Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73not60
§1423f Qualifications of Members
Title 48 › Chapter 8A— GUAM › Subchapter III— THE LEGISLATURE › § 1423f
Summary
Must be a U.S. citizen, 25 or older, and have lived in Guam five years before the legislative session; convicted felons or moral‑turpitude offenders are barred unless pardoned and civil rights restored.
Full Legal Text
Title 48, §1423f
Territories and Insular Possessions — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No person shall sit in the legislature who is not a citizen of the United States, who has not attained the age of twenty-five years and who has not been domiciled in Guam for at least five years immediately preceding the sitting of the legislature in which he seeks to qualify as a member, or who has been convicted of a felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude and has not received a pardon restoring his civil rights.
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Citation
48 U.S.C. § 1423f
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60