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21 GCA § 29198

Exercise of Right of Eminent Domain

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 21 — Real Property
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Nothing in this Law shall be construed to in anywise affect or modify the exercise of the right of eminent domain. When any suit or proceeding shall have been brought in the exercise of such right for the taking of registered land, or any interest therein, or to test the validity of any such taking or to ascertain and establish the amount of damage by reason of any such taking, it shall be the duty of both parties to the proceeding to see that a certified copy of the judgment or decree therein is duly filed and a memorial thereof entered upon the register; but, in the case of an assessment of damages, no such memorial shall be entered by the registrar until such damages have been paid, in which event however, that the deposit with the clerk of the Superior Court, of such the register shall also show the payment of such damages: provided, damages, shall be deemed a payment thereof, and in such case the clerk shall forthwith file with the registrar a certificate of such deposit, and thereupon a memorial thereof shall be entered upon the register. Upon the filing of the certified copy of the order or decree of the court and the payment of damages, the registrar shall note on the Register of Titles of the owners whose lands have been appropriated a description of the land so appropriated and shall register in the name of the person, corporation, or other body entitled thereto, the title of the land taken, and issue a certificate therefor.

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.