Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts > Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses > Chapter 40 - General Provisions > § 16-40-105 - Death presumed after five years' absence.

§ 16-40-105 - Death presumed after five years' absence.

16-40-105. Death presumed after five years' absence.

Any person absenting himself beyond the limits of this state for five (5) years successively shall be presumed to be dead in any case in which his death may come into question, unless proof is made that he was alive within that time.