Title 9, Crimes and Corrections

(a) Should a person, charged with a crime involving family violence or a violation of a court order, be released, the court may impose the following conditions of release: (1) an order enjoining the person from threatening to commit or committing acts of family violence against t…

Determination of Primary Aggressor; Required Report. (a) If a peace officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed a felony or misdemeanor involving family violence, the peace officer shall presume that arresting and charging the person is the appropriate res…

(a) Any person commits the crime of interfering with the reporting of family violence if the person: (1) commits an act of family violence, as defined in § 30.10 of this Chapter; and (2) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly prevents or attempts to prevent the victim of or a wi…

When a peace officer makes an arrest for family violence the arrestee shall be confined until the magistrate’s hearing, unless released earlier by the Office of the Attorney General. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-239:6 (Aug. 14, 1998). COL 2024-12-05

(a) Peace officers shall respond to every request for assistance or protection, from or on behalf of a victim of alleged family violence, whether or not an order has been issued against the alleged abuser. (b) A high priority shall be assigned to calls involving alleged incidents…

Law enforcement agencies and peace officers shall not be liable for personal injury or property damage which occurs in the course of any good-faith effort to protect a victim of family violence, including, but not limited to, action taken during the course of an arrest, an attemp…

(a) Any knowing violation of any of the following court orders shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of no less than forty-eight (48) hours and not more than one (1) year, and by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000): (1) an order enjoining a person fr…

(a) For purposes of this Section: (1) “Abuser” means an individual who has committed or allegedly committed an act or conduct described in Subsections (a)(2), (3) and (4) of this Section; (2) “Family violence” means any act or conduct described in 9 GCA § 30.10(a); (3) “Sexual as…

For a crime involving family violence, a peace officer: (a) Shall, incident to an arrest, seize all weapons that are alleged to have been involved or threatened to be used in the commission of a crime. (b) May seize a weapon that is in the plain view of the officer or was discove…

(a) Any person who knowingly publishes, disseminates, or otherwise discloses the location of any family violence shelter or any place designated as a family violence shelter with the intent to harass, annoy, harm, or injure in any way another person, or to thwart or interfere in …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following evidentiary privileges do not apply in any criminal proceeding in which a spouse or other family or household member is the victim of an alleged crime involving family violence: COL 2024-12-05 (a) the privilege not to test…

Upon a proper motion, when a defendant voluntarily pleads guilty, prior to the commencement of trial, to a misdemeanor charge of family violence, as defined in this Chapter, he or she is found eligible for a deferred guilty plea pursuant to § 30.80.1 of this Chapter, and the defe…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and upon the determination of the judge, this § 30.80.1 shall apply whenever a case is before the court upon an accusatory pleading for any criminal act against a family or household member as defined in Subsection (b) of § 30.10 of thi…

(a) Upon noticed motion, the court shall hold a hearing and, after consideration of any and all information the court believes to be relevant to its decision, the court shall determine if the defendant consents to further proceedings under this § 30.80.2 and waives his or her rig…

If it appears to the prosecuting attorney, the court or the probation department that the defendant under § 30.80.1 of this Chapter is performing unsatisfactorily in the assigned program, or that the defendant is not benefiting from education, counseling and/or treatment program(…

Any records filed with the Guam Police Department and the Office of the Attorney General, Prosecution Division, shall set out the disposition of those cases for which a deferred guilty plea has been dismissed pursuant to § 30.80.1 of this Chapter. Upon successful completion of a …

(a) If a person is ordered to complete education, counseling and/or treatment program(s) as a result of being in diversion, entering a deferred plea of guilty to family violence, or is adjudged guilty of family violence, he or she shall be ordered to pay a fee to the Superior Cou…

(a) The Chief of Police shall establish, as an integral division of the Guam Police Department, the Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) unit consisting of peace officers, social workers, victim advocates or other persons who completed the Family Violence Training Program, or spec…