Guam § 10103 - Right of Inspection of Public Documents.

§ 10103. Right of Inspection of Public Documents.

(a) Every person has the right to inspect and take a copy of

any public document on Guam, except as otherwise expressly

prohibited in law, and except as provided in § 10108 of this

Chapter.

(b) Public records are open to inspection at all times during

the office hours of the agency and every person has a right to

inspect any public record, except as hereafter provided. Any

segregable portion of a record shall be available for inspection

by any person requesting the record after deletion of the portions

that are exempted by law.

(c) Except with respect to public records exempt from

disclosure by express provisions of the law, each agency, upon a

request for a copy of records that reasonably describes an

identifiable record or records, shall make the records promptly

available to any person, upon payment of fees covering direct

costs of duplication, or a statutory fee, if applicable. Upon

request, an exact copy shall be provided, unless impracticable to

do so.

(d) Each agency, upon a request for a copy of public records

shall, within four (4) working days from receipt of the request,

comply with the request if the records requested are disclosable

public records in the possession of the agency. If the records

being requested partially contain information exempted from

disclosure by this Chapter or by another law, the agency shall

redact the exempt information only and release the non-exempt

information in the records, citing the exemptions in law that

require the information to be redacted. If the records in whole

contain information not disclosable by this Chapter or another

law, and contain no information that can be released, the agency

shall notify the person requesting the records within four (4)

working days from receipt of the request, and cite the

exemptions in law that prohibit disclosure of the records.

(e) In unusual circumstances, the time limit prescribed in

this Section may be extended up to ten (10) days, including

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Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, by written notice by the

director of the agency or the director’s designee to the person

making the request, setting forth the reasons for the extension

and the date on which a determination is expected to be

dispatched. As used in this Section, unusual circumstances

means:

(1) the need to search for and collect the requested

records from field facilities or other establishments that are

separate from the office processing the request; or

(2) the need to search for, collect and appropriately

examine more than ten (10) separate and distinct records

which are demanded in a single request, or records that in

total, are contained in five hundred (500) or more pages, or

contain about two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) words,

whichever is more.