Terms Used In 11 Guam Code Ann. § 160302

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
(a) Every Trust Company:

(1) shall keep all trust funds and investments separate from the assets of the Company (These funds shall not be mingled with the securities and investments of any other trust or of the corporation, and all investments made by the Company as a fiduciary must be designated so that the trust or estate to which the investments belong may be clearly identified.);

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(2) holding trust funds for more than twenty-four (24) hours, awaiting investment or distribution, must deposit or leave on deposit such funds with a local financial institution (Such funds must not be deposited or left with the Trust Company or with an affiliate corporation or association, unless that affiliate corporation or association first pledges, as security for the deposit, securities eligible for investment by local financial institutions which have a market value equal to that of the deposited funds. No security is required with respect to any portion of such deposits which is insured under the provisions of any law of the United States.);

(3) acting in any capacity under a court trust or private trust, unless the instrument creating the trust provides otherwise, may cause any securities held by it in its representative capacity to be registered in the name of a nominee or nominees of the Company; and

(4) when acting as depositary or custodian for the personal representative of a court trust or private trust, unless the instrument creating the trust provides otherwise, may with the consent of the personal representative of the trust, cause any securities held by it to be registered in the name of a nominee or nominees of the Company.

(b) Every Trust Company is liable for any loss occasioned by the acts of its nominees with respect to securities registered under this Section.

(c) No corporation or the registrar or transfer agent of the corporation is liable for registering or causing to be registered on the books of the corporation any securities in the name of any nominee of a Trust Company, or for transferring or causing to be transferred on the books of the corporation any securities registered by the corporation in the name of any nominee of a Trust Company, when the transfer is made on the authorization of the nominee.

(d) Except as provided in Subsection (e), a Trust Company=s investments of invested capital and earnings, must:

(1) be U.S. governmental obligations or Federally insured deposits; or

(2) be investment grade securities and mature within three (3)
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investments must equal or exceed sixty percent (60%) of the Company=s current capital, surplus and undivided profits, or sixty percent (60%) of the Company=s capital and surplus when it was organized, whichever is greater.

(e) A Trust Company may purchase or rent land, facilities and equipment for use in the daily activities of the company.

2017 NOTE: Subsection/subitem designations altered pursuant to the authority of
1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.