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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