Guam § 1713 - Executor Who Removes From Guam: Service of Process or
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 1713 — Executor Who Removes From Guam: Service of Process or, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1713. Executor Who Removes From Guam: Service of Process or
Notice of Motion; Proof of Service.
(a) Service of process or a notice of motion upon an executor who
has removed from and resides without Guam, in any action or proceeding
against such executor with respect to the estate or founded upon or
arising out of such executor's acts or omissions as such executor, shall be
made by delivering to and leaving with such executor's attorney for the
service of process (as provided in Section 1709 of this Title) two copies
of the summons and complaint or notice of motion, and a copy of the
statement filed by such executor under the provisions of Section 1711 of
this Title, or, if no such statement has been filed, a copy of the letters
testamentary granted to such executor, together with a written statement
signed by the party to the action seeking such service, setting forth an
address to which such process shall be sent.
(b) Following receipt of the documents referred to in subsection (a)
of this Section, such executor's attorney for the service of process (as
provided in Section 1709 of this Title) shall forthwith send, by registered
mail, one copy of said summons and complaint or notice of motion to
such executor at the address as shown in such statement delivered to such
executor's attorney for the service of process.
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(c) Personal service of such process or notice of motion upon such
executor, wherever found without Guam, shall be the equivalent of
service as provided hereinabove.
(d) Proof of service of process or of a notice of motion upon an
executor who has removed from and resides without Guam shall, in the
event of service by registered mail, be made by certificate of such
executor's attorney for the service of process (as provided in Section
1709 of this title), showing such mailing, and filed with the Superior
Court of Guam. In the event of personal service without Guam, such
compliance may be proved by the return of any duly constituted public
officer, qualified to serve like process or notice of motion of and in the
jurisdiction where such executor is found, showing such service to have
been made. Such return shall be appended to the original summons or
notice of motion, which shall be filed as set forth hereinabove in this
subsection.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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