All Roll Calls
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Shelly V. Calvo (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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This law lets you name who gets your Guam real estate when you die using a transfer-on-death deed. To be valid, the deed must include normal deed details, say the transfer happens at death, be notarized, and be recorded or filed with the Department of Land Management before you die. It is not a will and does not give the beneficiary any rights while you are alive; you keep full control and it does not affect public benefits. You can revoke it while alive, but only by recording a later transfer-on-death deed, a recorded revocation, or another deed that clearly revokes it; all living co-owners must revoke a deed they signed together. Use the optional standard forms and a notary, and no delivery, notice, acceptance, or payment is needed during life. The law is in effect now.
A beneficiary takes the property subject to all mortgages, liens, contracts, and other claims already on it. The transfer carries no warranty of title, so the beneficiary may need to fix or insure against title problems. If the estate cannot pay allowed debts or a spouse/child allowance, creditors can reach property that passed by the deed, split among multiple properties by each one’s net value. Creditors must start any action within 18 months after death.
At death, your interest passes to the named beneficiary only if they outlive you. If you name several beneficiaries, they take equal shares with no survivorship, and any lapsed share is split among the rest. If you co-own with a right of survivorship and another joint owner survives you, they take the property and the transfer-on-death deed has no effect; it works only when you are the last surviving joint owner. A beneficiary may refuse (disclaim) all or part of what they were to receive.
Shelly V. Calvo
Republican • legislature
Chris “Malafunkshun” Barnett
Democrat • legislature
Christopher M. Dueñas
Republican • legislature
Eulogio Shawn Gumataotao
Republican • legislature
Frank F. Blas Jr.
Republican • legislature
Jesse A. Lujan
Republican • legislature
Joe S. San Agustin
Democrat • legislature
Sabina F. Perez
Democrat • legislature
Sabrina Salas Matanane
Republican • legislature
Telo T. Taitague
Republican • legislature
Therese M. Terlaje
Democrat • legislature
Tina Rose Muña-Barnes
Democrat • legislature
V. Anthony Ada
Republican • legislature
Vincent A.V. Borja
Republican • legislature
William A. Parkinson
Democrat • legislature
All Roll Calls
Yes: 0 • No: 0
legislature vote • 6/3/2025
Floor Vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Public Law 38-13 — signed
Introduced as Bill No. 23-38 (COR)
Transmitted to Governor
Committee report filed
Referred to committee
Introduced
1/13/2025
Committee Report
Enrolled (Public Law)
Transmittal
Bill No. 225-38 (COR), AN ACT TO AMEND § 58110 OF ARTICLE 1, AND TO AMEND § 58205 OF ARTICLE 2, BOTH OF CHAPTER 58, TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO EXPANDING PUBLIC INVESTMENTS AND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER GUAM’S QUALIFYING CERTIFICATES LAW TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESOURCES.
Bill No. 159-38 (COR), AN ACT TO ADD A NEW PARAGRAPH (o) TO § 61531 OF CHAPTER 61, TITLE 21, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED RELATIVE TO GRANTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO DETERMINE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS.
Bill No. 41-38 (COR), AN ACT TO ADD A NEW (j) TO § 80105 OF CHAPTER 80, TITLE 21 GUAM CODE ANNOTATED RELATIVE TO TRANSFERRING LOT NOS. 7100, 7102, 7103 AND 7146 IN JANOM, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF YIGO, GUAM, TO THE GUAM ANCESTRAL LAND USE COMMISSION.
Bill No. 1 (10-S), AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GUAM FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2027, MAKING OTHER APPROPRIATIONS, AND ESTABLISHING MISCELLANEOUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
Bill No. 309-38 (COR), AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 18 OF CHAPTER II OF PUBLIC LAW 38-60, RELATIVE TO GRANTING GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO THE GUAM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO UTILIZE LAPSED FUNDS.
Bill No. 1 (9-S), AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2026 UNAPPROPRIATED GENERAL FUND REVENUES THE SUM OF UP TO THIRTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-NINE DOLLARS ($13,361,849) TO I MAGA’HAGAN GUAHAN FOR SUPER TYPHOON BAVI RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, ELEVEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($11,400,000) FOR CHILD CARE SUBSIDY PAYMENTS, AND SEVENTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($17,654,625) FOR GUAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND SHORTFALLS.