1-0406-notice-of-claim

American Samoa Code > Title 1 > 1-0406-notice-of-claim

If the Territorial Registrar is satisfied that the claim, certificate, and petition are in proper form, he must give notice of the filing of the claim by posting a notice thereof, in both the English and Samoan languages, on the bulletin board at the front of the High Court and in two other public places.

History: 1962, PL 7-38; 1968, PL 10-61.

Case Notes:

A matai title bestowed contrary to statute cannot be registered or otherwise recognized; and use of an unregistered matai title is a criminal act. A.S.C.A. §§ 1.0401-1.0414. Toilolo v. Poti, 23 A.S.R.2d130 (1993).