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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