Title 21 — Real Property

The purpose of this Chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by government of Guam land acquisition programs, by building code enforcement activities, or by a program of voluntary rehabi…

As used in this Chapter: COL120106 (a) Agency means any department, agency or instrumentality of the government. (b) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association. (c) Displaced Person means any person who, on or after the effective date of this Chapter, m…

(a) If any agency acquires real property for public use, it shall make fair and reasonable relocation payments to displaced persons and businesses as required by this Chapter, for: (1) actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or other pe…

(a) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this Chapter, the agency shall make an additional payment not in excess of Twenty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500) to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced …

In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this Chapter, an agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under § 17104, which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by the displaced person for no…

(a) Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by an agency will result in the displacement of any person on or after the effective date of this Chapter, the agency shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons whi…

Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by an agency will result in the displacement of any person on or after the effective date of this Chapter, the agency shall assure that, within a reasonable period of time prior to displacement, there w…

(a) An agency, in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Act, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to assure that: (1) the payments and assistance authorized by this Chapter shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practica…

In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, the agency shall carry out its functions and duties under this Chapter through Guam Housing and Urban…

Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any agency for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall be available also for obligation and expenditure to carry out the provisions of this Chapter as applied to that program o…

Rehabilitation. A person who moves or discontinues his business or moves other personal property, or moves from his dwelling on or after the effective date of this Chapter as the direct result of building code enforcement activities, or a program of rehabilitation of buildings co…

No payment received by a displaced person under this Chapter shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any territorial law or for the purposes of the territory's corporatio…

Any person or business concern aggrieved by a final administrative determination pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law, concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by this Chapter may appeal that determination to the Superior Court of Guam. SOURCE: GC § 13…

In addition to other payments authorized by the Relocation Assistance Act, the instrumentality or agency of the government of Guam involved may, as part of the cost of any program or project, reimburse the owner reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for: (a) Recording fees, …

result in Acquisition or is Abandoned. A court having jurisdiction over a proceeding instituted by an instrumentality or agency of the government of Guam to acquire real property by condemnation shall, when required by federal law or by a federal grant contract governing the proj…

A court, rendering a judgment for the plaintiff in a proceeding awarding compensation for the actual physical taking of the real property by an instrumentality or agency of the government of Guam, or the instrumentality or agency thereof effecting a settlement of any such proceed…

Uniform Relocation Act. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 17103, § 17104 and § 17105, whenever any agency is required to make relocation payments under this Chapter, such payments shall not be less than the amounts the agency would COL120106 have been required to make under sim…

Requirements. (a) When any department, agency or instrumentality of the government of Guam, or other political subdivision, or any other public or private entity subject to the provisions of the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1…