Guam § 3214 - Liens for Unpaid Wages.

§ 3214. Liens for Unpaid Wages.

When the Director of Labor finds that an employer has not paid wages due, then, in addition to all

other remedies, relief, and liens allowed by law or at equity,

(a) The Director of Labor (the “Director”) through the Attorney General's Office may promptly

file a labor lien on any real property owned by the employer, to be filed at the Department of Labor

Management, and have served upon the holders of any mortgage thereon a copy of the lien, and

(b) The Director through the Attorney General's Office may promptly file a labor lien on any

personal property (including accounts receivable) owned by the employer to be filed at the Department

of Revenue and Taxation, and

(c) The Director through the Attorney General's Office may order the bank accounts of the

employer frozen, and

(d) Liens and bank accounts frozen by this section shall be released upon posting with the Director

a cash bond or a surety bond issued by an insurance company licensed in Guam in an amount equal to

wages allegedly owed plus fines, penalties, costs, and attorney's fees, and

(e) None of the actions of the Director set out in paragraphs (a) through (d) above may be taken

without the approval of the Superior Court set out in an order, which only may be entered without

notice when the Director has satisfied the court that funds will be dissipated if notice be given.