Guam § 60320 - Fee Schedule.

Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 60320 — Fee Schedule., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 60320. Fee Schedule.

(a) The recorder, notwithstanding any other provisions of

law and exclusive of any documents tax, is authorized and directed

to collect the following fees:

(1) For recording or filing any deed, agreement,

assignment, amendment, addendum, lease, contract,

assumption, bill of sale, mortgage, horizontal property

regime transfer document, any of the foregoing covering one

specific lot or parcel of land: Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)

with Five Dollars ($5.00) for each attachment or exhibit

thereon plus Fifty Cents ($.50) per page of the attachment or

exhibit.

(2) For recording or filing of each instrument, court

order, judgment, stipulation, decree, lis pendens, declaration

of taking, abstract of judgment, abstracts, affidavit, bond,

bankruptcy, certificates, lien, levy, order, claim, declaration,

power of attorney (general & special), finding of facts,

findings, final judgment and summons: Twenty-five Dollars

($25.00) with Five Dollars ($5.00) for each attachment or

exhibit thereon plus Fifty Cents ($.50) per page of the

attachment or exhibit.

(3) For each additional lot or parcel of land involved in

any single transaction as listed in paragraphs (1) or (2), a fee

of: Ten Dollars ($10.00) per parcel.

(4) For recording or filing of each cancellation,

satisfaction, dismissal, release, termination, waiver,

withdrawal, easement, consent, grant, notices, rights of way,

rights of entry, revocation or other lien: Fifteen Dollars

($15.00) with Five Dollars ($5.00) for every attachment or

exhibit thereon, plus Fifty Cents ($.50) per page of the

attachment or exhibit.

(5) For recording or filing of an approved survey map a

fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) plus Five Dollars ($5.00)

per additional sheet thereof plus Ten Dollars ($10.00) per lot

created by a subdivision or parceling survey map and said fee

shall also apply to land registration, re-subdivision,

retracement, recertification, or revisions of survey maps.

(6) For a certified or authenticated copy of a certificate

of title or a certificate of guaranteed claim a fee of Fifteen

Dollars ($15.00) or for a bail bond a fee of Twenty-five

Dollars ($25.00) plus One Dollar ($1.00) per endorsement on

the memorial estate.

(7) For furnishing written reports on areas, ownerships,

lot numbers, descriptions, or other recorded information, for

each lot or parcel of land: Ten Dollars ($10.00).

(8) For reproducing services costing the government

less than One Dollar ($1.00), the Director of Land

Management shall promulgate a schedule of fees thereof, all

such fees to be under One Dollar ($1.00) plus Fifty Cents

($.50) charge for each additional page over five (5) pages.

(9) For recording or filing any documents required to be

recorded by law for which a fee has not been provided, for

each page or fraction thereof: Five Dollars ($5.00).

(10) Processing Fee for Certificate of Title:

(A) First Issuance of Certificate of Title in a Land

Registration Case, a fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00)

(B) Issuance of Certificate of Title with one (1)

current title cancellation, a fee of Sixty-five Dollars

($65.00).

(C) Issuance of Certificate of Title with two (2) to

five (5) Title cancellations, a fee of One Hundred

Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00).

(D) Issuance of Certificate of Title with six (6) or

more Title cancellations, a fee of One Hundred Ninety

Dollars ($190.00).

(E) Fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per endorsement on

the memorial estate shall apply to the processing fee for

certificate of Title under (1), (2), (3) and (4).

Note: Sealed copy of a Certificate of Title shall be provided

by Deputy Recorder.

(11) Abstract of Title and Research Processing Fees:

(A) Fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) for

abstract on unregistered parcel for court action and/or

by order of the court.

(B) Fee schedule on the type of research listed

below on parcels shall be assessed with the following:

(i) Research on one (1) parcel for the most

current documented ownership, a Twenty-five

Dollar ($25.00) fee, plus the fee required by §

60320.

(ii) Research on a parcel of less than one (1)

acre, from the basic lot to the current parcel

description, a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) plus the

fee required by § 60320.

(iii) Research on a parcel of less than one (1)

hectare, from the basic lot to the current parcel

description, a fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00),

and a Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee for each lot

description provided, plus the fee required by §

60320.

(iv) Research on a parcel of less than one (1)

acre, from the basic lot to the current consolidated

parcel description, a fee of Seventy-five Dollars

($75.00).

(v) Research on a parcel of less than two (2)

acres, from the basic lot to the current parceled

description less than six (6) lots, a fee of One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and a Ten Dollar

($10.00) fee for each lot description provided.

(vi) Research on parcels or lots, from the basic

lot to the current tract subdivision description, a fee

will be assessed as follows:

(aa) tract subdivision with less than ten

(10) Lots: One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

(bb) tract subdivision with less than

twenty (20) Lots: One Hundred Fifty Dollars

($150.00).

(cc) tract subdivision over twenty (20)

Lots, research fee shall be One Hundred Fifty

Dollars ($150.00) plus Two Dollars ($2.00)

per additional lot.

(C) Service shall be provided pursuant to

Subsection (k) only to persons eligible for “public

assistance”, as provided in § 2905(a) Chapter 2, Title 10

Guam Code Annotated, Program Participation and

Eligibility Standards.

Note: Abstract of Title Report shall be provided by the

Deputy Recorder.

(b) All monies received pursuant hereto shall be deposited in

the Department of Land Management Land Survey Revolving

Fund (LSRF).

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