Guam e-signature and notarization law

Guam's electronic signature law: the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (18 GCA ch. 91, §§ 91101 to 91120 (added by P.L. 33-015:1)). Electronic signatures are also valid under the federal ESIGN Act for most transactions. Some documents are excluded, such as wills, divorce and adoption documents, court orders and certain official notices.

The fuller federal list is in our guide to e-signing in the United States.

What Guam's e-signature law does not cover

The chapter was added by P.L. 33-015 on April 1, 2015. Section 91103(b) says it does not apply to:

• The creation and execution of wills, codicils or testamentary trusts.
• Title 13 GCA, Guam's Uniform Commercial Code, with limited exceptions that include Division 1 § 1107 and Division 1 § 1210.

How Guam's law treats electronic records

Section 91107 of 18 GCA carries Guam's writing rule: if a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law. For recording, 5 GCA § 33901 lets a paper copy of a conforming electronic record satisfy a requirement that a document be an original or on paper.

Remote online notarization in Guam

Remote online notarization: allowed in Guam.

Guam's remote online notarization rules are in article 10 of 5 GCA chapter 33. The Compiler of Laws notes that the whole article was added by P.L. 35-100 (Oct. 29, 2020).

Guam requires its own registration. Before a notary performs a remote online notarization, he or she must apply with the Office of the Attorney General of Guam.

A registered notary may then perform a remote online notarial act using communication technology for a remotely located individual, in line with article 10 and the Rules for Remote Online Notarization.

Before each registration the notary completes a course approved by the Attorney General of Guam and passes an exam, and the application includes evidence of the surety bond for electronic notarial acts by communication technology.

Unless the notary relies on personal knowledge, identity is verified through remote presentation of a government-issued photo ID such as a passport or driver's license, credential analysis, and identity proofing, which may use knowledge-based questions or biometric analysis such as facial recognition.

The signer may be in Guam, elsewhere in the United States, or abroad under conditions in § 33804. The certificate must state that the person appeared remotely online, and the electronic journal and recording are kept for at least ten years.

Guam treats the notary's tools seriously: wrongfully obtaining, concealing, damaging or destroying the software or hardware that affixes a remote notary's signature or seal is a third degree felony.

SignAndGo doesn't notarize documents. A commissioned notary does that, using a remote notarization platform where the state allows it.

Where to read Guam's law

• Electronic signatures: 18 GCA ch. 91, §§ 91101 to 91120, exclusions at § 91103(b).
• Remote notarization: 5 GCA ch. 33, art. 10, §§ 33801 to 33811, registration at § 33803, authority at § 33804.

Checked against Guam's published law on November 2, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice.