In declaration of absence there are two different situations. In the first case, it is highly probable that a person is dead because he or she has disappeared in extremely life-threatening circumstances. In the second case, a person has been missing for a lengthy period of time without any sign of life. This is a situation in which a person has disappeared without any reason. In that case, “five years” should be waited since the last sign of life before the application to the court. The correct answer is D.