Guam § 29147 - Petition by Executor or Administrator to Register

§ 29147. Petition by Executor or Administrator to Register

Land Belonging to Estate.

COL10/29/2021

In all estates of deceased person the administrator or executor

may file a petition to the court in the probate proceedings, praying

for the registration of all land belonging to the estate, setting forth

the facts required to be set forth by § 29105 and § 29106 of this

Law together with a description of all land, of which the deceased

died seized, which is sought to be registered.

The court, by reason of its general jurisdiction in probate, shall

have power and jurisdiction to do any and all things necessary to

determine the title to the land and all adverse interests therein to

the same extent as the Superior Court has in independent

proceedings under this Law. Upon the filing of such petition the

court must direct notice of the filing of such petition to issue, as

provided by this Law, and the administrator or executor shall

publish and serve such notice upon all persons required by this

Law to be served and in the manner therein specified.

Every decree of final or partial distribution of land sought to

be registered wherein, upon the hearing of such petition, after said

notice has been given, the court shall find the title to such land to

be registered in the name of the distributee or distributees in fee

simple or as their interests may appear, which decree shall be

authority to the registrar to register the same and issue a certificate

of registration to such distributee or distributees.