The government of Guam will not sue any person for or in respect to any real property, or the issue or profits thereof, by reason of the right or title of the government of Guam to the same, unless: (a) Such right or title or cause of action shall have accrued within ten years before any action or other proceeding for the same is commenced; or, (b) The government of Guam, or those from whom they claim, shall have received the rents and profits of such real property, or some part thereof, within the space of ten years; or, (c) I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan by special order shall direct an action to be brought.
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SOURCE: CCP § 315. 2024 NOTE: Reference to the “Governor of Guam” replaced with I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan pursuant to 5 GCA § 1510. 2016 NOTE: Subsection designations were altered to adhere to the Compiler’s codification and alpha-numeric schemes pursuant to authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606. COURT DECISIONS: Where the government of Guam received title from the United States under the Organic Act, this Section (old § 315) cannot apply to such period before Guam acquired title, as this Section cannot apply to the United States. Government of Guam v. Gutierrez, D.C. Guam, App. Div. (1959), 1 Guam R. 49. Section 11201 (old § 315) cited and difference between it and Calif. CCP § 315 noted. In re application of Anderson Iglesias, 1 Guam R. 129, 143 (1963).