Guam § 106136 - Search Procedure on Death.

§ 106136. Search Procedure on Death.

A lessor shall permit the person named in a court order for the purpose, or if no order has been served

upon the lessor, the spouse, a parent, an adult descendant or a person named as an executor in a copy of a

purported will produced by him, to open and examine the contents of a safe deposit box leased by a decedent

or any documents delivered by a decedent for safekeeping, in the presence of an officer of the lessor; and

the lessor, if so requested by such person, must deliver

(a) Any writing purporting to be a will of the decedent to the court having jurisdiction of the

decedent’s estate according to his residence declared in such writing; and

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(b) Any writing purporting to be a deed to a burial plot or to give burial instructions to the person

making the request for a search; and

(c) Any document purporting to be an insurance policy on the life of the decedent to the

beneficiary named therein.

But no other contents shall be removed, pursuant to this section until executor or administrator qualifies

and makes claim to the contents.