Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1423f Qualifications of Members
Title 48 › CHAPTER 8A — GUAM › SUBCHAPTER III — THE LEGISLATURE › § 1423f
Summary
Only US citizens age 25 or older who lived in Guam at least five years before session may serve. Felons or people guilty of serious moral wrongdoing cannot serve unless pardoned and their rights are restored.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102