{"data":{"id":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1105","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"12 Del. C. § 1105","heading":"Presumption of death.","body":"If any person is absent from the State for 7 consecutive years, and no evident proof is made of the person’s life in any hearing held under the foregoing provisions of this subchapter, the person shall be accounted dead.","path":["Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Descent and Distribution; Escheat","CHAPTER 11. Escheats","Subchapter I. Intestate Property"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c011/sc01/index.html#1105","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:15Z","sha256":"76258781baed6ecba38cd016c884e230eb064921c38ef20499da3d5df611d190","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1104","next":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}