United States to make the same shall be received in any court, office or other place in this State as prima facie evidence that such person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy or is dead or alive, as the case may be.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 26-132; 1952 Code SECTION 26-132; 1945 (44) 150.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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