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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
House Bill 537 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 26, 2025
AN ACT TO ALLOW FOR A PRESUMPTION OF DEATH IN INSTANCES WHERE THE DISAPPEARANCE AND CONTINUED ABSENCE OF A PERSON COINCIDES WITH A DISASTER DECLARATION.
Intro. by Greene, Stevens.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (Apr 28 2025)
H 537

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 26 2025 - View Summary

    Amends GS 28C-1 to add new subsection (c), making a federal finding of presumed death prima face evidence to be considered by a judge in an action where a person’s death is at issue, and new subsection (d), making a disappearance and continued absence for at least 90 days during a disaster declaration a rebuttable presumption of the death of a person.

    Amends GS 28C-2 to remove gendered language and add new subparagraph (b)(2a), adding a federal finding of presumed death and averment of disappearance and continued absence for at least 90 days during a disaster declaration to the list of items that should be included in a complaint for an action for receiver. Makes clarifying changes to the punctuation of subsection (b).