Guam § 30101 - Attorney General.

§ 30101. Attorney General.

(a) The Office of the Attorney General of the government of Guam shall be administered by the

Attorney General of Guam, who shall be elected by the people of Guam for a term of four (4) years.

(b) A candidate for the position of Attorney General of Guam shall declare no political party affiliation.

Candidates for Attorney General of Guam shall be subject to the same campaign and personal financial

reporting requirements as apply to candidates for I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, as well as all laws

pertaining to campaign contributions. No nominating petition shall be required of a candidate for Attorney

General of Guam. A candidate for the position of Attorney General of Guam shall file his candidacy with

the Guam Election Commission no earlier than one hundred sixty (160) days before the general election,

and no later than ninety (90) days before the general election. All qualified candidates complying with the

provisions of this Section shall be placed on the ballot for the office of Attorney General to be cast at the

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General Election. The candidate receiving the most votes, subject to the qualifications established by this

Chapter, shall be certified by the Guam Election Commission as having won election to the position of

Attorney General. The Attorney General shall be sworn into and take office on the first Monday of the

January following the General Election at which the Attorney General was elected and shall remain in office

until the election and swearing in of a new Attorney General, unless removed from Office as provided for

in this Section. The Attorney General shall:

(1) be at least thirty (30) years of age;

(2) be a citizen of the United States and a resident of Guam;

(3) be an active member in good standing of the Guam Bar Association on Guam for at least five

(5) years immediately preceding his or her candidacy for Office, or an inactive member of the Guam

Bar Association who, in the five (5) years preceding his election as an Attorney General has served as

an elected official elected by the people of Guam or as a Public Auditor of Guam, or as a Justice of

the Supreme Court of Guam or Judge of the Superior Court of Guam;

(4) not have been convicted of a felony; and

(5) not have been suspended from the practice of law in any jurisdiction for violation of ethical

rules governing the practice of attorneys.

(c) The Attorney General of Guam may be removed in the same manner as provided under the Organic

Act of Guam for the removal of I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan. As provided in the Organic Act of

Guam, a vacancy in the position of Attorney General shall be filled:

(1) by appointment by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan if such vacancy occurs less than six

(6) months before a General Election for the Office of the Attorney General of Guam; or

(2) by a special election held no sooner than three (3) months after such vacancy occurs, and no

later than six (6) months before a general election for Attorney General of Guam, and by appointment

by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan pending a special election under this Subsection.