Title 11, Finance and Taxation

An on-sale licensee shall not sell or serve any person any alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., provided, however, that all alcoholic beverages must be consumed within fifteen (15) minutes of the time permitted for the sale thereof and premise(s) shal…

Section 3414 shall not apply to the sale of alcoholic beverages within the designated concessionaires in the secured areas of the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 13-113:2 (Dec. 10, 1975) as §25312.1 GC. Amended by P.L. 25-057:1 (Jun…

Any person who brings alcoholic beverages into premises operated by an on-sale licensee and consumes the same thereon so as to cause a violation of § 3414 of this Chapter is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. SOURCE: GC § 25313 as amended by P.L. 13-187:170 (Sept. 2, 1976).

An off-sale licensee shall not sell alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. of any day. SOURCE: GC § 25314 as repealed and reenacted by P.L. 12-124:6 (Apr. 26, 1974). Amended by P.L. 14-061:1 (Sept. 2, 1977), effective October 1, 1977, pursuant to P.L. 14…

A licensee shall not sell or give nor permit to be sold or given any alcoholic beverages to any habitual or common drunkard or obviously intoxicated person. SOURCE: GC § 25317.

(a) A licensee, his agent or employee shall not sell, give, nor permit to be sold, given or served any alcoholic beverages to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age. For the purpose of preventing any violation of this Section, any licensee, or his agent or employee, may re…

Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age who exhibits a false identification card or false document for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic beverages shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. SOURCE: GC § 25318.1 amended by P.L. 10-023:4 (Mar. 4, 1969), P.L. 11-14…

A person shall not offer for sale, sell or deliver to any person within any school buildings or grounds any alcoholic beverage. SOURCE: GC § 25319. COL 2025-04-22

A person shall not offer for sale, sell or deliver to any person within the buildings or grounds of any jail, prison or corrective institution any alcoholic beverage. SOURCE: GC § 25320.

A person shall not consume any alcoholic beverage on any public highway or road while operating or traveling in a motor vehicle, unless exempted by 9 GCA § 92114. SOURCE: GC § 25321. Amended by P.L. 28-022:3 (Mar. 21, 2005). 2018 NOTE: The reference to 16 GCA § 18121 originally e…

A licensee shall not deliver to the premises of any on-sale or off-sale licensee, nor shall any on-sale or off-sale licensee keep upon his premises any alcoholic beverage, unless the container bears a label plainly indicating the kind and quantity of the contents and the name of …

(a) Unlawful to manufacture, sell, etc. Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to manufacture, sell, furnish, or give away, or offer to manufacture, sell, furnish, or give away any alcoholic solution of a potable nature containing any deleterious or po…

A licensee shall not offer for sale nor sell a different brand or character of alcoholic beverage than requested by the purchaser without first informing the purchaser of such difference. SOURCE: GC § 25323.

A licensee shall not refill any distilled spirits containers with distilled spirits nor keep, offer for sale or sell distilled spirits from a container that has been refilled. Immediately upon emptying a container, a licensee shall destroy it. SOURCE: GC § 25324. COL 2025-04-22

A licensee shall not deliver to any on-sale licensee nor shall any on-sale licensee have in his possession distilled spirits in packages containing more than one gallon or less than one ounce. SOURCE: GC § 25325.

A licensee shall not deliver to any off-sale general licensee nor shall any off-sale licensee have in his possession or sell distilled spirits in packages containing more than one gallon or less than one ounce. SOURCE: GC § 25326.

A manufacturer, agent or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages or any officer, director or agent of such persons shall not: (a) Hold, directly or indirectly, to ownership of any interest in any on-sale or off-sale license. (b) Furnish, give or lend, directly or indirectly, any money …

An on-sale or off-sale licensee or any officer, director, agent or employee of such licensee shall not hold, directly or indirectly, any interest in the business, license or property of a manufacturer or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages. SOURCE: GC § 25328.

No on-sale licensee or agent thereof shall serve more than one drink at any one time to any individual; provided, however, that beer served with a drink of distilled spirits shall be considered a part of such drink. SOURCE: GC § 25329.

Prohibited. No employee, owner, manager or agent thereof of any licensed premises shall consume or be permitted to consume any alcoholic beverage while on duty on such premises. SOURCE: GC § 25330.

General on-sale licensees shall use a full one (1) ounce measuring glass, or shall use an electronic measuring device approved by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, when mixing drinks at the bar. SOURCE: GC § 25331 as amended by P.L. 15-076:4 (Dec. 1, 1979).

It shall be unlawful for any general on-sale or off-sale licensee to sell or keep upon the licensed premises alcoholic beverages, taxes upon which have not been paid in accordance with the tax laws of Guam. SOURCE: GC § 25332. ARTICLE 5 ADMINISTRATION

The Board shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi with the advice and consent to I Liheslaturan Guåhan. I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall designate one of the members chairman. Three members shall be appointed for a term expiring June 30, 1950, and…

Except as provided in this Article, any citizen of the United States is eligible for membership on the Board. SOURCE: GC § 25401.

A person is ineligible for membership on the Board who: (a) Is or becomes interested, directly or indirectly in any business involving the importation, manufacture or sale or alcoholic beverages. (b) Advocates, or is identified or connected with any organization or association wh…

I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall remove any disqualified member whenever such disqualification shall appear. SOURCE: GC § 25403. COL 2025-04-22 2025 NOTE: Reference to the “Governor” replaced with I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi pursuant to 5 GCA § 1510.

Every member of Board who is not in the service of the Government, for which he receives an annual compensation, shall be paid Fifty Dollars ($50) per day for each day on which the Board meets, provided, however, that such compensation shall not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100) …

The Board may employ and insofar as not fixed by separate provision of law or regulation fix the salaries of secretarial and clerical help necessary for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties. SOURCE: GC § 25405.

The office of the Administrator shall be separate from the Board and the Administrator and his employees shall not be members or employees of the Board while serving in the office of the Administrator. SOURCE: GC § 25406.

I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall appoint the Administrator and insofar as not fixed by separate provision of law or regulation shall have the power to fix his salary. SOURCE: GC § 25407. 2025 NOTE: Reference to the “Governor” replaced with I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi pursuant to 5 GCA § 151…

Any citizen of the United States is eligible as Administrator who: (a) Is not interested, directly or indirectly, in any business involving the importation, manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages. (b) Does not advocate nor is identified, or connected with any organization or …

The Administrator may employ, and insofar as not fixed by separate provision of law or regulation, fix the salaries of inspectors, and secretarial and clerical help necessary for him to exercise his powers and perform his duties. SOURCE: GC § 25409

The Board shall have the power to license the importation, manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages and to suspend, revoke or reinstate such licenses. COL 2025-04-22 SOURCE: GC § 25410

The Board shall make regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter, and amend or repeal them, as it deems necessary to carry out the intent of the provisions of this Chapter and to enable it to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred upon it. SOUR…

The Board shall conduct proceedings on any hearing required under the provisions of this Chapter in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Adjudication Act and shall have all of the powers granted in such Act. SOURCE: GC § 25412.

The Board shall have the power to prescribe the character and manner of keeping books and records by licensees, and the powers to require such reports from licensees, common and private carriers and other persons as necessary to enable the Board to exercise its powers and perform…

The Board shall prescribe the form of all applications for licenses or renewal of licenses and other papers it shall require including verification, and the information to be contained in such applications and other papers. It shall prescribe the place for posting licenses by lic…

The Board shall cause all fees received to be paid into the Treasury. In the event the Board denies a license, it shall cause one-fourth (3) of the fee to be paid into the Treasury for costs of investigation of the applicant or premises and the remainder of the fee to be returned…

A majority of all the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the members shall be necessary to determine any matter before it. SOURCE: GC § 25416.

The members of the Board, the Administrator and the persons employed by the Board and the Administrator for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the Chapter shall have the authority to administer and certify oaths in the administration and enforcement of this C…

The Board shall cause complete records to be kept, of all its meetings, proceedings and business, including the number, class and kind of licenses issued, denied, suspended and revoked, moneys received and disbursed and the number, kind and disposition of seizures, which records …

The Administrator shall keep complete records of his activities, including the number, class and kind of licenses temporarily suspended by him, and the number, kind, and disposition of all seizures by him. Within thirty (30) days after the end of the fiscal year, the Administrato…

Every member of the Board, the Administrator and every inspector shall have all of the powers of peace officers in the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter, the regulations of the Board adopted under the provisions of this Chapter and any other penal provision of law pro…

Every member of the Board, Administrator and every inspector shall have the right at all times, without notice and without legal process, to visit and have immediate access to every part of the premises of every licensee for the purpose of making an examination or inspection of t…

Every member of the Board, the Administrator and every inspector shall have the power to seize and hold without legal process until an order of disposition is made by the court, the following: (a) Any alcoholic beverages manufactured in Guam by any person other than a licensed ma…

Every person who seizes any alcoholic beverages, vehicles or other property subject to seizure under the provisions of this Article shall file without delay a written report of the seizure with the Attorney General, with notice to the Board. SOURCE: GC § 25503. NOTE: Reference to…