least ten (10) calendar days before the hearing on a petition for letters of administration, a copy of the notice of such hearing shall be served upon each heir of the decedent named in the petition, as follows:

(a) Personally, such personal service to be effected by the
Office of the Marshal of the Superior Court of Guam; or

(b) By registered mail, sent by the petitioner, postage prepaid, addressed to such heir’s mailing address as set forth in the petition; or if any heir’s mailing address is not known to the petitioner, addressed to general delivery at the post office serving such heir’s municipality (if such heir resides in Guam) or to general delivery at the post office serving such heir’s last known place of residence (if such heir resides outside Guam).
As used in this Section, Apost office@ includes subpost office, substation, or other like facility regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, or under the authority of any foreign government.

SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 328; California Probate Code, § 328 (as amended); Guam Law Revision Commission.

COMMENT: As with § 1813, there appears to be no reason why the provisions for service of notice in the case of a petition for letters of administration should be treated differently from those in the case of a petition for the probate of a will.

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Therefore, the Commission has revised § 1815 to bring it into conformity with § 1519, supra. Also see § 717 of Title 1 for further provisions concerning what constitutes Aregistered mail.@
OFFICIAL FORM: See Official Form No. 3, Appendix AA@.