Upon the filing of either a voluntary or involuntary petition in insolvency, a receiver may be appointed by the court in which the proceeding is pending, at any time before the election of an assignee, when it appears by the verified petition of a creditor that the assets of the insolvent, or a considerable portion thereof, have been pledged, mortgaged, transferred, assigned, conveyed, or seized, on legal process, in contravention or violation of the provisions of § 50500 of this Chapter, and that it is necessary to commence an action to recover the same. The appointment, oath, undertaking, and powers of such receiver shall in all respects be regulated by the laws of Guam applicable to receivers. When an assignee is chosen, and has qualified, the receivers shall forthwith return to court an account of the assets and property which have come into his possession, and of his disbursements, and a report of all actions or proceedings commenced by him for the recovery of any property belonging

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to the estate, and the court shall thereupon summarily hear and settle the receiver’s account, and shall allow him a just compensation for his service and his expenses, including a reasonable attorney’s fee, whereupon the receiver shall deliver all property, assets, or effects remaining in his hands, to the assignee who shall be substituted for the receiver in all pending actions or proceedings.
SOURCE: CCP § 1377.