American Samoa § 40.0339 - Procedure when debts exceed value of property.
Full text of American Samoa American Samoa Code Annotated § 40.0339 — Procedure when debts exceed value of property., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40.0339. Procedure when debts exceed value of property.
If the transferee finds, after receipt of the personal property, that the debts of the decedent exceed the value of the property received, he shall make no further distribution of the same, but shall at once report the facts to the Court that issued the transfer order, setting forth the money and other personal property received, the disbursements he has already made, the names and addresses of the recipients of the property already disbursed and the reason therefor; and shall list all known debts of decedent, including those that have recently come to transferees attention; and he shall take no further action save by order of the Court.
Source: official American Samoa text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does American Samoa Code Annotated § 40.0339 cover?
Section 40.0339 ("Procedure when debts exceed value of property.") is part of the American Samoa Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of American Samoa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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