Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 5 - Office of Health Informatics
Subpart 85 - Public Health Statistics
Chapter 4 - Registration of Deaths
Subchapter 4 - Place of Death
Rule 15-5-85-4.4.7 - Presumptive death

When a death is presumed to have occurred within this state but the body cannot be located, a death certificate may be prepared by the State Registrar upon receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction within this state, which shall include the finding of facts required to complete the death certificate. Such a death certificate shall be marked Presumptive and shall show on its face the date of registration and shall identify the court and the date of decree.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-7