{"data":{"id":"us-gu/9-gca-70.460","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"9 GCA § 70.460","heading":"Operation of Unmanned Aricraft over Correctional or Detention Facility.","body":"(a) Definitions.\n(1) “Contraband” means any item not provided by or\nauthorized by the operator of a correctional facility or\ndetention facility;\n(2) “Correctional facility” means a confinemen facility at a prison operated by the Department of Correcions for the incarceration of convicted inmates;\n(3) “Detention Facility” means a facility operated by\nthe Department of Corrections for confinement of pretrial\ninmates, a facility operated by the Department of Youth\nAffairs for the confinement of juvenile offenders, a jail\noperated by the Guam Police Department for the\nconfinement of persons arrested and/or are under criminal investigation, or a jail or similar holding facility for inmates and detainees operated by the Judiciary of Guam or other\nlaw enforcement entity of the government of Guam.\n(4) “Unmanned Aircraft” means an unmanned aerial\nvehicle (UAV) or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which can be flown, remotely-controlled, or fly autonomously\nthrough software-controlled flight plans in their embedded systems, working in conjunction with onboard sensors and GPS.\n(b) Unlawful Use of Unmanned Aircraft. A person commits an offense of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft, if the person intentionally or knowingly:\n(1) operates an unmanned aircraft over a correctional facility or detention facility and the unmanned aircraft in\nnot higher than 400 feet above ground level;\n(2) allows an unmanned aircraft to make contact with a correctional facility or detention faciliy, including any\nperson or object on the premises of or within the facility; or\n(3) allows an unmanned aircraft to come within a\ndistance of a correctional facility of or within the facility\nthat is close enough to interfere with the operations of or\ncause a disturbance to the faciliy.\n(c) Exemptions. This section does not apply to conduct\ndescribed by subsection (b) that is committed by:\n(1) the Federal government or the government of\nGuam;\n(2) a person under contract with or otherwise acting\nunder the direction or on behalf of the Federal government or the government of Guam;\n(3) a person who has the prior written consen of the\ncorrectional facility or detention facility;\n(4) a law enforcement agency recognized in the Peace Officer Standard and Training statute, 17 GCA Chapter 51; or\n(5) a person who has the prior written consent of the\nlaw enforcement agency authorized by this section.\n(d) Offense Remedies. Whoever commits an offense of\nunlawful use of an unmanned aircraft as provided in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined an amount of not\nless than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), which shall be\ndeposited into the Corrections Revolving Fund for expenditures authorized by 9 GCA § 90.49, or imposed for not more than six (6) months, except that the offense is:\n(1) a felony if the actor has previously been convicted under this section; or\n(2) a felony if, during the commission of the offense,\nthe actor used the unmanned aircraft to:\n(A) provide contraband to a person in custody of the correctional facility or detention facility; or\n(B) otherwise introduces contraband into the\ncorrecional facility or detenion facility.","path":["Title 9: Crimes and Corrections","Chapter 70: Miscellaneous Crimes","ARTICLE 4: MISCELLANEOUS CRIMINAL OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/09gc070_Q.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:49:48Z","sha256":"668ac489ad2d88c0600558ca01fafcb0a72ef0217095d998337dffb5807ccb02","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/9-gca-70.450","next":"us-gu/9-gca-71.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}