Fee Payable for Libraries: When to be Paid: Commencement of Action

(a)On the commencement in or the removal to the Superior Court of any civil action, proceeding or appeal, the party instituting such proceeding or filing the first papers shall pay to the clerk of the court, for the Guam Law Library, a law library fee computed in accordance with the following schedule for such increased schedule as may be duly adopted by the Judicial Council.

(1)For filing complaint in Superior Court $10.50

(2)For filing petition for appearance of judgment debtor in Superior Court $ 4.00

(3)For filing confession of judgment $ 8.00

(4)For filing appeals from small claims trial de novo $10.50

(5)For filing small claims in Superior Court $ 3.00

(b)Fifty percent (50%) of all fees collected by the clerk of the Superior Court for fees and for clerical services rendered in connection with probate and guardianship matters shall be paid over to the Guam Law Library Fund.

(c)All penal fines and forfeited cash bonds collected by Guam, except those collected by the Traffic Court, shall be paid over to the Guam Law Library.

(d)All interest and other income earned from funds held in the Judicial Branch Special Trust Funds shall be paid over to the Guam Law Library.

(e)The fees collected under Subsections

(a)and

(b)of this Section shall be in addition to any other fees collected by the clerk pursuant to the schedule established by the Judicial Council in the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Superior Court.

(f)The government of Guam, agencies and instrumentalities are exempted from paying the fees prescribed in this Section.