Terms Used In 11 Guam Code Ann. § 24711

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Any person showing evidence by a deed, deed of trust, mortgage, or decree of court, of an interest in any parcel of real property, except possessory interest, which does not have a separate valuation on the roll, and who is not the owner or contract purchaser of the entire piece separately assessed, may apply to the tax collector to have the parcel separately valued on the roll for the purpose of paying current taxes.

SOURCE: GC § 19384.