N.Y. Military Law § 321: Certificates of service

§ 321. Certificates of service. 1. In any proceeding under this act a

certificate executed by an officer of the applicable force of the armed

forces of the United States or by an officer of the applicable force of

the organized militia shall, when produced, be prima facie evidence of

the facts therein certified and of the authority of the signer to issue

the same.

2. When a person in military service has been reported missing he

shall be presumed to continue in such service until accounted for, and

no period herein limited which begins or ends with the death of such

person shall begin or end until the death of such person is in fact

reported to or proved by the applicable force of the armed forces of the

United States or of the organized militia, or until such death is proved

by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that no period herein

limited which begins or ends with the death of such person shall be

extended beyond a period of six months after the time when this act

ceases to be in force.