Title 11, Finance and Taxation

Subject to any limitations that may be imposed by regulation adopted by the Board, no person shall offer or give any alcoholic beverages to any person in conjunction with the operation of any business, except that any person, including a licensee, may serve and provide, at no cha…

A corporation shall not distribute, directly or indirectly, any alcoholic beverages to its stockholders by dividend, either by distribution in kind or the granting of purchase premiums.

A licensee shall not employ in any on-sale premises a hostess or entertainer for the purpose of procuring or encouraging the sale of alcoholic beverages. SOURCE: GC § 25306.

A licensee shall not keep nor permit to frequent or be used in conjunction with any on-sale premises a prostitute or other person who practices immoral acts. SOURCE: GC § 25307.

(a) A licensee shall not employ any minor under the age of eighteen (18), in or about that portion of the premises which is used for the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. (b) Provided, however, the minors ages sixteen (16) and above may be em…

(a) No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall enter an establishment where alcoholic beverages are consumed, unless such establishment is a public eating place, as defined in § 3118 of this Code. Every person who violates this Section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor…

The Board shall have the power to prescribe by regulation the arrangement, construction, equipping, lighting and sanitary facilities of any premises as will provide a safe and sanitary premises with a sufficiently lighted, orderly atmosphere. SOURCE: GC § 25309.

A licensee shall not keep upon the premises any alcoholic beverages other than those in which he is authorized to deal by his license. SOURCE: GC § 25310.

Unless authorized by a license issued for the premises and sold by the licensee, a person shall not consume any alcoholic beverages on any premises where alcoholic beverages are sold, nor except as prescribed by the Board by regulation, on any premises open to or used by the publ…

An on-sale licensee shall not sell or serve any person any alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., provided, however, that all alcoholic beverages must be consumed within fifteen (15) minutes of the time permitted for the sale thereof and premise(s) shal…

Section 3414 shall not apply to the sale of alcoholic beverages within the designated concessionaires in the secured areas of the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 13-113:2 (Dec. 10, 1975) as §25312.1 GC. Amended by P.L. 25-057:1 (Jun…

Any person who brings alcoholic beverages into premises operated by an on-sale licensee and consumes the same thereon so as to cause a violation of § 3414 of this Chapter is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. SOURCE: GC § 25313 as amended by P.L. 13-187:170 (Sept. 2, 1976).

An off-sale licensee shall not sell alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. of any day. SOURCE: GC § 25314 as repealed and reenacted by P.L. 12-124:6 (Apr. 26, 1974). Amended by P.L. 14-061:1 (Sept. 2, 1977), effective October 1, 1977, pursuant to P.L. 14…

A licensee shall not sell or give nor permit to be sold or given any alcoholic beverages to any habitual or common drunkard or obviously intoxicated person. SOURCE: GC § 25317.

(a) A licensee, his agent or employee shall not sell, give, nor permit to be sold, given or served any alcoholic beverages to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age. For the purpose of preventing any violation of this Section, any licensee, or his agent or employee, may re…

Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age who exhibits a false identification card or false document for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic beverages shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. SOURCE: GC § 25318.1 amended by P.L. 10-023:4 (Mar. 4, 1969), P.L. 11-14…

A person shall not offer for sale, sell or deliver to any person within any school buildings or grounds any alcoholic beverage. SOURCE: GC § 25319. COL 2025-04-22

A person shall not offer for sale, sell or deliver to any person within the buildings or grounds of any jail, prison or corrective institution any alcoholic beverage. SOURCE: GC § 25320.

A person shall not consume any alcoholic beverage on any public highway or road while operating or traveling in a motor vehicle, unless exempted by 9 GCA § 92114. SOURCE: GC § 25321. Amended by P.L. 28-022:3 (Mar. 21, 2005). 2018 NOTE: The reference to 16 GCA § 18121 originally e…

A licensee shall not deliver to the premises of any on-sale or off-sale licensee, nor shall any on-sale or off-sale licensee keep upon his premises any alcoholic beverage, unless the container bears a label plainly indicating the kind and quantity of the contents and the name of …

(a) Unlawful to manufacture, sell, etc. Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to manufacture, sell, furnish, or give away, or offer to manufacture, sell, furnish, or give away any alcoholic solution of a potable nature containing any deleterious or po…

A licensee shall not offer for sale nor sell a different brand or character of alcoholic beverage than requested by the purchaser without first informing the purchaser of such difference. SOURCE: GC § 25323.

A licensee shall not refill any distilled spirits containers with distilled spirits nor keep, offer for sale or sell distilled spirits from a container that has been refilled. Immediately upon emptying a container, a licensee shall destroy it. SOURCE: GC § 25324. COL 2025-04-22

A licensee shall not deliver to any on-sale licensee nor shall any on-sale licensee have in his possession distilled spirits in packages containing more than one gallon or less than one ounce. SOURCE: GC § 25325.

A licensee shall not deliver to any off-sale general licensee nor shall any off-sale licensee have in his possession or sell distilled spirits in packages containing more than one gallon or less than one ounce. SOURCE: GC § 25326.

A manufacturer, agent or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages or any officer, director or agent of such persons shall not: (a) Hold, directly or indirectly, to ownership of any interest in any on-sale or off-sale license. (b) Furnish, give or lend, directly or indirectly, any money …

An on-sale or off-sale licensee or any officer, director, agent or employee of such licensee shall not hold, directly or indirectly, any interest in the business, license or property of a manufacturer or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages. SOURCE: GC § 25328.

No on-sale licensee or agent thereof shall serve more than one drink at any one time to any individual; provided, however, that beer served with a drink of distilled spirits shall be considered a part of such drink. SOURCE: GC § 25329.

Prohibited. No employee, owner, manager or agent thereof of any licensed premises shall consume or be permitted to consume any alcoholic beverage while on duty on such premises. SOURCE: GC § 25330.

General on-sale licensees shall use a full one (1) ounce measuring glass, or shall use an electronic measuring device approved by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, when mixing drinks at the bar. SOURCE: GC § 25331 as amended by P.L. 15-076:4 (Dec. 1, 1979).

It shall be unlawful for any general on-sale or off-sale licensee to sell or keep upon the licensed premises alcoholic beverages, taxes upon which have not been paid in accordance with the tax laws of Guam. SOURCE: GC § 25332. ARTICLE 5 ADMINISTRATION

The Board shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi with the advice and consent to I Liheslaturan Guåhan. I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall designate one of the members chairman. Three members shall be appointed for a term expiring June 30, 1950, and…

Except as provided in this Article, any citizen of the United States is eligible for membership on the Board. SOURCE: GC § 25401.

A person is ineligible for membership on the Board who: (a) Is or becomes interested, directly or indirectly in any business involving the importation, manufacture or sale or alcoholic beverages. (b) Advocates, or is identified or connected with any organization or association wh…

I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall remove any disqualified member whenever such disqualification shall appear. SOURCE: GC § 25403. COL 2025-04-22 2025 NOTE: Reference to the “Governor” replaced with I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi pursuant to 5 GCA § 1510.

Every member of Board who is not in the service of the Government, for which he receives an annual compensation, shall be paid Fifty Dollars ($50) per day for each day on which the Board meets, provided, however, that such compensation shall not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100) …

The Board may employ and insofar as not fixed by separate provision of law or regulation fix the salaries of secretarial and clerical help necessary for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties. SOURCE: GC § 25405.

The office of the Administrator shall be separate from the Board and the Administrator and his employees shall not be members or employees of the Board while serving in the office of the Administrator. SOURCE: GC § 25406.

I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall appoint the Administrator and insofar as not fixed by separate provision of law or regulation shall have the power to fix his salary. SOURCE: GC § 25407. 2025 NOTE: Reference to the “Governor” replaced with I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi pursuant to 5 GCA § 151…

Any citizen of the United States is eligible as Administrator who: (a) Is not interested, directly or indirectly, in any business involving the importation, manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages. (b) Does not advocate nor is identified, or connected with any organization or …

The Administrator may employ, and insofar as not fixed by separate provision of law or regulation, fix the salaries of inspectors, and secretarial and clerical help necessary for him to exercise his powers and perform his duties. SOURCE: GC § 25409

The Board shall have the power to license the importation, manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages and to suspend, revoke or reinstate such licenses. COL 2025-04-22 SOURCE: GC § 25410

The Board shall make regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter, and amend or repeal them, as it deems necessary to carry out the intent of the provisions of this Chapter and to enable it to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred upon it. SOUR…

The Board shall conduct proceedings on any hearing required under the provisions of this Chapter in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Adjudication Act and shall have all of the powers granted in such Act. SOURCE: GC § 25412.

The Board shall have the power to prescribe the character and manner of keeping books and records by licensees, and the powers to require such reports from licensees, common and private carriers and other persons as necessary to enable the Board to exercise its powers and perform…

The Board shall prescribe the form of all applications for licenses or renewal of licenses and other papers it shall require including verification, and the information to be contained in such applications and other papers. It shall prescribe the place for posting licenses by lic…