# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 10. Evidence

### Subtitle 2. Public Statutes, Office Copies, and Official Certificate

#### Section 10-208

A written finding of presumed death made by the Secretary of Defense or other officer or employee of the United States authorized by federal law to make a finding of presumed death or a duly certified copy of the finding shall be received in any court, office, or other place in the State as evidence of:

(1) The death of the individual disclosed in the finding as dead; and

(2) The date, circumstances, and place of the individual's death or disappearance.

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Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)