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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:30"
article_number: "30"
status: active
heading: "Presumption of death"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title I"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110038"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1990, No. 989, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1991."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1990
    act_number: 989
    section: 3
    effective_date: 1991-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 30. Presumption of death

When a person has disappeared under circumstances such that his death seems certain, his death is considered to have been established even though his body has not been found.