(a) Notice of the proposed registration shall be posted for 60 days on the bulletin board at the courthouse in Fagatogo and at 2 public places in the village in which or nearest to which the land is located and shall be published in a local newspaper at least once each 30 days during the 60-day notice period.
(b) During such 60-day period anyone claiming an interest in the land adverse to that of the applicant or applicants for registration may file notice of adverse claim with the Territorial Registrar.
(c) The Territorial Registrar shall not register any land until the applicant has provided notarized statements from the pulenu’u, newspaper, and clerk of the court, each of which states that the required notice has been given.
(d) If no notice of adverse claim is filed within the 60-day period, and all the requirements of this chapter have been complied with, the Territorial Registrar shall register the title to such land in the name or names of the applicant or applicants.
History: 1962, PL 7-31; 1968, PL 10-38: amd 1977, 15-39 § 3, amd 1979, PL 16-5 § 3, readopted 1980, PL 16-88 §§ 1, 2; 1982, PL 17-31 §§ 1, 2; and 1988 PL 20-61; and 1989 PL 21-1.
Amendments: 1977, 1979 Subsection (a) changed “Administration Building in Utulei” to “Court House in Fagatogo.”
Reviser’s Comment: As required by Art. 1, § 3 and Art. 11 § 9 of the American Samoa Constitution, this amendment was passed by two successive Legislatures.