Guam § 61 - Endangering Health & Safety: Defined; Penalty.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 61 — Endangering Health & Safety: Defined; Penalty., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 61. Endangering Health & Safety: Defined; Penalty.
(a) A person commits a petty misdemeanor when he:
(1) permits any condition which is injurious to health
or any offensive or noxious substance to be maintained
upon or within property in his possession or under his
control after receiving reasonable notice in writing from the
proper authority to terminate that condition; or
(2) unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use of a
navigable body of water or a public highway, street,
sidewalk or park by placing any substance therein or
thereon.
(b) Permitting the existence of a condition after the receipt
of the notice required by Paragraph (1) of Subsection (a) shall
constitute a separate and distinct offense for each and every day
after such receipt that the condition exists.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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