Guam § 46 - Defrauding Creditors; Defined and Punished.

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§ 46. Defrauding Creditors; Defined and Punished.

(a) A person commits an offense, he:

(1) destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers or otherwise deals with property subject to

a security interest with intent to defeat enforcement of that security interest;

(2) sells, assigns, exchanges, secretes, injures, destroys or otherwise disposes of any property

upon which he has previously executed a mortgage or any instrument that operates as such, with intent

to defraud the mortgages or a purchaser thereof;

(3) secretes, removes, assigns, conveys or otherwise disposes of his property with intent to

defraud a judgment creditor or to prevent that property from being made liable for the payment of his

debts;

(4) with intent to defraud, buys, receives, conceals or aids in concealing personal property,

knowing it or any interest therein to be hired, leased or held as collateral security; or

(5) Intentionally sells, mortgages, conveys, conceals or aids in concealing personal property

received by him upon a written conditional sale or lease agreement, or any other written agreement by

which it or any interest therein is held as collateral security, before performance of any conditions

precedent to acquiring the title thereto (A) without the consent in writing of the conditional seller,

lessor or other holder of the security interest or (B) without disclosure to any buyer or transferee of the

existence and terms of the conditional sale, lease or security agreement.

(b) An offense under this Section is a felony of the third degree if the value of the property which is

the subject of the offense exceeds Ten Thousand Dollars in value. Otherwise the offense is a misdemeanor.

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