21 GCA § 60320
Fee Schedule
View official PDF ↗(a)The recorder, notwithstanding any other provisions of law and exclusive of any documents tax, is authorized and directed to collect the following fees:
(1)For recording or filing any deed, agreement, assignment, amendment, addendum, lease, contract, assumption, bill of sale, mortgage, horizontal property regime transfer document, any of the foregoing covering one specific lot or parcel of land: Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) with Five Dollars ($5.00) for each attachment or exhibit thereon plus Fifty Cents ($.50) per page of the attachment or exhibit.
(2)For recording or filing of each instrument, court order, judgment, stipulation, decree, lis pendens, declaration of taking, abstract of judgment, abstracts, affidavit, bond, bankruptcy, certificates, lien, levy, order, claim, declaration, power of attorney (general & special), finding of facts, findings, final judgment and summons: Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) with Five Dollars ($5.00) for each attachment or exhibit thereon plus Fifty Cents ($.50) per page of the attachment or exhibit. COL 7/27/2023 CH. 60 LAND MANAGEMENT
(3)For each additional lot or parcel of land involved in any single transaction as listed in paragraphs
(1)or (2), a fee of: Ten Dollars ($10.00) per parcel.
(4)For recording or filing of each cancellation, satisfaction, dismissal, release, termination, waiver, withdrawal, easement, consent, grant, notices, rights of way, rights of entry, revocation or other lien: Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) with Five Dollars ($5.00) for every attachment or exhibit thereon, plus Fifty Cents ($.50) per page of the attachment or exhibit.
(5)For recording or filing of an approved survey map a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) plus Five Dollars ($5.00) per additional sheet thereof plus Ten Dollars ($10.00) per lot created by a subdivision or parceling survey map and said fee shall also apply to land registration, re-subdivision, retracement, recertification, or revisions of survey maps.
(6)For a certified or authenticated copy of a certificate of title or a certificate of guaranteed claim a fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) or for a bail bond a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) plus One Dollar ($1.00) per endorsement on the memorial estate.
(7)For furnishing written reports on areas, ownerships, lot numbers, descriptions, or other recorded information, for each lot or parcel of land: Ten Dollars ($10.00).
(8)For reproducing services costing the government less than One Dollar ($1.00), the Director of Land Management shall promulgate a schedule of fees thereof, all such fees to be under One Dollar ($1.00) plus Fifty Cents ($.50) charge for each additional page over five
(5)pages.
(9)For recording or filing any documents required to be recorded by law for which a fee has not been provided, for each page or fraction thereof: Five Dollars ($5.00).
(10)Processing Fee for Certificate of Title:
(A)First Issuance of Certificate of Title in a Land Registration Case, a fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00) COL 7/27/2023 CH. 60 LAND MANAGEMENT
(B)Issuance of Certificate of Title with one
(1)current title cancellation, a fee of Sixty-five Dollars ($65.00).
(C)Issuance of Certificate of Title with two
(2)to five
(5)Title cancellations, a fee of One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00).
(D)Issuance of Certificate of Title with six
(6)or more Title cancellations, a fee of One Hundred Ninety Dollars ($190.00).
(E)Fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per endorsement on the memorial estate shall apply to the processing fee for certificate of Title under (1), (2),
(3)and (4). Note: Sealed copy of a Certificate of Title shall be provided by Deputy Recorder.
(11)Abstract of Title and Research Processing Fees:
(A)Fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) for abstract on unregistered parcel for court action and/or by order of the court.
(B)Fee schedule on the type of research listed below on parcels shall be assessed with the following:
(i)Research on one
(1)parcel for the most current documented ownership, a Twenty-five Dollar ($25.00) fee, plus the fee required by § 60320.
(ii)Research on a parcel of less than one
(1)acre, from the basic lot to the current parcel description, a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) plus the fee required by § 60320.
(iii)Research on a parcel of less than one
(1)hectare, from the basic lot to the current parcel description, a fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00), and a Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee for each lot description provided, plus the fee required by § 60320. COL 7/27/2023 CH. 60 LAND MANAGEMENT
(iv)Research on a parcel of less than one
(1)acre, from the basic lot to the current consolidated parcel description, a fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00).
(v)Research on a parcel of less than two
(2)acres, from the basic lot to the current parceled description less than six
(6)lots, a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and a Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee for each lot description provided.
(vi)Research on parcels or lots, from the basic lot to the current tract subdivision description, a fee will be assessed as follows:
(aa)tract subdivision with less than ten
(10)Lots: One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
(bb)tract subdivision with less than twenty
(20)Lots: One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00).
(cc)tract subdivision over twenty
(20)Lots, research fee shall be One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) plus Two Dollars ($2.00) per additional lot.
(C)Service shall be provided pursuant to Subsection
(k)only to persons eligible for “public assistance”, as provided in § 2905(a) Chapter 2, Title 10 Guam Code Annotated, Program Participation and Eligibility Standards. Note: Abstract of Title Report shall be provided by the Deputy Recorder.
(b)All monies received pursuant hereto shall be deposited in the Department of Land Management Land Survey Revolving Fund (LSRF).
§ The story of this section
- Enacted by P.L. 12-138 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
- Amended by P.L. 29-2 § V — introduced as Bill 74-29
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.