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15 GCA § 3101

Estates Under One Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($112,500); Summary

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 15 — Estates and Probate
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Administration or Probate; Affidavit. When a decedent leaves no real property, nor interest therein nor lien thereon, in Guam, and the total value of the decedent’s property in Guam, excluding any motor vehicle of which the decedent was the owner or the legal owner, over and above any amounts due to the decedent for services in the armed forces of the United States, and over and above the amount of salary not exceeding Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000), including compensation for unused vacation, owing to the decedent for services from any employment, does not exceed One Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($112,500), the surviving spouse, the children, lawful issue of deceased children, a parent, brothers or sisters of the decedent, the lawful issue of a deceased brother or sister, the guardian of the estate of any minor or incompetent person bearing such relationship to the decedent, or the trustee named under a trust agreement executed by the decedent during his lifetime, the primary beneficiaries of which bear such relationship to the decedent, if such person or persons has or have a right to succeed to the property of the decedent, or is the sole beneficiary or are all of the beneficiaries under the last will and testament of the decedent, may without procuring letters testamentary, letters of administration with the will annexed or letters of administration, and without awaiting administration upon the estate of an intestate decedent or the probate of the will of a testate decedent, collect any money due to the decedent, receive the property of the decedent, and have any evidences of interest, indebtedness or right transferred to such person or persons upon furnishing the person, representative, corporation, officer or body owing the money, having custody of such property or acting as registrar or transfer agent of such evidences of interest, indebtedness or right, with an affidavit showing the right or the person or persons to receive the money or property, or to have such evidences transferred.

§ The story of this section

  1. Amended by P.L. 33-213 § 1 — introduced as Bill 354-33 · introduced by James V. Espaldon + 1 cosponsor
  2. Amended by P.L. 38-14 § 1 — introduced as Bill 23-38 · introduced by V. Anthony AdaWatch the public hearing · Apr 22, 2025

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.