Oregon Revised Statutes Executive Branch; Organization § 176.740

(1) The Governor may proclaim that a natural disaster or an act of war, terrorism or sabotage has caused the death of unknown persons on a specific date at a specific place.

(2) For the purposes of any civil or administrative proceeding, there is a presumption that a missing person is dead if it is shown that:

(3) In administering the estate of an absentee under ORS chapter 117, the court may enter an order directing the State Medical Examiner to submit a report of death to the county registrar for a decedent presumed to be dead under this section. The county registrar may not charge a fee for receiving a report under this subsection or for issuing a copy of a report submitted under this subsection. The State Medical Examiner shall indicate on the report of death that the report of death was submitted pursuant to an order entered under this section.

(4) This section does not establish, limit or abrogate the special peril doctrine.