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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="10-208" title_number="10" title_name="Evidence" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Public Statutes, Office Copies, and Official Certificate">
  <text>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:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The death of the individual disclosed in the finding as dead; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The date, circumstances, and place of the individual’s death or disappearance.</text>
  </level>
</section>
