Arkansas Statutes
§ 23-79-206 — Evidence of death of person in military service
Arkansas·Title 23
(a)It shall be competent and proper in the trial of causes arising from death claims against insurers, accruing on account of death of the insured in foreign lands and while in the service of the United States Government as a member of the United States Armed Forces, to introduce as evidence a certificate from the appropriate officer of the United States Armed Forces having the authority to make the certificate, certifying the death of the insured.
(b)When the certificate, officially signed and certified as provided in subsection (a) of this section, has been introduced in evidence in the trial, it shall be received and considered in the trial as prima facie evidence of the death of the insured.
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Legislative History
Acts 1959, No. 148, § 303; A.S.A. 1947, § 66-3236.
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