(a) For a period of 60 days immediately following the posting of notice required in 1.0406, any interested person may file a counterclaim or objection. If the sixtieth day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the next regular business day for the purpose of the section, is considered as the sixtieth day. The Territorial Registrar may not accept any counterclaims or objections filed after the sixtieth day as defined herein.
(b) A counterclaim or objection must be supported by a petition signed by no less than 25 persons related by blood to the title in question The petitioners must be at least 18 years of age and residents of American Samoa at the time the petition is filed.
(c) The Territorial Registrar, if not satisfied with the validity of information offered in the petition, shall require proof of age, blood relationship to title, and residence of any or all signers of the petition.
(d) In the event the family does not have the number of members qualified as required to support the counterclaim or the objection, the counterclaimant or objector shall so state in a signed affidavit.
History: 1962, PL 7-38; 1968, PL 10-61; 1970, PL 11-117.