{"data":{"id":"us-gu/21-gca-21102","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"21 GCA § 21102","heading":"Forcible Detainer Defined.","body":"Every person is guilty of a forcible detainer who either:\n(a) By force, or by menaces and threats of violence, unlawfully holds and keeps the possession of any real property, whether the same was acquired peaceably or otherwise; or\n(b) Who, in the nighttime, or during the absence of the occupants of any land, unlawfully enters upon real property, and who, after demand made for the surrender thereof, for the period of five (5) days, refuses to surrender the same to such former occupant.\nThe occupant of real property, within the meaning of this subdivision, is one who, within five (5) days preceding such unlawful entry, was in the peaceable and undisturbed possession of such lands.","path":["Title 21: Real Property","Division 1 - Ownership of Real or Immovable Property","Chapter 21: Forcible Entry and Detainer"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/21gc021.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T04:10:18Z","sha256":"0429361e326165bb67c1858886e0155924a78fbbc839defdcba0049dc0a408bd","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/21-gca-21101","next":"us-gu/21-gca-21103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}