Title 21 — Real Property
50 chapters · 1,488 sections in this title.
21 GCA § 64101 Legislative Findings
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The Legislature declares that: (a) The traditional pattern of land ownership of land abutting the beaches and ocean shores of Guam is that a strip of dry land between the mean high watermark as can be physically established from the latest tide elevation data published by the U.S…
21 GCA § 64102 Legislative Policy
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The Legislature of Guam hereby declares as the public policy of the territory of Guam that it is the public right to have unrestricted access to the ocean shores of Guam for common use by all the people of Guam, and therefore that strip of public land above the high mean watermar…
21 GCA § 64103 Construction and Interpretation
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COL120106 The Legislative findings and policy set forth in § 64101 and § 64102 shall govern the interpretation of any provision of this Chapter. SOURCE: GC '13452 enacted by P.L. 12-19.
21 GCA § 64104 Definitions: Ocean Shore, Territory Recreational Area
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As used in this Chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) Ocean shore means the land between the mean low waterline and a series of lines connecting angle points located at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet inland from the two (2) feet contour line as established and …
21 GCA § 64105 Ownership of Guam Ocean Shore
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Ownership of the part of the ocean shore of Guam between mean high tide and extreme low tide, excepting such portions as may have been disposed of by the territory prior to January 1, 1972, is vested in the territory beach area. SOURCE: GC '13454 enacted by P.L. 12-19.
21 GCA § 64106 Vesting of Public Rights in Guam Ocean Shore
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All public rights or easements in any part of the ocean shore of Guam legally acquired through express dedication, implied dedication, prescription, grant, or otherwise are confirmed and declared vested exclusively in the territory beach area. No land subject to rights vested pur…
21 GCA § 64107 Acquisition of Guam Ocean Shore
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The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to acquire ownership of or interests in any part of the ocean shore of Guam where such lands are held in private ownership; provided, however, the Governor shall not COL120106 acquire ownership of or interests in any such ocean shore…
21 GCA § 64108 Guam Ocean Shore Not to be Alienated: Judicial Confirma-
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tion of Public Rights in Ocean Shore. No portion of the ocean shore of Guam or any interest therein vested by §§ 64105 and 64106 of this Chapter or hereafter acquired by the territory of Guam or any political subdivision thereof shall be alienated by any agencies, departments, co…
21 GCA § 64109 Title and Rights of Territory Unimpaired
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COL120106 Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed to relinquish, impair or limit the sovereign title or rights of the territory of Guam in its shores as the same may exist before or after the effective date of this Chapter. SOURCE: GC '13458 enacted by P.L. 12-19.
21 GCA § 64110 Liability of Property Owners of Ocean Shore
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The owner or person in control of any property subject to a public easement declared a territory beach area by § 64106 of this Chapter or acquired as ocean shore for a territory recreational area pursuant to § 64107 of this Chapter shall not be liable for any injury to another pe…
21 GCA § 64111 Landowner Declaration of Continuing Control of Land Along
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Ocean Shore: Effect: Failure to File. (a) In any court proceedings involving prescriptive rights of the public over unregistered property abutting, adjacent or contiguous to the ocean shore, an instrument executed and filed as provided by Subsection (b) of this section shall be a…