{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-31-11-04","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 31-11-04","heading":"Presumption of death as to estates in real property","body":"If any person upon whose life any estate in real property depends remains without the United States, or is absent in the state or elsewhere for seven years together, such person shall be accounted dead naturally in any action or proceeding concerning such property in which the person's death shall come in question, unless it is proved affirmatively that the person was alive during that time.","path":["Title 31 Judicial Proof","Chapter 31-11 Presumptions, Maxims, And Estoppels"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t31c11.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"3c6fc19fdf4fa1cfe2521930154024ada6010ab4e04a8fbf93c59543ccafcc18","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-31-11-03","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-31-11-04.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}