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by bleh123 2413 days ago
I respectfully disagree. There are conflicting provisions under law, but the widely accepted standard is a declaration "by a qualified medical professional"[1]As another comment here helpfully points out, there are scenarios such a person going missing for a legally mandated number of years before being declared legally dead[2]

[1] http://tiny.cc/mbzzfz [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_death