7 GCA § 11305
Within Three Years –
View official PDF ↗(a)An action upon a liability created by law, other than a penalty or forfeiture.
(b)An action for trespass upon or injury to real property.
(c)An action for taking, detaining or injuring any goods, or chattels, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property.
(d)An action for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake. The cause of action in such case not to be deemed to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the fraud or mistake.
(e)An action upon a bond of a public official except any cause of action based on fraud or embezzlement is not to be deemed to have accrued until the aggrieved party or his agent shall have discovered the facts constituting the cause of action upon the bond.
(f)An action against a notary public on his bond on malfeasance or misfeasance is not deemed to have accrued until the aggrieved party shall have discovered the facts constituting the cause of action; provided, that any action based on malfeasance or misfeasance shall be commenced within one
(1)year from discovery by the aggrieved party or his agent of the facts constituting the cause or action or within three
(3)years from the performance of the notarial act giving rise to the action, whichever is later; and provided further, that any action against a notary public on his bond or in his official capacity must be commenced within six
(6)years.
(g)An action for slander of title to real property.
(h)An action upon a contract, obligation or liability not founded upon an instrument of writing other than that mentioned in Subsection 2 of § 11303 of this Title; or an action founded upon a contract, obligation or liability, evidenced by a certificate or abstract or guaranty of title of real property, or by a policy of title insurance; provided, that the cause of action upon a contract, obligation or liability evidenced by a certificate, or abstract or guaranty of title of real property or policy of title insurance, shall not be deemed to have accrued until the aggrieved party has discovered the loss or damage.
§ The story of this section
- Enacted by P.L. 15-106 § 4 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
Interpreted by the courts:
- 1998 Guam 21 — Guam Yun Shan Enterprises, Inc., vs. Shenzhen Development Bank, Ltd. (1998) · per Howard Trapp, J. · pinpoints (4)(1996) at ¶2
- 2000 Guam 25 — Andrew M. Gayle v. P.D. Hemlani / Howard Trapp v. P.D. Hemlani (2000) · per Peter C. Siguenza, J. · cited at ¶18
- 2008 Guam 12 — Joseph Santiago Taitano, Attorney-in-Fact for the Heirs of Delores Torres Flores, The Heirs of Manual Torres Flores, and (2008) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · cited at ¶49
- 2013 Guam 2 — Rosalinda Ignacio M. Burkhart, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Roland R. Miranda, Rita T. Miranda, Defendants-Appellees, Guam Ho (2013) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (d) at ¶24
- 2015 Guam 8 — Government of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Geraldine T. Gutierrez, in her capacity as Administratrix of (2015) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (h) at ¶14
- 2019 Guam 18 — Rosario S. Bautista and Manuel C. Sholing, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Francisco Torres, Individually and as the Previous S (2019) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · pinpoints (d) at ¶12
- 2020 Guam 28 — Rosario S. Bautista and Manuel C. Sholing, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. Francisco Torres, et al., Defendants-Appellees (2020) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · pinpoints (d) at ¶13
- 2021 Guam 1 — Robert S. Unpingco, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Antolin Derry, Defendant-Appellee (2021) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (b) at ¶1
- 2023 Guam 20 — Angel Miguel Diaz Cruz, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph M.M. Cruz, Defendant-Appellee (2023) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · pinpoints (d) at ¶5
- 2025 Guam 14 — Goodwind Development Corporation, Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. West Bay Corporation and (2025) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (d), (h) at ¶89
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.