An official written report or record, or a duly certified copy of a record or report:

1. (1) that states that a person is:

   1. (A) missing;
   2. (B) missing in action;
   3. (C) interned in a neutral country;
   4. (D) beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy;
   5. (E) dead; or
   6. (F) alive; and

2. (2) that is made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the statute referred to in section 1 of this chapter or by any other law of the United States to make such a report or record;

   shall be received in any court, office, or other place in Indiana as evidence that the person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, dead, or alive.

   [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-4-2.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.