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9 GCA § 49.30

Receiving and Giving Bribes; Defined & Punished; Building

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 9 — Crimes and Corrections
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Inspectors. A public servant is guilty of a felony of the third degree if he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person as consideration for his performance of an official function; provided, however, that if such public servant is a building inspector, performing in his capacity as a building inspector, under the Building Law of Guam, he is guilty of a felony of the first degree. A person is guilty of a felony of the first degree if he offers or agrees to offer any benefit to a public servant as consideration for such public servant’s performance of an official function.

§ The story of this section

  1. Amended by P.L. 22-83 § 4 — introduced as Bill 670-22 · introduced by Vicente C. Pangelinan + 2 cosponsors

Interpreted by the courts:

  • 2020 Guam 5The People of Guam, Plaintiff- Appellee, vs. Paul John Santos, Defendant-Appellant (2020) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · cited at ¶20
  • 2025 Guam 9People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Marc Thomas Duenas Castro, Jr., aka Joseph Marc Castro, Jr., aka Joseph Ma (2025) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · cited at ¶48

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