A written finding of actual death, made by the secretary of the Army, the secretary of the Navy, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding pursuant to the federal missing persons act (50 U.S.C. app. supp. 1001-17), as now or hereafter amended, or a duly certified copy of such finding may be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as evidence of the death of the person therein found to be dead in place of and with like effect as a state certificate of death. A written finding by such federal officer or employee of presumed death because missing in action or a duly certified copy of such finding after one year from the cessation of war in that theater of war where missing may be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as evidence of the death of the person therein found presumed dead and the date, circumstances, and place of disappearance.
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