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[CITE: 10USC1512]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                       CHAPTER 76--MISSING PERSONS
 
Sec. 1512. Effect on State law

    (a) Nonpreemption of State Authority.--Nothing in this chapter shall 
be construed to invalidate or limit the power of any State court or 
administrative entity, or the power of any court or administrative 
entity of any political subdivision thereof, to find or declare a person 
dead for purposes of such State or political subdivision.
    (b) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' includes the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory 
or possession of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title V, Sec. 569(b)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 
110 Stat. 349.)
