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2021 Guam Statutes
Title 20 - Remedies
Part 3 - Nuisance
Chapter 11 - Public Nuisance

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20 Guam Code §§ 11101 - 11106 (2021)
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20 GCA REMEDIES CH. 11 PUBLIC NUISANCES CHAPTER 11 PUBLIC NUISANCES § 11101. § 11102. § 11103. § 11104. § 11105. § 11106. Lapse of Time Does Not Legalize. Abatement. Regulated by Title 8, Crimes & Corrections. Remedies for Public Nuisance. Action. Private Person Injured May Abate. § 11101. Lapse of Time Does Not Legalize. No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance, amounting to an actual obstruction of public right. SOURCE: CC § 3490. § 11102. Abatement. The remedies against a public nuisance are: 1. Information or complaint; 2. A civil action; or, 3. Abatement. SOURCE: CC § 3491. § 11103. Regulated by Title 8, Crimes & Corrections. The remedy by complaint or information is regulated by Title 8 of this Code [Criminal Procedure]. SOURCE: CC § 3492. NOTE: The Compiler has changed the reference to the Penal Code to the current reference to its replacement, Title 8 of this Code. § 11104. Remedies for Public Nuisance. A private person may maintain an action for a public nuisance, if it is specially injurious to himself, but not otherwise. SOURCE: CC § 3493. § 11105. Action. A public nuisance may be abated by any public body or officer authorized thereto by law. 1 COL120106 20 GCA REMEDIES CH. 11 PUBLIC NUISANCES SOURCE: CC § 3494. § 11106. Private Person Injured May Abate. Any person may abate a public nuisance which is specially injurious to him by removing or, if necessary, destroying the thing which constitutes the same, without committing a breach of the peace, or doing unnecessary injury. SOURCE: CC § 3495. NOTE: No CC '' 3496-3500 existed. ---------- 2 COL120106
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