Title 21 — Real Property
50 chapters · 1,488 sections in this title.
21 GCA § 65101 Short Title
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This Law shall be known and may be cited as the Ocean Shore Public Access Law of 1987.
21 GCA § 65102 Legislative Findings and Purpose
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The Legislature finds that the ocean shore is a vital part of the patrimony of the people of Guam and is a major source of recreation and livelihood; that extensive areas of ocean shore are inaccessible to the public due to the absence of public rights-of-way; that structures and…
21 GCA § 65103 Definitions
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(a) Ocean Shore means the land between the mean low waterline and 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 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The angle points shall…
21 GCA § 65104 Traditional Rights-of-Way, Vesting
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The Legislature recognizes that over the years the Public has made frequent and uninterrupted use of certain trails and bull cart roads providing access to the ocean shore and recognizes that such use has been legally sufficient to create rights or easements in the public through…
21 GCA § 65105 Traditional Rights-of-Way, Maintenance
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(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner, lessee, or tenant of any lands adjacent to or abutting the ocean shore to block, impede, or interfere with the public use of any traditional right-of-way. (b) It shall be unlawful for the Territorial Planning Commission to approve or permit…
21 GCA § 65106 Rights-of-Way, Acquisition
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When the provisions of § 65105 of this Chapter are not applicable, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall purchase land for public rights-of- way between the ocean shore and the nearest public highway.
21 GCA § 65107 Criteria For Public Rights-of-Way
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All rights-of-way established under the provisions of this Chapter shall be two (2) meters in width. A distance at reasonable intervals taking into consideration the topography and physical characteristics of the land the public is desirous of reaching is established as the maxim…
21 GCA § 65108 Transfer of Public Lands, Establishment of Public Rights-of-
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Way. No lands, either presently or in the future, held by the government or any of its agencies or autonomous bodies and situated between the ocean shore and public highway shall be sold, exchanged, leased, or otherwise alienated unless there shall first be deeded and recorded a …
21 GCA § 65109 Enforcement
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(a) Any person may maintain an action for declaratory and equitable relief to restrain violations, or enforce the provisions, of this Chapter. No bond shall be required for an action brought under this Section. (b) The provisions of this Section shall be in addition to any other …