Spain ceded Guam to the US in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installations on the island are some of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
Guam is a presidential democracy. Guam is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the US.
Source: CIA World Factbook
This Chapter defines and classifies servitudes and defines rights and obligations deriving from such land burdens. Easements, i.e. servitudes attached to land include: a) the right of pasture; (b) The right of fishing; (c) the right of taking game; (d) the right of way; (e) the right of taking water, wood, minerals, and other things; (f) and the right of having water flow without diminution or disturbance of any kind. Servitudes not attached to land include the right to pasture, and of fishing and taking game (sects. 1 and 2).
This Chapter establishes a Commission on Decolonization for the Implementation and Exercise of Guam Self-Determination for the Native Inhabitants of Guam and defines its functions and powers and internal organization. The Commission shall be instrumental in the process of succession in colonial power by the United States over the lands and the people of Guam.
This Act amends the Land Management Act for purposes of authorizing the Department of Land Management to provide for the design, construction and collateral equipment of a new public facility and to arrange related financing.
Amends: Land Management - Chapter 60 of 21 GCA “Real Property”. (2006-04-14)
This Chapter regulates the practice of real estate valuation, defines the powers and duties of real estate appraisers and provides for their licensing and certification.The Chapter provides stricter rules and standards for the assessment of value of real property in Guam so as to provide a basis for loans secured by a mortgage. Carrying out an appraisal activity in Guam requires a licence to be granted by the Director of Revenue and Taxation. The Director shall maintain a register of persons certified under this Act.
This Act amends Chapter 36 of Title 21 on mortgages by adding a new article which is called the Guam Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2010. This Act provides for control on the business of mortgaged lending. No person shall engage in the business of a mortgage loan originator with respect to any dwelling located in Guam without first obtaining annually a license from Guam's Banking and Insurance Commissioner.
