Title 7 — Judiciary and Civil Procedure

The Supreme Court shall have the power to govern attorney and judicial ethics, admission to, expulsion from and governance of a Guam bar association; and shall promulgate rules to effectuate that power. 2025 NOTE: The discipline of attorneys is governed by the Guam Rules for Lawy…

(a) The Supreme Court of Guam may continue, by rule, the requirement contained in this section, that no person is authorized to practice law on Guam, unless that person be a member in good standing of an integrated bar association. If such requirement is continued, then the Bar o…

Chapters 1 and 1.5 of Title XXIX of the Government Code are repealed. 1985 SOURCE: New section. 1985 COMMENT: Existing law whereby the Legislature created an integrated bar and Ethics Commission is repealed. Those sections of the existing law which are to be continued will be ame…

Section 9103 of this Chapter shall not take effect until the rules of the Supreme Court authorized in § 9101 and § 9102 of this Chapter have been promulgated. Upon promulgation of the rules described herein, the powers of the Supreme Court over the attorneys and Bar of Guam shall…

(a) The measure of compensation of persons authorized to practice law is left to the express or implied agreement of the parties, subject to the regulation of the Supreme Court. (b) Any agreement for such compensation or for reimbursement of any expenses incident to the prosecuti…

It is the duty of all Guam law enforcement agencies to aid the Supreme Court and its delegated agents in any investigation of the conduct of persons authorized to practice law in Guam, of the character and fitness of persons who apply for admission to practice law in Guam or rein…

Justices of the Supreme Court and those acting pursuant to orders or rules of Court as their employees or agents, including but not limited to members of the Guam Bar Association Ethics Committee, designated Ethics Prosecutors, and their employees or agents, shall not be held lia…

(a) A non-profit public corporation, “The Guam Law Library,” is hereby chartered. (b) The Guam Law Library, as a nonprofit educational corporation, shall be exempt from taxes and licensing requirements under the laws of Guam. SOURCE: GC § 28500. 2025 NOTE: As enacted by P.L. 14-1…

(a) There is established in Guam a Board of Law Library Trustees, which governs the Guam Law Library. (b) The first Board of Trustees shall prepare Articles of Incorporation and By-laws for the governing of the Library. The Articles and By-laws shall be filed with the Director of…

The Board of the Law Library established in § 9202 of this Chapter shall consist of nine (9) members and shall be constituted as follows: (a) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam may appoint himself or herself, or one (1) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to serve …

In the event that any member of the Board of Law Library Trustees shall die, resign, or otherwise be removed from the Board prior to the expiration of his term as set forth in § 9203 of this Chapter, the vacancy so created shall be filled for the remainder of such member’s term i…

Constructing Quarters; Furniture and Services Regulations. The Board of Law Library Trustees shall establish and maintain a Law Library in Hagåtña, as close to the Judiciary Building as possible. The Board may lease or construct suitable quarters to house the library facility and…

The office of trustee is honorary, without salary or other compensation. Ordinary and necessary expenses of trustees may be reimbursed from the funds of the Guam Law Library upon application approved by the Board. SOURCE: GC § 28505.

The Board of Law Library Trustees, acting pursuant to the provisions of the Articles and By-laws of the Guam Law Library, may remove a trustee for cause. SOURCE: GC § 28506.

The Board shall elect one (1) of its number as president, whose powers and duties shall be prescribed in the Articles and By-laws. SOURCE: GC § 28507.

(a) The Board of Law Library Trustees shall elect from its members a treasurer, who shall keep a full statement and account of all property, money, receipt and expenditures of the law library. COL 2025-08-27 (b) The Board shall elect from its members a secretary who shall keep a …

(a) All money collected for the law library must be paid into the hands of the treasurer of the law library or his designee, who must keep the same in a bank account or accounts in the name of “The Guam Law Library” to be expended by the Board of Law Library Trustees. (b) All fun…

(a) On the commencement in or the removal to the Superior Court of any civil action, proceeding or appeal, the party instituting such proceeding or filing the first papers shall pay to the clerk of the court, for the Guam Law Library, a law library fee computed in accordance with…

(a) Each active member of the Bar of Guam, as part of his or her dues for membership in the Guam Bar under the Guam Integrated Act, shall pay Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year to the Guam Law Library COL 2025-08-27 Fund. Said contribution shall be collected with the annual dues for…

I Liheslatura may appropriate from the General Fund for the Guam Law Library such additional sums as may in its discretion appear proper. When so appropriated such funds shall be paid to the treasurer of the Guam Law Library for deposit in the Guam Law Library Fund and for all pu…

The Guam Law Library shall be free to all residents for the examination of books and other publications at the library. SOURCE: GC § 28513. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 24-077:2 (Sept. 30, 1997).

(a) I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall cause to be transmitted to the Guam Law Library at least one (1) copy of each executive order, administrative regulations and each attorney general’s opinion which has been or shall be promulgated in Guam. (b) The Chief Justice of Guam shall cause …