South Carolina Statutes

§ 32-11-40 — Effect of report that principal is "missing" or "missing in action".

South Carolina § 32-11-40
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 32CONTRACTS AND AGENTS
Ch. 11AGENTS ACTING AFTER DEATH OF PRINCIPAL

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S.C. Code Ann. § 32-11-40 (2026).

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No report or listing, either official or otherwise, of "missing" or "missing in action" regarding any person in connection with any activity pertaining to or connected with the prosecution of any war in which the United States is then engaged, as such words "missing" or "missing in action" are used in military parlance, shall constitute or be interpreted as constituting actual knowledge or actual notice of the death of such principal or notice of any facts indicating the death of such person or shall operate to revoke the agency.

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 11-304; 1952 Code SECTION 11-304; 1942 Code SECTION 7018; 1932 Code SECTION 7018; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 3848; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 2536; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 1678; G. S. 1302; R. S. 1405; 1828 (6) 359; 1945 (44) 48.

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