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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-105" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Absent Persons">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Upon application, the court may direct the guardian to make search for the absentee in any manner the court considers advisable, including one or more of the following methods:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Inserting in one or more suitable periodicals a notice requesting information from any person having knowledge of the absentee’s whereabouts;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notifying officers of justice and public welfare agencies in appropriate locations of the absentee’s disappearance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Engaging the services of an investigating agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The expenses of the search shall be taxed as costs and paid out of the property of the absentee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
