{"data":{"id":"us-gu/7-gca-20402","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"7 GCA § 20402","heading":"Affidavit for Attachment.","body":"The clerk of the court must issue the writ of attachment upon receiving an affidavit by or on behalf of plaintiff showing:\n1. The facts specified in § 20401 which entitle him to the writ;\n2. The amount of the indebtedness claimed, over and above all legal set-offs or counterclaims, or the amount claimed as damages; and,\n3. That the attachment is not sought, and the action is not prosecuted, to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the defendant. In all cases where the earnings of the judgment debtor which would be exempt under the provisions of subdivision of § 23111 of this Title are sought to be attached on the ground that the action is brought to collect a debt incurred for the common necessaries of life, the affidavit must contain a statement to that effect, and must specify the character or nature of the items constituting the alleged necessaries.","path":["Title 7: Judiciary and Civil Procedure","Division 2 - Civil Actions","Chapter 20: Provisional Remedies in Civil Actions","ARTICLE 4: ATTACHMENT"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/7gc020.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:33:38Z","sha256":"8e06c1f0c23ea85941c6fab460d63a7e0e43e9c10003309ea98bf0817af64153","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/7-gca-20401","next":"us-gu/7-gca-20403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}