Section 3-105 - Search for absentee.
§ 3-105. Search for absentee.
(a) Methods.- 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:
(1) Inserting in one or more suitable periodicals a notice requesting information from any person having knowledge of the absentee's whereabouts;
(2) Notifying officers of justice and public welfare agencies in appropriate locations of the absentee's disappearance; or
(3) Engaging the services of an investigating agency.
(b) Cost.- The expenses of the search shall be taxed as costs and paid out of the property of the absentee.
[An. Code 1957, art. 16, § 204; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1; 1996, ch. 10, § 1.]