Terms Used In 15 Guam Code Ann. § 1207

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
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15 Guam Code Ann. ESTATES AND PROBATE
CH. 12 ESCHEAT

All tangible personal property owned by the decedent, wherever located at the decedent’s death, that was customarily kept in Guam prior to the decedent’s death, escheats to the Government of Guam in accordance with the provisions of Section 1201 of this Title.

SOURCE: California Probate Code, § 233.

COMMENT: The property described in § 1207 escheats to the government even though it might have been temporarily removed from Guam at the time of the decedent’s death. Some examples of the kind of property referred to are: property usually kept at his residence by a resident of Guam; property usually kept at a vacation home in Guam by a nonresident of Guam; and property used in connection with a business located in Guam. Section 1207 does not cover tangible personal property brought to Guam temporarily. However, the length of time that the property was in Guam prior to the decedent’s death is not necessarily determinative of its customary location. If a decedent had recently moved to Guam and established a permanent residence here, the personal property usually kept at such
residence would be Acustomarily kept in Guam@ even though it had been so kept
only for a brief period of time.