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Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 9211

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Probate: Proving a will
(a) On the commencement in or the removal to the Superior Court of any civil action, proceeding or appeal, the party instituting such proceeding or filing the first papers shall pay to the clerk of the court, for the Guam Law Library, a law library fee computed in accordance with the following schedule for such increased schedule as may be duly adopted by the Judicial Council.

1. For filing complaint in Superior Court $10.50
2. For filing petition for appearance of
judgment debtor in Superior Court $ 4.00
3. For filing confession of judgment $ 8.00
4. For filing appeals from small claims trial
de novo $10.50
5. For filing small claims in Superior Court $ 3.00

(b) Fifty percent (50%) of all fees collected by the clerk of the Superior Court for fees and for clerical services rendered in connection with probate and guardianship matters shall be paid over to the Guam Law Library Fund.

(c) All penal fines and forfeited cash bonds collected by Guam, except those collected by the Traffic Court, shall be paid over to the Guam Law Library.

(d) All interest and other income earned from funds held in the Judicial
Branch Special Trust Funds shall be paid over to the Guam Law Library.

(e) The fees collected under Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be in addition to any other fees collected by the clerk pursuant to the

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schedule established by the Judicial Council in the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Superior Court.

(f) The government of Guam, agencies and instrumentalities are exempted from paying the fees prescribed in this Section.

SOURCE: GC § 28510.

CROSS-REFERENCES: For current fees, see the Guam Rules of Civil Procedure.

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