Title 16 — Vehicles

The provisions indicated in § 3704 of this Act shall be effective every day between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.

(a) Prohibited Activity. No person or business owner may engage in any handbilling activity between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. within the marked restricted areas as described in § 3704. (b) Summons or Citation. Peace officers, and others authorized by law to issue summo…

The provisions outlined in this Act shall become effective sixty (60) days after enactment into public law.

(a) There is hereby created the “Handbilling Enforcement Fund”. This Fund shall be used exclusively for the support of enforcement, maintenance and education efforts relative to this Act. The Guam Visitors Bureau shall administer expenditures from the Fund and maintain said Fund …

(a) Recognizing the public safety hazards posed to both pedestrians and occupants and operators of motor vehicles alike by aggressive forms of panhandling, I Liheslaturan Guåhan by this Act intends to prohibit such panhandling in and along the public roadways of Guam. I Liheslatu…

For purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases have been defined to mean: (a) “after dark” means any time from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.; (b) “aggressive manner” means any of the following: (1) approaching or speaking to a person, or following a person before, during …

(a) No person shall engage in panhandling in an aggressive manner in any public place. (b) Motor vehicles; medians. (1) Motor Vehicles. (A) No person shall approach an operator or occupant of a motor vehicle, at any time of day or night, for the purpose of panhandling, while such…

(a) No person shall engage in panhandling on any public roadway, sidewalk, or government easement, except that panhandling meeting all of the following requirements shall not be prohibited by this Section: (1) are made only at intersections with traffic control signals or stop si…

(a) Any person engaging in panhandling in violation of any provision of this Article shall be subject to a fine of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the first offense and Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for any subsequent offense. Each and every such offense is a violation of the …

This Article shall be known as the Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Rebate Program Act (Act). The Guam Energy Office (GEO) shall develop, implement, and administer the Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Rebate Program (Program) to provide financial assistance toward the pur…

For the purposes of this Article, except as otherwise specifically provided, the following words and phrases, together with all of the common derivatives thereof (i.e. verbs, plurals, gender, etc.), shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Article. (a) “Business” shall mea…

(a) Each natural person, business, or nonprofit that purchases a qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle shall be eligible for one (1) rebate that shall be calculated as ten percent (10%) of the total base price of the qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle. Said r…

A rebate is available for the purchase of a new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle pursuant to the definition in § 3902(e) of this Article.

Beginning with Fiscal Year 2015, the rebates shall be paid from sums set aside in the annual budget of the government of Guam enacted for each fiscal year. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2015, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the …

The rebate authorized in this Article is subject to a phase-out (reduction) once one hundred (100) qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle rebates have been provided beginning after October 1, 2014. The phase-out shall begin in the second (2nd) calendar quarter after the q…

The GEO shall adopt and amend such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Article in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Law. ---------- COL 2026-04-23

As used in this Chapter, the following definitions will hold true: (a) Axle: The common axis of rotation of one (1) or more wheels, whether in one (1) or more segments and regardless of the number of wheels carried thereon. (b) Axle Group: An assemblage of two (2) or more consecu…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway, any vehicle or vehicles of a size, weight or a load exceeding or otherwise failing to comply with the limitations or requirements stated in this…

No vehicle, including any load and load holding device thereon shall exceed a total width of one hundred two (102) inches. SOURCE: GC § 23202, enacted by P.L. 13-016:1 (May 7, 1975). Repealed by P.L.36-074:3 (Feb. 3, 2022), effective upon the promulgation and adoption of rules an…

A vehicle, including any load and load holding devices thereon, shall not exceed a total height of fifteen (15) feet, or a width of eight and a half (8.5) feet, or a length of sixty-five (65) feet, for public roads, streets or highways, and shall not exceed a length of eighty-fiv…

(a) No vehicle, including any load and load holding devices, shall exceed a total length of forty (40) feet extreme overall dimension, inclusive of front and rear bumpers. (b) A bus, equipped with three (3) axles, shall not exceed an equal overall length, inclusive of front and r…

(a) When one (1) vehicle is towing another the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby, and said drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet from one vehicle to the other, except the connection between any tw…

No motor vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped wholly with pneumatic tires, which has a gross weight, an axle load, or a wheel load in excess of the limits set forth in this Section shall be operated or moved upon any public road, street, or highway; and no vehicle or combi…

AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES (a) Brake performance shall conform to the requirements set forth in the most recent Uniform Vehicle Code of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances. (b) Linkage between any combination of vehicles shall conform to the cur…

Removal of Excess Loads. (a) For purposes of the enforcement of this Chapter, the Director of Revenue and Taxation (DRT Director) and the DPW Director shall have such powers of enforcement as may be necessary to implement their respective responsibilities under this Chapter. (1) …

(a) It is unlawful for any person to drive or move, or the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven on any highway, off-road heavy construction equipment, steel rollers, solid rubber tires, sheeps-foot, tracks, tracks with lugs, tires that incorporate steel mats or chains …

(a) Any person driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance, including any person operating or moving a vehicle or combination of vehicles, either legally or under a special permit authorized in § 5114, shall be liable for all damage any highway or highway structure may s…

(a) Every person, entity or organization convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter for which another penalty is not provided shall be guilty of a civil violation and subject to a penalty of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Every person, entity or orga…

In any provision, limitation or requirement of this Chapter of an employee of the owner of the vehicle concerning which the violation occurred, employed to operate the vehicle, the court shall, on the request of such employee, take appropriate action to make the owner of the vehi…

AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES (a) A surety bond in a minimum amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or proper evidence of adequate insurance, must be filed with the Director of Public Works before a permit will be issued for transporting over-width, over-length or over-w…

Use of Highways. (a) The Director of Public Works or his authorized representative may prohibit the operations of certain vehicles upon any highway, or impose restrictions as to the weight of AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES vehicles to be operated upon any highway, whenever a…

(a) The Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation (“Director”) is authorized to promulgate as Guam regulations, either: (1) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (49 CFR Parts 385, 386, 390 through 399), except such portions as may be determined by the Director to…

AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES (a) The Director of Revenue and Taxation may require annual, periodic, or special reports from all motor carriers, prescribe the manner and form in which the reports shall be made, and require from the carriers specific and full, true, and corr…

Facility Fund. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a revolving fund, designated as the TESS Facility Fund (Fund), shall be established separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, and separate records shall be kept therefore. The Director of Public Works sh…

(a) Tow trucks shall be exempt from weight limitations under this Chapter. Tow trucks may tow any disabled truck or other motor vehicle or combination of vehicles to a place for repairs, parking, or storage from the point that the vehicle was disabled; provided, that all axles on…

The Department of Public Works shall promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter within one hundred eighty (180) days after the enactment of this Act. All current fines and penalties will remain in effect until the rules and regu…

Unless expressly exempted under this Title, a person shall not drive or move, nor shall any owner permit to be driven or moved, upon a highway any vehicle which is not registered as required by this Title. COL 2026-04-23 Any vehicle, other than stolen vehicles, operated in violat…

Subject to the exemptions stated in this Title, registration of the following vehicles is required when driven or moved upon a highway: Any motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, pole or pipe dolly, and any dolly used to support part of the weight of a semi-trailer. SOURCE: GC § 2…

Upon obtaining a special permit from the Chief of Police, a person need not register a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this Title for the purpose of: (a) Moving or operating a vehicle not previously registered on arrival of the vehicle in Guam, from the port of …

(a) The Department of Revenue and Taxation in its discretion, may grant a temporary permit to operate a vehicle for which application for registration has been made, where such application is accompanied by the proper fee pending action upon the application by the Department. (b)…

The owner of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this Title shall make application to the Department of Revenue and Taxation for registration of the vehicle upon a form furnished by that Department. The application shall contain: (a) The name and business or resid…

Upon receipt of an original application for registration the Department of Revenue and Taxation shall immediately refer the application to the Guam Police Department for an inspection to determine whether the vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration. The Department of Revenue…

The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall not accept the application for the original registration of a vehicle in Guam, unless the vehicle at the time of application is within Guam; except, that the Department may accept an application for registration of a new vehicle which …

Upon an application for registration of a vehicle previously registered outside Guam, the application shall be verified and shall also state such fact and the time and place of the last registration of such vehicle outside Guam, and the name and address of the governmental office…

The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall forthwith mail a notice of the filing of any application for registration of a vehicle previously registered outside Guam to the governmental officer, agency, or authority which made the last registration of such vehicle outside Guam. …

(a) Upon application for registration of a vehicle previously registered outside Guam the Department of Revenue and Taxation shall grant full faith and credit to the currently valid certificate of title describing such vehicle, the ownership thereof and any liens noted thereon, i…

In the event the Department of Revenue and Taxation refuses to grant an application for registration in Guam of a vehicle previously registered in a state or other territory, the Department shall immediately return to the applicant all documents submitted by the applicant with su…

The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall refuse registration or transfer of registration upon either of the following grounds: (a) That the application contains any false or fraudulent statement. (b) That the required fee has not been paid. SOURCE: GC § 23311, enacted by P.L.…

The Department of Revenue and Taxation may refuse registration or transfer of registration of a vehicle in any of the following events: (a) If the Department is satisfied that the applicant is not entitled thereto under the provisions of this Title. (b) If the applicant has faile…

The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall file each application received, and when satisfied as to the genuineness and regularity thereof, and that the applicant is entitled to register such vehicle, shall register the vehicle therein described and keep a record thereof in sui…