Definitions. — Guam Code § 26

Guam Code § 26 — Definitions.. Reproduced from the official Guam Code Annotated, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 26. Definitions.

(a) Commercial sex acts means any sex act on account of

which anything of value is given, promised to, or received, or

exchanged, directly or indirectly, by any person.

(b) Debt coercion means exploitation of the status or

condition of a debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor of his

or her personal services or those of a person under his or her

control as a security or payment for debt, if the value of those

services as reasonably assessed is not applied toward the

liquidation of the debt or the length and nature of those services

are not respectively limited and defined or if the principal

amount of the debt does not reasonably reflect the value of the

items or services for which the debt was incurred.

(c) Extortion is to be given its ordinary meaning as defined

by existing Guam law.

(d) Financial harm includes credit extortion as defined by

existing Guam laws and/or relevant Federal legislation, criminal

violation of the usury laws as defined by existing Guam and/or

Federal legislation or legal precedents, or employment contracts

that violate relevant Statutes of Frauds as defined by Guam and

Federal regulations.

(e) Labor means work of economic or financial value.

(f) Minor refers to any natural person under 18 years of age.

(g) Person includes an individual, corporation, partnership,

association, a government body, a municipal corporation, or any

other legal entity.

(h) Services means any act committed at the behest of,

under the supervision of, or for the benefit of another.

(i) Sex act refers to criminal sexual conduct, including

sexual penetration and sexual contact, as defined in Title 9 GCA

Chapter 25, and any other crime as defined in Title 9 GCA

Chapter 25A, Chapter 28, and Chapter 89.

(j) Sexually-explicit performance means an act or show,

intended to arouse, satisfy the sexual desires of, or appeal to the

prurient interests of patrons or viewers, whether public or

private, live, photographed, recorded, or videotaped.

(k) Victim of trafficking in persons means any person,

whether a U.S. citizen or foreign national, who has been

subjected to the crime of trafficking in persons, involuntary

servitude, sexual servitude of a minor, or transported in violation

of trafficking of persons for forced labor or service as set forth

herein.

2015 NOTE: Reference in subsection (i) to 9 GCA, Ch. 25.01 was

altered to reflect the renumbering to 9 GCA, Ch. 25A.

Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Guam Code Annotated § 26
  • Jurisdiction: Guam
  • Code: Guam Code Annotated
  • Subject: Definitions.
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