N.Y. CPLR § 4527

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 4527 Death or other status of missing person § 4527. Death or other status of missing person. (a) Presumed death.A written finding of presumed death, made by any person authorized tomake such findings by the federal missing persons act is prima facieevidence of the death, and the date, circumstances and place ofdisappearance. In the case of a merchant seaman, a written finding ofpresumed death, made by the maritime war emergency board or by the warshipping administration or the successors or assigns of such board oradministration in connection with war risk insurance is prima facieevidence of the death, and the date, circumstances and place ofdisappearance.(b) Death, internment, capture and other status. An official writtenreport or record that a person is missing, missing in action, internedin a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy,or is dead, or is alive, made by an officer or employee of the UnitedStates authorized by law of the United States to make it is prima facieevidence of such fact.