18 Guam Code Ann. § 28501
Terms Used In 18 Guam Code Ann. § 28501
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
If such designation has not been filed with the Director of Revenue & Taxation, or if process against any domestic corporation cannot, with the exercise of due diligence, be served upon the person designated or in any other manner provided by law, service may be had upon such corporation by delivering to the Director of Revenue & Taxation, or to any person employed in his office in the capacity of a deputy, duplicate copies of such process, together with any fee required by law, which shall be included in the taxable costs of the suit, action, or proceeding. Upon the receipt of such process and fee, the Director of Revenue & Taxation shall forthwith give notice of the service of such process to the corporation at its principal office in Guam, and
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shall deliver to such office, a copy of such process. The defendant shall appear and answer within thirty (30) days after such service upon the Director of Revenue & Taxation.
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