Title 9, Crimes and Corrections

(a) A person is guilty of assault if he: (1) either recklessly causes or attempts to cause bodily injury to another; (2) recklessly uses a deadly weapon in such a manner as to place another in danger of bodily injury; or (3) by physical menace intentionally puts or attempts to pu…

(a) A person is guilty of reckless conduct if he: (1) recklessly engages in conduct which unjustifiably places or may place another in danger of death or serious bodily injury; (2) intentionally points a firearm at or in the direction of another, whether or not the defendant beli…

(a) A person is guilty of terroristic conduct if he threatens to commit any crime of violence with intent to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly; or facility of public transportation, or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or in reckless disregard of th…

(a) A person is guilty of terrorizing if he communicates to any person a threat to commit or to cause to be committed a crime of violence dangerous to human life, against the person to whom the communication is made or another, and the natural and probable consequence of such a t…

Unless otherwise indicated, as used in § 19.70: (a) “Harasses” or “harassment” means a knowing and willful course of conduct, whether physical, verbal, written, electronic, telephonic, via or by use of a computer, computer network, computer system, telephone network, data network…

(a) A person is guilty of simple stalking if he or she willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly, follows or harasses another person or who makes a credible threat with intent to place that person or a member of his or her immediate family in fear of death or bodily injury. (b) A pe…

(a) A person is guilty of strangulation if he knowingly or intentionally, against the will of another, impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of another by applying pressure to the throat or neck or by blocking the nose or mouth of another. (b) Strangulation is …

(a) Any person commits the crime of interfering with the reporting of family violence if the person: (1) commits an act of family violence, as defined in § 30.10 of Chapter 30 of this Title; and (2) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly prevents or attempts to prevent the victi…

(a) Any person commits the crime of interfering with the reporting of criminal sexual conduct if the person: (1) commits an act of criminal sexual conduct or assists in or abets any act of criminal sexual conduct, as enumerated in Chapter 25 of this Title; and COL 2026-04-23 (2) …

As used in this chapter, the terms bodily injury and serious bodily injury have the meanings provided by § 16.10. COMMENT: Chapter 22 provides a general overhaul of the former law of kidnapping and related offenses. The major problem is the former law was over-broad and the main …

(a) A person is guilty of kidnapping if he unlawfully removes another from his place of residence or business, or a substantial distance from the vicinity where he is found, or if he unlawfully confines another for a substantial period, with any of the following purposes: (1) to …

A person commits a felony of the third degree if he knowingly: (a) restrains another unlawfully in circumstances exposing him to risk of serious bodily injury; or (b) holds another in a condition of involuntary servitude.

(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful restraint when he knowingly, without legal authority, detains another. (b) Unlawful restraint, punishment for. Unlawful restraint is a misdemeanor. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 15-116, eff. March 28, 1980.

(a) A person is guilty of child stealing when he takes or keeps a child who is less than fourteen (14) years old and who is not his natural or adopted child with intent to conceal that child from his parent, legal guardian or other person having that child in his care or custody …

(a) A person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree if: (1) Being a relative of the person, he knowingly takes or entices a person less than eighteen (18) years old from his lawful custody knowing that he has no right to do so and during the taking, subjects the …

(a) A person is guilty of criminal intimidation if he knowingly compels or induces another to do an act which the latter has a legal privilege not to do or to refrain from doing an act which the latter has a legal privilege to do by threatening to: (1) commit any criminal offense…

(a) As used in this Chapter: (1) “Actor” means a person accused of criminal sexual conduct; (2) “Consent” means words or overt actions by a person indicating a freely given present agreement to perform a particular sexual act with the actor. Consent does not mean the existence of…

(a) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if he or she engages in sexual penetration with the victim and if any of the following circumstances exists: (1) the victim is under fourteen (14) years of age; (2) the victim is at least fourteen (14) but less…

(a) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if the person engages in sexual contact with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists: (1) that other person is under fourteen (14) years of age; (2) the victim is at least fourteen (14)…

(a) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if the person engages in sexual penetration with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists: (1) that other person is at least fourteen (14) years of age and under sixteen (16) years of age…

(a) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree if he or she engages in sexual contact with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists: (1) force or coercion is used to accomplish the sexual contact; (2) the actor knows or has reason to…

Assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct involving penetration is a felony in a third degree.

The testimony of a victim need not be corroborated in prosecutions under §§ 25.15 through 25.35.

A victim need not resist the actor for a proper prosecution under §§ 25.15 through 25.35. COL 2026-10-12

(a) Any person commits the crime of interfering with the reporting of criminal sexual conduct if the person: (1) commits any act of criminal sexual conduct or assists in or abets any act of criminal sexual conduct, as enumerated in this Chapter and (2) intentionally, knowingly, o…

I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that there is a critical need to clearly and explicitly define material that is obscene, material that is pornographic for minors and child pornography, as well as to update Guam’s laws to protect children from internet predators. The internet is argua…

(a) Any person who intentionally masturbates or intentionally exposes the genitals of him or herself, or of another, in a lewd or lascivious manner live over a computer online service, internet service, or local bulletin board service, and who knows or should know or has reason t…

Degree Felony. (a) Any person who, using a computer online service, internet service, or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission to solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to solicit, lure, or entice: (1) intentionally or knowingly communicates: (A) with …

Degree Felony. (a) Any person who, using a computer online service, internet service, or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission: (1) intentionally or knowingly communicates: (A) with a minor known by the person to be under the age of eighteen (18) yea…

Felony. (a) Any person who, using a computer online service, internet service, or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission: (1) intentionally or knowingly communicates: (A) with a minor known by the person to be under the age of eighteen (18) years; (B)…

As used in this Chapter: (a) Child pornography means any pornographic visual representation, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexual conduct, …

(a) A person commits the offense of possession of child pornography if, knowing or having reason to know its character and content, the person possesses: (1) child pornography; (2) any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, computer disk, electronically stored data, or any …

(a) A person commits the offense of dissemination of child pornography if, knowing or having reason to know its character and content, the person: (1) disseminates child pornography; (2) reproduces child pornography with intent to disseminate; (3) disseminates any book, magazine,…

(a) A person commits the offense of production of child pornography if, knowing or having reason to know its character and content, the person produces, manufactures, reproduces, copies, photographs, films, videotapes, video captures, creates, directs, promotes, advertises, publi…

(a) Commercial sex acts means any sex act on account of which anything of value is given, promised to, or received, or exchanged, directly or indirectly, by any person. (b) Debt coercion means exploitation of the status or condition of a debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor…

(a) Trafficking in Persons. Any person who knowingly: (1) recruits, entices, solicits, isolates, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means or attempts to recruit, entice, solicit, isolate, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain by any means, another person, knowing th…

(a) In any prosecution of a person who is a victim of trafficking in persons, it shall be an affirmative defense that he or she was under duress or coerced into committing the offenses for which he or she is being subject to prosecution. (b) A victim of trafficking in persons is …

Evidence of the following facts or conditions shall not constitute a defense in a prosecution for violations of this article, nor shall such evidence preclude a finding of a violation: (a) a trafficking victim’s sexual history or history of commercial sexual activity, including a…

(a) Any business entity, including a corporation, partnership, association, government body, municipal corporation or any other legal entity, that aids or participates in any crime defined in section 26.02 of this article shall be criminally liable for the offense and shall be su…

(a) A person convicted of violations of this article shall be ordered to pay mandatory restitution to the victim as provided in paragraph (c) of this section. (b) Restitution under this section shall include items covered by existing Guam statutes governing victim restitution and…

(a) All offenses under this section shall qualify as offenses for forfeiture and thereby subject to the provisions of statute(s) governing forfeiture according to existing Guam law. (b) Overseas assets of persons convicted of trafficking in persons shall also be subject to forfei…

(a) An action for trafficking in persons where the victim is not a minor shall be brought within applicable Guam territorial statutes of limitations for sex offenses or kidnapping from the date the victim escaped or was freed or arrested by authorities from the trafficking situat…

(a) Sentencing considerations in cases involving criminal sexual conduct, serious bodily injury, or death. If a violation of this article involves kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, criminal sexual conduct, or an attempt to commit homicide, or if a homicide results, the defendan…

(a) An inter-agency task force to develop and implement a Guam Plan for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons. Such a task force shall meet at least annually and should include all aspects of trafficking, including sex trafficking and labor trafficking of both U.S. citizens an…

(a) The government of Guam shall, in cooperation with other appropriate authorities, collect and periodically publish statistical data on trafficking. (b) The government of Guam shall elicit the cooperation and assistance of other government agencies, non-governmental organizatio…

(a) The government of Guam shall provide mandatory training for law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and other relevant officials in addressing trafficking in persons. (b) Such training shall focus on: (1) the new crimes and other provisions created by this article; (2) methods…