An official written report or record or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, made by an officer or an employee of the United States     authorized by the Act referred to in section 31-11-04.1 or by any other law of the United States to make 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 or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, as the case may be.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 31-11-04.2

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
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