7 Guam Code Ann. § 33104
Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 33104
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
(A) completion of his contract on a work of improvement; or
(B) after he has ceased for thirty (30) consecutive days to perform labor or furnish material, or both, for any work of improvement, or
(2) within forty-five (45) days after an owner has recorded a Notice of Completion with the Department of Land Management and has mailed said Notice of Completion to such claimant at the address stated in the claimant’s twenty (20)-day preliminary notice by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested, and shall have published such notice in a newspaper of general circulation on Guam, whichever of subsections (1) or (2) first occurs; must record a written claim of lien with the Department of Land Management, stating the name and address of the claimant, a general description of the kind of work done and materials furnished, the amount owed therefor, the name of the person or firm by whom he was employed or to whom he furnished the labor or materials, and a description of the property sought to be charged with the lien sufficient for identification. No mistake or errors in the claim of lien shall invalidate the lien, unless the court finds that an error therein was willfully made with the intent to defraud, which shall thereby forfeit the lien.
(b) Where the work of improvement is not made pursuant to one (1) original contract for the work of improvement, but is made in whole or in part, pursuant to two (2) or more original contracts, each covering a particular portion of the work of improvement, the owner may, within ten (10) days after completion of any such contract for a particular portion of the work of improvement, record a Notice of Completion with the Department of Land Management. If such notice be so recorded, and mailed and published as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this Section, then any claimant must, by the earlier of the deadline provided for in subdivision (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this Section, record his claim of lien. If such notice be not so recorded, mailed and published, then the period for recordingclaims of lien shall be as provided in subdivision (a)(1) of this
Section.
