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This Chapter provides for various matters relative to title in ancestral and for the creation of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission. Ancestral Lands shall mean those lands owned privately by residents of Guam on or after January 1, 1930. Section 2 affirms responsibility of the government of Guam to enforce rights in private property, as a civil right, pursuant to the laws of the United States of America applicable to Guam and the Laws of Guam and provides otherwise for the recognition of ancestral land rights. The Guam Ancestral Lands Commission is established under section 3 and shall carry out the purposes of this Chapter. It shall keep five separate registers the purposes of recording accurate information in the settlement of ancestral claims, as set out section 4. Section 4 also defines the process for extinguishment of claims, award of just compensation, and recordation of ancestral land title. Other provisions concern notification of extinguishment of claims and appeals through the judicial process.
Amended by: Public Law 30-96 - An Act to transfer properties under the jurisdiction of the Port Authority of Guam to the jurisdiction of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission, by adding a new §80105 (b) to Chapter 80 of Title 21, Guam Code Annotated. (2010-03-12)
Amended by: Public Law 30-142 - An Act to add a new §80105 (c) to Chapter 80 of Title 21, Guam Code Annotated, relative to the transfer of property under the jurisdiction of the Port Authority of Guam to the jurisdiction of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission. (2010-05-17)
