Title 5 — Government Operations

All persons are prohibited from importing into Guam the following: (a) Printed matters or pictures of a seditious nature or of an obscene or immoral character. (b) Any article, manufactured or for manufacture or sale, or adulterated or misbranded or deleterious food, drugs, medic…

Any Customs Officer may: (a) arrest persons who violate a prohibition contained in Article 6 of Title 9 GCA Chapter 67; (b) make seizures of any controlled substance imported into Guam in violation of Article 6 of Title 9 GCA Chapter 67; (c) arrest persons who violate a prohibiti…

(a) Persons arriving from foreign countries are divided into two classes for the purpose of these regulations, first, residents of Guam and second, all other persons. (b) Personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States ordered to duty in Guam or to any U.S. ship stationed at G…

(a) Requirement and time. Except as otherwise provided, the consignee of imported merchandise shall make entry therefor either in person or by an agent authorized by him in writing to the Customs House COL 2026-05-05 within 48 hours, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, after the e…

(a) For the purpose of entry clearance and taxes, exemptions, or drawbacks applicable to imported or exported goods under Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, such goods shall be classified using the Harmonized Commodity and Coding System (HCCS) of classification and its related Explan…

(a) The Director of Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency shall: (1) ensure that the Customs Harmonized Commodity and Coding Classification Schedule, as amended, is published on the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency website and is publicly available free of charge; and (2) ensure t…

(a) The Director of the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency may, in accordance to 5 GCA Chapter 9, amend the Customs Harmonized Commodity and Coding Schedule for uniformity with amendments approved by the World Customs Organization. (b) No amendment made under this Section shall a…

(a) Only individuals designated by the Director of Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency may access the Customs Automated System to carry out any duties pursuant to this Act or any other statutory provisions of Guam law. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director o…

All articles, goods, wares or merchandise imported into Guam for the purpose of these regulations shall be deemed and held to be the property of the person to whom the same may be consigned; but the holder of any bill of lading, drawn to the order and indorsed by the co-signer, s…

(a) Importation Prohibited. If the laws or regulations of any country, dependency, province or other subdivision of government restrict the taking, killing, possession or exportation to the United States, or its possessions, of any wild mammal or bird, alive or dead, or restrict …

Every commercial vessel entering a port of Guam or anchoring or lying to in Guam waters shall be placed under guard during her stay. SOURCE: GC § 47105.

(a) Any Customs Officer may board and examine any privately owned, privately leased, commercially owned, or commercially leased aircraft, vessel, or contrivance arriving into Guam when it is necessary to carry out the provisions of applicable laws of Guam or the United States, an…

(a) Vessel means a craft used, or capable of being used, for transportation on water, and includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used, or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but does not include aircraft. (b) Aircraft means any craf…

The master of every aircraft, vessel, or contrivance arriving in Guam shall have on board a manifest for passengers, crew, and cargo destined for Guam, signed by such master under oath as to the truth of the statement therein contained. Failure to provide such manifests in the pr…

The master, owner, or authorized agent of an aircraft, vessel, or other contrivance required to make entry, shall submit to the Customs Officer the required manifests in the times set forth in this Section, as well as the format and manner as prescribed in § 73110. Times set fort…

[Repealed.] SOURCE: GC § 47110, amended by P.L. 13-187:233 (Sept. 2, 1976). Repealed by P.L. 35-105:2 (Oct. 30, 2020).

(a) Vessels of war: (1) shall submit to the Customs Office an affidavit of self-inspection report immediately upon arrival; and (2) shall comply with all other applicable federal laws enforced by the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency. (b) Vessels arriving in distress or for the …

Any vessel having on board merchandise shown by the manifest to be destined to a port or place outside of Guam, may, after the report and entry of such vessel under the provisions of this Chapter, proceed to such port of destination with the cargo so destined therefor without unl…

It shall be unlawful to make entry of any vessel or to unload the cargo or any part thereof of any vessel elsewhere than at the port of Apra Harbor, the Commercial Port or the Hagåtña Boat Basin. SOURCE: GC § 47113. 2024 NOTE: Reference to Agana replaced with Hagåtña pursuant to …

(a) Except as otherwise provided (relating to vessels not required to enter), no merchandise, passengers, or baggage shall be unloaded from any vessel until entry of such vessel has been made and a permit for the unloading of the same issued by the Collector; provided, that the m…

If any passengers, merchandise or baggage are unloaded from any vessel, aircraft, or contrivance without a permit or authorization and clearance from Customs authorities, the master of such vessel and every other person who knowingly is concerned or who aids therein, or in removi…

The Collector of Customs and all Deputy Collectors of Customs are empowered to administer any oaths required or authorized by these regulations in respect of any matter coming before such officers in the performance of their official duties. No compensation or fee shall be demand…

(a) Whenever entry of any imported merchandise is not made within the time provided by this Chapter, or whenever, in the opinion of the Collector, entry of such merchandise cannot be made for want of proper documents or other cause, he shall take the merchandise into his custody,…

(a) Any merchandise of which possession has been taken by the Collector for sixty (60) days from the date of importation without entry thereof having been made and the charges thereon paid, shall be considered unclaimed and abandoned to the government and shall be sold by the Dir…

The owner of any imported merchandise in the possession of the Collector of Customs, properly entered or otherwise, remaining in government custody for more than five (5) work days after receipt therein and, except when delay in removal may be caused by some failure on the part o…

Destruction or damage by fire or so-called Acts of God to merchandise or property legally held in the custody and possession of the Collector of Customs will not render the government liable in damages therefor; Provided, however, that claims against the government for losses inc…

Except as otherwise provided, any merchandise abandoned or forfeited to the government under the preceding or any other provision of this Chapter, which is subject to internal revenue tax and which the COL 2026-05-05 Collector shall be satisfied will not sell for a sufficient amo…

The proceeds of sale at public auction shall be paid over to the Treasurer of Guam in satisfaction of storage charges and other governmental expenses and the sale of such merchandise or property shall exonerate the master of any vessel from all claims of the former owner of the m…

When any bond is required by law or regulation to be executed by any partnership for any purpose connected with the transaction of business at any customs house, the execution of such bond by any member of such partnership shall bind the other partners in like manner and to the s…

The Collector may cause an examination to be made of the baggage of any person arriving in Guam from a point outside the United States of America, including the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in order to ascertain what articles are contained therein and whether pro…

Any article not included in the declaration and entry as made, and, before examination of the baggage was begun, not mentioned in writing by such person, if written declaration and entry was required, or orally if written declaration and entry was not required, shall be subject t…

The Director is authorized to establish and amend fines and fees in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Law, pertaining to this Act. The rules and regulations shall include provisions that: COL 2026-05-05 (a) allow Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency to deny entry or r…

Imported merchandise, required by regulations to be inspected or examined, shall not be delivered from customs custody, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, until it has been inspected or examined, and is found to comply with requirements by Customs Officials. The Collec…

If any person cited to appear before the Collector of Customs shall neglect or refuse to attend, or shall decline to answer, or shall refuse to answer in writing any interrogation or to subscribe his name to his position, or to produce such papers when so required by the Collecto…

Any person who shall intentionally swear falsely on an examination before the Collector of Customs shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and if he is the owner, importer or consignee, the merchandise shall be forfeited or the value thereof may be recovered from such person. SOURCE: G…

No Collector or other customs officer shall be in any way liable to any owner, importer, consignee or agent or any other person for or in account of any rulings or decisions as to the collection of any charges, on account of said merchandise or any other matter or things as to wh…

Whenever the Collector of Customs shall be notified in writing of the existence of a lien for freight, charges, or contribution in general average upon any imported merchandise entered for warehousing or taken possession of by him, he shall refuse to make delivery thereof until p…

Penalties for Violations of Arrival, Reporting, Entry, Clearance Requirements, Manifests, and Manifest Delivered to Customs Officer. (a) Unlawful acts: (1) failure to comply with §§ 73104, 73106, 73107, 73108, 73110 or 73111 of this Article; (2) presenting or transmitting, electr…

If any of such merchandise so found consists of smoking opium or opium prepared for smoking, the master of such vessel or the owner of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each ounce thereof so found. Such penalty shall constitute a lien up…

If any vessel from a foreign port or place arrives within the limits of Guam and departs or attempts to depart, except from stress of weather or other necessity, without making a report of entry under the provisions of this Chapter, or if any merchandise is unladen therefrom befo…

If any consignor, seller, owner, importer, consignee, agent, or other person or persons enters or introduces, or attempts to enter or introduce into the commerce of Guam any imported merchandise by means of any fraudulent or false declaration, affidavit, letter, paper or by means…

The following fees will be charged by the Customs and Quarantine Agency for the issuance of Certificates of Origin: For certificates wherein the stated value of the merchandise ranges from: $ 0.01 to $ 100.00 a fee of $ 0.25 $ 100.01 to $ 500.00 a fee of $ 0.50 $ 500.01 to $ 1,00…

[Repealed.] SOURCE: GC § 47136; amended by P.L. 14-121:2 (April 18, 1978), P.L. 14-126:2 (May 12, 1978), P.L. 15-125:17 (Apr. 30, 1980), P.L. 16-111:II:3 (Oct. 7, 1982) and P.L. 21-042:4 (Sept. 15, 1991). Repealed by P.L. 23- 045:IV:18(c)(i) (Oct. 18, 1995).

[Repealed.] SOURCE: GC § 47137 added by P.L. 14-096:1 (Dec. 31, 1977); Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 16-111:II:2 (Oct. 7, 1982); Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 19-010:XI:41(b) (Nov. 14, 1987). Repealed by P.L. 23-045:IV:18(c)(ii) (Oct. 18, 1995).

Goods brought into Guam by an export trading company as defined by § 26101(d) Title 11, Guam Code Annotated which are produced or manufactured in the United States or are produced or manufactured on Guam for the purpose of export from Guam to foreign countries are exempted from t…

Inspections of baggage, passengers and cargo shall be performed only at the designated ports of Guam, except that inspections of cargo may also be performed at such places as the Director of the Customs and Quarantine Agency shall from time to time designate. SOURCE: GC § 47139 a…

The seal on a container or cargo shall neither be broken nor tampered with, except under the direction of a Customs Inspector or until such container or cargo has otherwise been officially released from Customs’ custody. SOURCE: GC § 47140 added by P.L. 20-025:1 (June 10, 1989).

(a) Should the seal on a container or cargo be broken or tampered with prior to its official release from Customs’ custody, except under the direction of a Customs Inspector, then the person or firm that has accepted delivery of the sealed container or cargo shall be liable for t…

The Director of the Customs and Quarantine Agency is responsible for the promulgation of rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. Such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Adjudicati…

(a) Each aircraft landing at the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam shall be levied a Customs, Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection services charge reasonably related to the costs incurred by the Customs and Quarantine Agency and the Department of Agriculture in prov…