Title 9 — Crimes and Corrections

(a) A person is guilty of providing escape implements if he knowingly introduces any escape implement within a detention facility, with intent to cause or assist the escape of any person confined therein. (b) A person confined within a detention facility is guilty of providing es…

(a) As used in this Section: (1) “Contraband” means any article or item that a person in custody who is confined in a correctional facility is prohibited by statute, rule, or policy from obtaining or possessing, and is not defined as “major contraband” in § 58.60(a)(2). (2) “Majo…

(a) It is unlawful for a detainee or inmate within a detention or correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections to use or be under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance that has not been lawfully prescribed by a licensed healthcare professional. (b)…

(a) A person is guilty of riot, a felony of the third degree, if he participates with four (4) or more others in a course of disorderly conduct: (1) with intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony or misdemeanor; (2) with intent to prevent or coerce official action…

(a) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct, if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he: (1) engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior; (2) makes unreasonable noise or offensively co…

A person commits a petty misdemeanor if, with intent to harass another, he: (a) makes, or causes to be made, a communication anonymously or at extremely inconvenient hours, or in offensively coarse language, or any other manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm; (b) subjects ano…

Unless otherwise indicated, as used in § 61.20: (a) Computer means any electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other high-speed data processing device performing logical, arithmetic, or storage functions, and includes all computer equipment connected or related to such…

(a) A person is guilty of an offense if he appears in any public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol, narcotics or other drug, not therapeutically administered, to the degree that he may endanger himself or other persons or property or annoy persons in his vicinity. (…

Defenses. (a) A person commits a violation if he loiters or prowls in a place, at a time, or in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity. Among the circumstances which may be consid…

(a) A person commits a petty misdemeanor if he or she unreasonably obstructs the free passage of foot or vehicular traffic on any public way, and refuses to cease or remove the obstruction upon a lawful order to do so given him by a law enforcement officer. (b) A person commits a…

A person commits a violation if, with intent to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession or gathering, he does any act tending to obstruct or interfere with it physically, or makes any utterance, gesture or display designed to outrage the sensibilities of the group. SOURCE…

(a) A person commits a misdemeanor if he intentionally desecrates any public monument or structure, or place of worship or burial, or if he intentionally desecrates the national flag or any other object of veneration by the public or a substantial segment thereof in any public pl…

A person commits a misdemeanor if he intentionally and unlawfully disinters, removes, conceals, mutilates or destroys a human corpse or any part thereof. SOURCE: G.P.C. §§ 290, 291, 295; M.P.C. § 250.10; *Mass. ch. 269, § 10.

(a) A person commits a petty misdemeanor when he: (1) permits any condition which is injurious to health or any offensive or noxious substance to be maintained upon or within property in his possession or under his control after receiving reasonable notice in writing from the pro…

A person is guilty of a petty misdemeanor when he: (a) abandons, keeps or knowingly permits to remain on premises under his control an unused refrigerator, icebox, deep freeze locker or similar container having a capacity of one and one-half (1/2) cubic feet or more from which th…

Vessels: Definitions: Penalty. (a) Except in case of unavoidable accident, collision or stranding, and except as otherwise permitted by law, a person commits a misdemeanor if he discharges or permits the discharge of oil by any methods, means or manner, into or upon the navigable…

(a) A person commits a misdemeanor who willfully discharges a firearm: (1) At any occupied dwelling, building or other structure; (2) At any utility pole or light fixture, or line or device for transmittal of power or communications of any kind; (3) At any sign, signboard or noti…

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, a person commits a misdemeanor when he: (1) makes or accepts a wager involving money or anything of monetary value upon the result of any game or contest; (2) holds any money or anything of monetary value which he knows has been w…

Sweepstakes Illegal. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) (A) Electronic machine or device means a mechanically, electrically or electronically operated machine or devic…

Conduct Sweepstakes. (a) Upon a determination by the Department of Revenue and Taxation or the Attorney General that probable cause exists to believe that any electronic machine or device is being operated or is intended to be operated to conduct a sweepstakes or promote a sweeps…

(a) Any person who violates Title 9 GCA § 64.15 shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years and a fine not to exceed $250,000, or both. Each violation of Title 9 GCA § 64.15 shall be considered a separate offense. (b) Any person who viol…

Defined and Punished. (a) A person commits a felony when he imports or attempts to import, or causes to import a gambling device, whether operable or not, into the territorial jurisdiction of Guam, or manufactures a gambling device within the Territory of Guam. (b) As used in thi…

A person commits a misdemeanor when he places or causes to be placed a poker machine or video lottery terminal on or about the premises of any government building, or on or about the premises of any government or private school. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 18-07:8 (July 8, 1985).

(a) A person commits a misdemeanor when he possesses a gambling device, whether operable or not, unless the gambling device is located upon or is being transported by a vessel regularly operating and engaged in domestic or foreign commerce and is located in a locked compartment o…

No section of this Act shall be construed to allow the operation of slot machines in the Territory of Guam. SOURCE: Added as uncodified law by P.L. 19-004:5 (May 21, 1987), originally codified by the Compiler as § 64.22A. Recodified to this section in accordance with the authorit…

Section 64.10 does not apply to making or accepting a wager upon the result of a game or contest when: (a) the game or contest takes place on private premises; (b) all the wagerers are present at that premise; (c) no charge is made directly or indirectly as a condition of enterin…

for Non-Compliance. (a) Section 64.10 does not apply to making or accepting a wager upon the result of a cockfight when: (1) the cockfight takes place at a licensed cockpit; and (2) all the wagerers are present at the cockpit and are eighteen (18) years of age or more. (b) Penalt…

Government Code. [Repealed]. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 32-185 (Sept. 2, 1976), the new Criminal and Correctional Code, and codified to the Guam Code Annotated. Repealed by P.L. 30-162:2 (July 16, 2010).

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 32-185 (Sept. 2, 1976), the new Criminal and Correctional Code, and codified to the Guam Code Annotated. Repealed by P.L. 19-019:30 (Aug. 22, 1988).

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 32-185 (Sept. 2, 1976), the new Criminal and Correctional Code, and codified to the Guam Code Annotated. Repealed by P.L. 19-019:32 (Aug. 22, 1988). COMMENT: Sections 64.50 through 64.60 states specific exceptions from the gambling prohibitions for activity …

the Guam Island Fair and Liberation Day Carnival. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Mayors Council of Guam, with the Attorney General of Guam and the Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation, is hereby authorized to…

Rules and regulations permitted under § 64.62 must comply with the following: (a) The Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation shall designate and require the physical presence of a compliance agent during the operation of any Games of Chance permitted by § 64.62 of thi…

The Mayors Council of Guam shall be subject to an audit by the Office of Public Accountability (OPA) within thirty (30) days of completion of the Guam Island Fair and Liberation Day Carnival. All financial documents that are required for this audit shall be submitted by the Mayor…

Section 64.10 does not apply to the making or accepting of a wager on amusement devices licensed pursuant to 11 GCA § 22202; provided that § 64.10 shall apply to the making or accepting of a wager on an amusement device licensed pursuant to 11 GCA § 22202 if such device is locate…

Permit Procedure. (a) Sections 64.10 and 64.20 do not apply to gambling activities sponsored, promoted and conducted by an organization which has been issued a permit to conduct such activities pursuant to Subsection (c). (b) A permit to conduct gambling activities shall be issue…

As used in this Act: (a) “Act” means the Uniform Controlled Substances Act of Guam. (b) “Administer”, unless the context otherwise requires, means to apply a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means, directly to the body of a patient, a…

(a) The Department of Public Health and Social Services shall administer this Act and may add substances to or delete or re-schedule substances listed in Appendices A, B, C, D or E of this Act pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law, Title 5 Guam Code Annotated § 9100, et…

The controlled substances listed in or added to the schedules in Appendices A, B, C, D and E of this Act are listed or added by any official, common, usual, chemical or trade name used.

Unless specifically excepted by Guam or Federal laws, or Guam or Federal regulation, or more specifically included in another schedule, Schedule I controlled substances are listed in Appendix A of this Act. 2022 NOTE: Appendix A was amended by P.L. 36-089:2 (Apr. 11, 2022).

(a) DPHSS shall add, in accordance with § 67.201(a), a substance to Schedule I upon finding that the substance: (1) has a high potential for abuse; (2) has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and (3) lacks accepted safety use under medical supervi…

Unless specifically excepted by Guam or Federal law, or Guam or Federal regulation, or more specifically included in another schedule, Schedule II controlled substances are listed in Appendix B of this Act. 2022 NOTE: Appendix B was amended by P.L. 36-089:3 (Apr. 11, 2022).

(a) DPHSS shall add, in accordance with § 67.201(a), a substance to Schedule II upon finding that: (1) the substance has a high potential for abuse; COL 2024-12-05 (2) the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, or currently accepted medica…

Unless specifically excepted by Guam or Federal law, or regulation or more specifically included in another schedule, Schedule III controlled substances are listed in Appendix C of this Act. 2022 NOTE: Appendix C was amended by P.L. 36-089:4 (Apr. 11, 2022).

(a) DPHSS shall add, in accordance with § 67.201(a), a substance to Schedule III upon finding that: (1) the substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances included in Schedules I and II; (2) the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United…

Unless specifically excepted by Guam or Federal law, or Guam or Federal regulation, or more specifically included in another schedule, Schedule IV controlled substances are listed in Appendix D of this Act. 2022 NOTE: Appendix D was amended by P.L. 36-089:5 (Apr. 11, 2022).

(a) DPHSS shall add, in accordance with § 67.201(a), a substance to Schedule IV upon finding that: (1) the substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances included in Schedule III; (2) the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United Stat…

Unless specifically excepted by Guam or Federal law, or Guam or Federal regulation or more specifically included in another schedule, Schedule V controlled substances are listed in Appendix E of this Act. 2022 NOTE: Appendix E was amended by P.L. 36-089:6 (Apr. 11, 2022).

(a) DPHSS shall add a substance, in accordance with § 67.201(a), to Schedule V upon finding that: (1) the substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances included in Schedule IV; (2) the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States…

DPHSS may publish updated schedules periodically. Failure to publish updated schedules is not a defense for any administrative or judicial proceeding under this Act.

A controlled substance analog, to the extent intended for human consumption, must be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as a substance included in Schedule I. Within twenty (20) days after the initiation of prosecution with respect to a controlled substance analog by indictme…