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21 GCA § 60509

Filing of Documents for Records in the Department

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 21 — Real Property
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of Land Management. No document purporting to establish title to land as a result of proceedings under the Land Title Registration Act, presented to the Department of Land Management for recording, shall be filed unless accompanied by a map, plat, sketch or other plane pictorial representation of the lot, parcel or tract of land involved, made within a one year period preceding presentation for filing, or within a one year period preceding the filing of the petition for land registration if said map were filed therewith, or, with regard to land taken in condemnation proceedings, made within one year preceding the filing of the action for condemnation, and bearing a certification of the following facts:

(a)That it was prepared as the basis of a field survey by either

(1)a surveyor registered by the Guam Board of Engineering and Architectural Examiners under the Professional Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors Law, Chapter 32 of Title 22, Guam Code Annotated, holding a current certificate or registration issued by the Board covering the period that the map, plat, sketch or other pictorial representation of the land was made, or the field work incidental thereto was performed, or

(2)a surveyor exempted from registration under the Professional Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors Law.

(b)That it was based upon data obtained from the use of the Guam Geodetic Triangulation Net and, where coordinate COL 7/27/2023 CH. 60 LAND MANAGEMENT values were used, the relationship of such coordinates to the Guam Geodetic Triangulation Net was determined by the use of physically ascertained courses and distances.

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