# S.C. Code Ann. § 19-5-320: SECTION 19-5-320. Effect of report that person is missing, besieged, captured by the enemy or the like

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T19_C5_A5_S19-5-320

## Section

- **Citation:** S.C. Code Ann. § 19-5-320
- **Heading:** SECTION 19-5-320. Effect of report that person is missing, besieged, captured by the enemy or the like
- **Jurisdiction:** South Carolina
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SC Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 19-5-320

## Text

An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy or is dead or alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the act referred to in Section 19-5-310 or by any other law of the United States to make the same shall be received in any court, office or other place in this State as prima facie evidence that such person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy or is dead or alive, as the case may be.

## Nearby sections

- [S.C. Code Ann. § 19-5-310 SECTION 19-5-310. Effect of finding of presumed death under Federal Missing Persons Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T19_C5_A5_S19-5-310.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 19-5-320 SECTION 19-5-320. Effect of report that person is missing, besieged, captured by the enemy or the like.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T19_C5_A5_S19-5-320.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 19-5-330 SECTION 19-5-330. Signature of reports or copies shall prima facie be deemed authorized.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T19_C5_A5_S19-5-330.md)

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