{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5706","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 5706","heading":"Persons presumed dead from September 11, 2001, terrorist attack.","body":"The requirements of sections 5703 (relating to distribution of property of absentee) and 5704 (relating to notice to absentee) shall not apply with respect to a person who is presumed dead as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. These terrorist attacks constitute specific perils within the meaning of section 5701(c) (relating to proof of death) which would justify a court to immediately determine that the presumed decedent died on September 11, 2001.","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 57 ABSENTEES AND PRESUMED DECEDENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=57\u0026sctn=6\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"161e54529c5995c195121b9c10422f4320d6ea507e2f93bdfd6e6f85e8852906","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5705","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5801"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}