Title 48Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73

§1423f Qualifications of members

Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 8A— - GUAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - THE LEGISLATURE › § 1423f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

To serve in the legislature, you must be a U.S. citizen, 25 or older, a Guam resident for the 5 years before the session, and not convicted of an unpardoned felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.

Full Legal Text

Title 48, §1423f

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No person shall sit in the legislature who is not a citizen of the United States, who has not attained the age of twenty-five years and who has not been domiciled in Guam for at least five years immediately preceding the sitting of the legislature in which he seeks to qualify as a member, or who has been convicted of a felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude and has not received a pardon restoring his civil rights.

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Citation

48 U.S.C. § 1423f

Title 48Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73