Title 16 — Vehicles

The operator of any motor vehicle, prior to driving over or upon any sidewalk or pedestrian path, shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian approaching thereon. Any person soliciting or handbilling on a sidewalk shall not interfere with the free right of passage of any pedes…

(a) The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this Code. (b) Whenever any vehicle has stopped at a marked crosswalk o…

The driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian who is blind or visually impaired and is carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color (with or without a red tip) or using a guide dog shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to such pedestrian, and any dri…

No person shall stand in or on the traveled portion of a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the operator of any vehicle. SOURCE: GC § 23127.4, enacted by P.L. 3-016:35 (July 14, 1955).

(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (b) The provisions of this Section shall not relieve the operator of a vehic…

It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to cross any road at any point between adjacent intersections that are controlled by any traffic control signal device or police officer except in an officially designated crosswalk. SOURCE: GC § 23127.6, enacted by P.L. 3-016:37 (July 14, …

Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle sounding a siren or having at least one (1) lighted lamp exhibiting red or blue light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicles: COL 2026-04-2…

(a) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle, except as is otherwise provided in this Section, before entering a through highway, to fail to come to a complete stop, within a reasonable distance, before entering such intersection on such through highway, when official…

Whenever a red or yellow flashing light is used as a traffic signal it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows: (a) Flashing red (stop signal). When a red flashing light is used as a traffic signal at an intersection, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering…

(a) No operator of a vehicle which meets or overtakes any vehicle that has stopped for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers shall pass such stopped vehicle on the side on which passengers are entering or leaving the vehicle until such stopped vehicle has started and…

No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, hoops, wire, cans or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such public highway. SOURCE: GC § 23134.1, enacted by P.L. 3-016:41 (July 14, 1955). 2025 NOTE: Su…

The operator of a motor vehicle shall not operate such vehicle with the gears in neutral position or with the clutch disengaged while traveling on a downgrade upon any public highway. SOURCE: GC § 23135, enacted by P.L. 1-088 (Nov. 29, 1952). COL 2026-04-23

(a) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to disobey the directions of any traffic signal placed in accordance with the provisions of this Title unless otherwise directed by a peace officer. (b) Whenever traffic at an intersection is alternately directed to stop an…

No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected fire hose when such hose is resting upon any public highway for use at any fire or in answer to any fire alarm, without the consent of the fire department officers at the scene or peace officers in command. SOURCE: GC § 23138, enact…

[Repealed.] SOURCE: GC § 23139, enacted by P.L. 1-088 (Nov. 29, 1952). Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 26-102:2 (June 9, 2002). Amended by P.L. 28-028:3 (Apr. 22, 2005). Repealed by P.L. 32-071:2 (Nov. 27, 2013).

(a) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the period from one (1) hour after sunset to one (1) hour before sunrise, and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render persons and vehicles clearly discernable on…

(a) Driving or leaving vehicle, bicycle or animal upon driveways, paths or grounds of public schools, etc. permission: condition and regulation. No person shall drive any vehicle, bicycle, or animal, nor shall any person stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, bicycle or animal…

The Director of Public Works shall insure that no public vehicle transporting students to and from school shall be so loaded that more than one (1) student occupies a seat designed for one (1) person or so that any student is required to stand while the vehicle is in motion. Any …

(a) The Department of Public Works, in coordination and with the concurrence of the Guam Power Authority, is authorized to solicit and approve the accommodation of a private business or corporation to provide an independent source of power generation to any traffic signal which b…

(a) Restriction. It is unlawful for a person to read, write, or send electronic messages, or use or be holding, a mobile phone or similar electronic communications device while driving a vehicle. (1) Definition. For the purposes of this Section, “driving” means operating a vehicl…

(a) Within thirty (30) days following the effective date of this Act, wireless carriers providing mobile phone services or businesses providing vehicle insurance shall, respectively, send a one (1)-time mailing or electronic notification to their current Guam-based wireless servi…

(a) Any violation of this Article committed by an operator of a large vehicle involving excessive speed, improper turns, and lane changes, violations of traffic signs and signals, ignoring lane markers, or a violation of this Article committed while such vehicle is in motion shal…

It shall be a violation for a person to have a computer, television receiver, a video monitor, a television screen, a video screen, or any similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications at a point f…

(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway in Guam while knowing or having reason to know that his or her driver’s license is suspended. COL 2026-04-23 (b) As used in this Section, “suspended driver’s license” means an operator’s license, chauffeur’s license, or drivi…

(a) No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle, either attended or unattended, upon the main traveled portion of any highway outside of a business or residential district, when it is practicable or possible to leave such vehicle standing off the main traveled portion of s…

(a) Any person committing or attempting to commit an act of deception or fraud, by one (1) or more of the following methods, is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) The intentional providing of false information, including statements made on or within a physician’s or optometrist’s certi…

No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon a public highway in any of the following places: (a) Within an intersection. (b) On a crosswalk. COL 2026-04-23 (c) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel with and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb. Where no cur…

In any prosecution charging a violation of any regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle under this Title, proof by the Government that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any provision of this Title, together with proof th…

The Chief of Police may place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on any highway in Guam where in his opinion such stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing, or parking may un…

No provision of this Code shall be enforced to prevent a person attending a place wherein a religious service is conducted from parking curbside upon a roadway within reasonable proximity of the place during the service. SOURCE: GC § 23132.4, enacted by P.L. 17-061:1 (Aug. 1, 198…

No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the ignition key and effectively setting the brake and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or si…

(a) No unauthorized person shall sound the horn, handle the levers, set in motion, deface or in any way tamper with or damage any motor vehicle standing or parked upon any highway. (b) No person shall hang onto, or ride on the outside of any moving vehicle, and no person on a bic…

(a) No person shall drive any vehicle, motorcycle, or bicycle, nor shall any person stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, motorcycle, or bicycle, whether attended or unattended, upon the beaches of Guam, except that a person may drive a vehicle across the beach to the water’…

(a) The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury or death to any person or in damage to any real or personal property shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident. (b) The operator, or owner, if present, of any vehicle involved in a…

The operator of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injuries or death to any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or more shall, within twenty-four (24) hours, make a written report of such accident to the Guam Police …

(a) The operator of any vehicle shall stop upon the request or signal of any peace officer in proper uniform who shall exhibit his badge or other sign of authority, and upon such request or signal the operator shall exhibit, in addition to his license or permit as required by thi…

Whenever, by the provisions of this Code, a power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such an officer, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized pursuant to law by the officer. SOURCE: GC § 23144.1, ena…

(a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer and pole or pipe dolly shall be inspected by an official inspection station authorized or established by the Director of Revenue and Taxation and an official certificate of safety inspection and approval obtained for each such vehicl…

(a) [No text] (1) The Director of Revenue and Taxation is hereby authorized to make necessary rules and regulations, subject to the approval of I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi for the administration and enforcement of inspections required under § 3601, including designation of the period o…

(a) For the purpose of making inspections and issuing official certificates of safety inspection and approval, the Director of Revenue and Taxation shall establish or authorize such permanent or temporary official inspection stations, either commercial or operated by the Governme…

Except as may otherwise be authorized under this Title, no person shall operate any motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, or pole or pipe dolly which does not have a current official certificate of safety inspection and approval or does not display any required decalcomania or ot…

(a) No person shall make, issue, or knowingly use any imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of safety inspection and approval or any required decalcomania or other identification with reference to inspection status. COL 2026-04-23 (b) No person shall display or caus…

(a) No person shall abandon a vehicle in a public right-of-way, or upon public property or upon private property without the expressed or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession or control of such private property. (b) Any peace officer, or employee authorized…

All provisions of this Article apply to vehicles owned by the government of Guam. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 29-099:2 (July 22, 2008). ARTICLE 7 HANDBILLING ACT SOURCE: This entire Article added by P.L. 28-028:1 (Apr. 22, 2005).

As used in this Article: (a) “Department” means the Guam Police Department. (b) “Handbilling” means the distribution, solicitation or providing by an individual of any written or printed material. The term “handbilling” shall not include: (1) the distribution of any matter by mea…

This Act shall be known as the “Handbilling Act.”

The provisions of this Article shall apply to all primary and secondary public utility and access easements inclusive to all improvements thereon within areas designated as Tumon Bay pursuant to this Article and any area designated as an H (Resort-Hotel) Zone pursuant to Title 21…

Handbilling is permitted on all public sidewalks to which this Article applies, except: (a) in any area where pedestrian passage on a public sidewalk is less than forty-six (46) inches; (b) on the portion of a public sidewalk adjacent to any area designated as a bus stop and with…

The Department of Public Works, with oversight by the Guam Visitors Bureau, shall post distinguishable signs and affix defined markings on all restricted public areas enumerated and identified in § 3704(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this Act. The Department of Public Works may re…