Title 7 — Judiciary and Civil Procedure

(a) Superior Court clerk. The clerk of the Superior Court shall perform duties required of him or her by law as the clerk of that court and of the Small Claims and Traffic Divisions of the Superior Court. He or she shall: (1) Take charge of and safely keep, or dispose of accordin…

The Clerk of the Superior Court shall forward certified copies of all protective orders, restraining orders, criminal pre-trial release orders and probation conditions which will be entered or scanned into the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) on the same day the order i…

The Judicial Council may appoint Official Reporters for the Courts, or may share Reporters, as the need is made known, in such number as the Judicial Council may designate who shall be subject to removal as provided in the Personnel Rules for the Judicial Branch. The qualificatio…

(a) Each reporter shall, whenever requested by a party to any action or proceeding, or directed by the court, attend the sessions of the court and record verbatim by shorthand, by mechanical means, or by electronic means, or any combination thereof, all the proceedings had in ope…

Each Reporter shall receive a salary pursuant to the Personnel Rules on compensation of the Judicial Council, and may charge and collect fees, at rates fixed by the Judicial Council, for transcripts requested by the parties, but not for the certified copy filed with the Clerk for…

The Judicial Council shall appoint a Marshal of the Court who shall be subject to removal in accordance with the Personnel Rules and Regulations of the Judicial Branch as promulgated by the Judicial Council. The Marshal of the Court shall receive a salary to be fixed by a general…

The Marshal or his or her deputies shall attend all sessions of the Supreme and Superior Courts, unless excused by a Judge or Justice at whose session the Marshal or Deputy should otherwise attend, and preserve order. He or she shall serve and execute process, writs and orders is…

(a) The Chief Justice, at the request of the Marshal of the Court, may appoint employees of (1) the Department of Law, (2) the Department of Revenue and Taxation of the government of Guam, and COL 2025-08-27 (3) the School Attendance Officers of the Department of Education as Spe…

(a) The employees of the Department of Law who are appointed as deputies under § 8107 of this Chapter shall exercise their office only in cases wherein the government of Guam is a party. (b) The employees of the Department of Revenue and Taxation who are appointed as deputies und…

(a) The Superior Court shall provide their Marshals with standard uniforms. Subject to detailed regulations and specifications prescribed by the Courts, the uniform to be worn by Marshals shall be a standard pattern and distinctive design. (b) Badge Design. The badge shall be a s…

(a) The Presiding Judge shall nominate a Chief Probation Officer, subject to the approval of the Judicial Council, who shall be subject to removal in accordance with the Personnel Rules and Regulations of the Judicial Branch promulgated by the Judicial Council. (b) The duties of …

(a) The probation officer shall furnish to each probationer under his or her supervision a written statement of the conditions of probation and shall instruct him or her regarding the same. He or she shall keep informed concerning the conduct and condition of each probationer und…

(a) Each Clerk of the Supreme and Superior Courts, before entering on the duties of his or her office, shall give a bond in the sum of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), for the faithful performance of duty by himself or herself, his or her deputies and assistant cl…

(a) The Marshal of the Court, before entering on the duties of his or her office, shall give a bond in the sum of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the faithful performance of duty by himself or herself and his or her deputies during his or her continuance in of…

The Presiding Judge for the Superior Court and the Chief Justice for the Supreme Court may appoint and may remove from their respective Courts, pursuant to all applicable Personnel Rules and Regulations COL 2025-08-27 of the Judicial Branch as promulgated by the Judicial Council …

There is hereby established within the government of Guam, under the auspices of the Superior Court of Guam, a Volunteer Deputy Marshal Reserve Program. Volunteers shall not be considered full-time employees of the government of Guam, and shall not be entitled to receive employee…

(a) A volunteer must be qualified as a Superior Court of Guam Deputy Marshal, and have graduated from the Guam Police Academy, the Basic Law Enforcement Academy, or a qualified law enforcement academic program within Guam. (b) Volunteers shall be recruited from within this qualif…

Volunteers shall provide additional manpower to the Superior Court of Guam Marshal Division. The Judicial Council of the Superior Court of Guam shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the scope of duties, functions and limitations of the Program to include, but not be li…

Volunteers shall be compensated under stipend for a minimum of forty-two (42) hours or more per month. The Judicial Council of the Superior Court of Guam shall establish the maximum allowance per COL 2025-08-27 month for a volunteer under the Program. Volunteers must perform a mi…

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 …

This article may be cited as the ‘Guam Integrated Bar Act’. SOURCE: GC § 28008. Formerly numbered Appendix A 7 GCA § 9101, renumbered by Compiler to § 9A101. NOTE: Must be cross-referenced with the current Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Rules and/or the current Rule…

The Bar of Guam is a public body corporate, the membership of which consists of all persons who are now and hereafter licensed to practice law in Guam. The members of the Bar of Guam are officers of the courts of Guam and have exclusive right to designate themselves as attorneys …

The purpose of the amendment made by P.L. 17-62:4 was to remove from this section any reference to the power of the court to prescribe rules for discipline of members of the Bar. The subject of Discipline is covered in Article 2 of this Chapter, also enacted by P.L. 17-62. SOURCE…

The Judicial Council has the power of subpoena and the authority to take testimony under oath, which may be exercised by its officers and committees, for the purpose of aiding in cases of applicants for admission to the Bar under such regulations and restrictions as the Superior …

It is the duty of the clerk of the Superior Court, when a person is admitted to the Bar by such court, to administer to such person the oath prescribed by the Superior Court for members of the Bar and, upon payment COL070307 of such sums as are necessary, to issue to such a perso…

It is unlawful for any person to practice law or to engage in the law business or in any manner whatsoever to lead others to believe that he is authorized to practice law or to engage in the law business or in any manner whatsoever to represent or designate himself as an attorney…

[Repealed, reserved, or text not separately stated.]

Government of Guam departments or agencies hiring law clerks shall give preference to returning resident law students and law graduates who are receiving or have received financial assistance from the government of Guam. SOURCE: Added as GC § 28013.2 by P.L. 20-207:4. Formerly nu…

(a) The measure of the compensation of members of the Bar is left to the express or implied agreement of the parties subject to the regulation of the Superior Court. (b) Any agreement for such compensation or for reimbursement of any expenses incident to the prosecution or defens…