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2000 Florida Code
TITLE XLII ESTATES AND TRUSTS
Chapter 733 Probate Code: Administration Of Estates  
PART II COMMENCING ADMINISTRATION (ss. 733.201-733.213)
733.209   Estates of missing persons.

733.209  Estates of missing persons.--The estates of missing persons shall be administered in the same manner as other estates. A petition for administration of the estate shall request entry of an order declaring the death of a missing person prior to appointing a personal representative and commencing administration.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106.

Note.--Created from former s. 732.53.

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