Title 11 — Finance and Taxation

A person holding a retail dealer’s off-sale license is authorized to sell to consumers for consumption off the premises where sold, the alcoholic beverages in packages specified by the Board. SOURCE: GC § 25119.

A person holding a special alcohol license is authorized to import or to purchase within Guam for his own use or for transfer to a person holding such a license, alcohol for industrial, medical or scientific purposes but not for beverage purposes. SOURCE: GC § 25120.

A person holding a temporary beer or general license is authorized to sell beer or every kind of alcoholic beverage, dependent upon type of license held for consumption within an area defined in the license by the Board on premises temporarily occupied for the purpose of picnic, …

No bartender’s license shall be required. SOURCE: GC § 25122.

A person holding a public warehouseman’s license is authorized to store alcoholic beverages for the account of licensees. SOURCE: GC § 25123.

A club license shall be general only and shall authorize the licensee to sell liquors to members of the club and to guests thereof enjoying the privileges of membership, for consumption only on the premises kept and operated by such club, and shall also authorize any bona fide cl…

(a) No liquor shall be sold under a club license to any person not a bona fide members of the club nor a bona fide guest thereof enjoying the privileges of membership, but a member or a guest enjoying the privileges of membership may purchase liquor for consumption on the premise…

(a) On-Sale License. A special license authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises may be issued to any person granted a concession for that purpose at the air terminal or Commercial Port. (b) Sales to Departing Passengers. A special license author…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a person holding a microbrewery-pub restaurant license is authorized to: (a) Annually manufacture and store on the licensed restaurant premises, no more than eight thousand barrels of beer containing not more than eight percent (8%) of…

(a) A mobile license shall be a general on-sale license only and shall authorize the licensee to sell alcoholic beverages to passengers, clients and customers for consumption only on the premises of a limousine or bus meeting the requirements of 9 GCA § 92114. The license shall b…

(a) A person holding a valid off-sale license, wholesale dealers’ license, or agent’s license, is authorized to conduct special display and sampling / tasting events of authorized alcoholic beverages and distilled spirits for the purpose of familiarizing consumers with the taste …

(a) An Instructional Tasting License can only be issued to businesses with off-sale retail licenses, and it is valid for use solely at the premises specified in the retail license. An Instructional Tasting License may be issued to any of the following businesses: (1) Wineries, Wi…

(a) An Alcohol Employee License shall be required for all persons who sell or serve, supervise or manage those who sell or serve alcoholic beverages for holders of Class 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 12 ABC Licenses. (b) A Temporary Alcohol Employee License may be issued to an emplo…

Except as otherwise provided for a violation, as provided pursuant to this Chapter, the License for an Alcohol Employee shall: (a) be valid for a term of three years; (b) be portable to additional or other premises; (c) be in the possession of the employee at all times when perfo…

An Alcohol Beverage Control Manager License shall be required for all managers or assistant managers. Every manager must provide the Board and their employer with proof that the manager has successfully completed an ABC Board approved Alcohol Server/Seller Training Program. Proof…

An Alcohol Server/Seller training program license shall be issued to alcohol server/seller training programs that have been approved by the administrator. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 32-051:5 (July 5, 2013) as § 3232. Renumbered by the Compiler to harmoniously fit in Article 2 of this …

(a) Except in the case of an on-sale beer license, off-sale beer license, public warehouseman’s license or temporary beer license, the Board shall not issue a license to any person who is then holding a license of another class. The Board may issue an on-sale beer license and an …

Except in the case of an on-sale license for a premise under the operation or control of a person who is a contractor to the United States, the Board shall not issue a license to any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States having resided in Guam permanently a…

The Board shall not issue a license of any class to an applicant who is not the real party in interest. SOURCE: GC § 25202. COL 2025-04-22

The Board shall not issue a license of any class to a person under twenty-one (21) years of age. SOURCE: GC § 25203 as amended by P.L. 11-144:8 (June 23, 1972). Amended by P.L. 30-156:2 (July 8, 2010).

Except in the case of a license revoked for non-payment of a renewal fee, the Board shall not issue a license of any class to any person who held an alcoholic beverage license of any class which was revoked within a one-year period prior to the date of the application. SOURCE: GC…

The Board shall not issue a license of any class to any person the Board deems unfit to hold a license. SOURCE: GC § 25207.

(a) The Board shall not issue an on-sale license for premises located within a distance of five hundred (500) feet from any church, hospital or public or private school of general education where persons under the age of eighteen (18) are taught, the measurements to be taken in a…

The Board shall only issue a license for premises in an area zoned “C” (Commercial), “M1” (Light Industrial), except that conditional use is authorized in an “R2” (Multiple Dwelling Zone) when premises are located in a hotel or accessory building as defined in 21 GCA § 61102, or …

The Board shall not license a greater number of on-sale premises within a municipality or portion of a municipality than it deems consistent with the public interest. SOURCE: GC § 25210.

Application: Hearing. (a) The number of premises for which an on-sale general license or an off-sale general license is issued shall be limited to one (1) for each two hundred (200) or fraction thereof, inhabitants of the municipality in which the premises are situated, provided,…

Each license is separate and distinct and is transferable from the licensee to another person upon the approval of the Board as provided in this Title and upon the payment of a transfer fee equal to the fee payable upon an original application for the license, subject however to …

An applicant for a license shall submit an application in writing to the Board, verified under oath and accompanied by the license fee. SOURCE: GC § 25214.

Upon receipt of an application for a license and the license fee, the Board shall cause a thorough investigation to be made to determine whether or not the applicant and the premises qualify for a license. SOURCE: GC § 25216.

The Board shall refer every application for a license to the Administrator for investigation and report. The Board shall not issue any license prior to receipt of the Administrator’s report. COL 2025-04-22 SOURCE: GC § 25217.

In addition to referring the application to the Administrator, the Board shall immediately mail notice of the application to the Chief of Police, Director of Public Health and Social Service, Attorney General, Planning Commission, and the Mayor of the municipality in which the pr…

Within five (5) days after filing an application, an applicant shall cause notice of the application in a form prescribed by the Board to be published for three (3) consecutive days in a newspaper of general circulation in Guam. The applicant shall file an affidavit of publicatio…

The Administrator, Chief of Police, Director of Public Health and Social Services, Attorney General, Planning Commission, Mayor of the municipality in which the premises for which a license is sought are located, and every person who has an interest that might be affected adverse…

The protest shall be in writing, signed by the person protesting and shall set forth the basis upon which the protest is made and such other information as the Board shall require. SOURCE: GC § 25221.

A protest by the Administrator disclosing that an applicant or the premises for which a license is sought does not qualify for a license shall constitute grounds for denial of the license without necessity for a hearing by the Board prior to such denial. SOURCE: GC § 25222.

In the event the Board denies a license on the basis of the Administrator’s protest, the Board shall immediately notify the applicant in writing. Within ten (10) days after the giving of notice by the Board, the applicant may present a written petition for a license and the Board…

(a) If a protest is received from any person entitled to protest, other than the Administrator, and is received within ten (10) days after the first publication of notice of the applicant’s application in a newspaper of general circulation in Guam, the Board shall not issue a lic…

If a protest is not made by the Administrator in his report or within the prescribed period by other person entitled to protest, and the Board is satisfied that the applicant and the premises qualify for a license, the Board may proceed to issue a license. SOURCE: GC § 25225.

If a protest is made by the Administrator or within the prescribed period by other person entitled to protest, the Board may proceed to issue a license after a hearing, if it is satisfied that the applicant and premises qualify for a license. SOURCE: GC § 25226.

The Board shall issue all licenses to named persons, specifying on each license the class, and where more than one kind within a class, the kind of license, fee, and except in the case of agents, the premises for which issued. In the case of an agent’s license the Board shall spe…

A licensee, whether manufacturer, agent, wholesaler or retailer shall not encourage the consumption of alcoholic beverages but shall confine his business to the supplying of demand for alcoholic beverages, and in a dignified manner, in accordance with the intent of the provisions…

The Board shall have the power to prescribed by regulation the character and extent of all advertising on the interior of any licensed premises, and subject to the provisions of this Chapter in case of the exterior of any on-sale premises, all other advertising by radio, newspape…

An on-sale licensee shall post in a conspicuous place in the premises a current price list of alcoholic beverages, beers and all other beverages sold or offered for sale within the premises. SOURCE: GC § 25301.1 added by P.L. 15-076:1 (Dec. 1, 1979). COL 2025-04-22

An on-sale licensee shall not place nor permit to be placed any sign upon or adjacent to the exterior of the premises which advertises any alcoholic beverage or which uses the words bar, saloon or cocktail, either alone or in conjunction with other words or which uses any symbol …

A licensee shall not give, directly or indirectly, any premiums or gifts with the sale of any alcoholic beverages; provided, however, that on-sale and off-sale licensees may give premiums or promotional gifts in connection with the sale of alcoholic beverages, subject to any limi…

Subject to any limitations that may be imposed by regulation adopted by the Board, no person shall offer or give any alcoholic beverages to any person in conjunction with the operation of any business, except that any person, including a licensee, may serve and provide, at no cha…

A corporation shall not distribute, directly or indirectly, any alcoholic beverages to its stockholders by dividend, either by distribution in kind or the granting of purchase premiums.

A licensee shall not employ in any on-sale premises a hostess or entertainer for the purpose of procuring or encouraging the sale of alcoholic beverages. SOURCE: GC § 25306.

A licensee shall not keep nor permit to frequent or be used in conjunction with any on-sale premises a prostitute or other person who practices immoral acts. SOURCE: GC § 25307.

(a) A licensee shall not employ any minor under the age of eighteen (18), in or about that portion of the premises which is used for the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. (b) Provided, however, the minors ages sixteen (16) and above may be em…