Free Guam DIY guide
Prepare a Guam document for foreign use: identify the record, obtain the right certification and resolve the Department of Administration’s published ambiguities before paying or sending originals.
Reviewed 2026-10-28. Published instructions can change; estimates are not delivery promises.
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Birth or marriage records, court orders, registry-certified company filings and private signatures need different preparation. Identify the official whose signature is to be authenticated. A Guam return address does not make an FBI record a Guam record. [HCCH-01]
HCCH lists DOA’s Director, Acting Director, Deputy Director and Acting Deputy Director. Start with DOA at (671) 475-1101 option 8; its counter is ITC Building, second floor, Director’s Office Suite 224. [GU-01; HCCH-01]
CDC lists $5 birth/death and $10 marriage copies, with an existing-record mail/drop-box route at Rancare, 761 S. Marine Corp Drive, CBU Box 109, Tamuning GU 96913. Supply record name/date, payment and a stamped self-addressed envelope. Confirm current fees and eligibility with Vital Statistics at 300-9263/9264/9265/9270; its directory has conflicting local-check versus personal-check language. [GU-02]
Vital Statistics does not issue divorce decrees. CDC directs Guam divorce requests to Superior Court Records, (671) 475-3449. Ask for the actual certified decree and the certification needed for foreign use; copy fees, access conditions and return instructions remain court-specific. [GU-02]
Practical preparation: request a registry-certified filing or certificate from the company-record custodian; ask a school registrar what official certification it can provide. DOA’s page does not establish a complete company or school checklist. Before ordering, have DOA confirm the exact official signature, physical/electronic format and any intermediate certification. Do not replace the official record with a notarized customer photocopy. [GU-01]
A power of attorney or affidavit may need a notarial act. Ask DOA which Guam notarial certificate and original output it will authenticate. Its generic county/state bullets do not establish a Guam county step, remote-notary rule or a requirement to notarize issued vital/court records. [GU-01]
DOA lists $50 due on submission and cash, check or money order; checks/money orders name Treasurer of Guam. Its wording does not resolve per-document versus per-request charging. Obtain the total for your count before payment, and retain the paid receipt required for collection. [GU-01]
The page gives PO Box 7420, Tamuning GU 96931, but does not publish a complete mail-in packet, courier street address or return-label policy. Confirm these before shipping; a general postal address does not prove every remote submission is accepted. [GU-01]
DOA calls for original seals/signatures and specifies an English certified translation with notarized true-translation certification for foreign-language documents. Clarify who must sign that certification. Its copy restriction excludes notary true copies of vital, court and federal records. These are published preparation limits, not a claim that your packet has been formally rejected. [GU-01]
Practical example: procure the marriage certificate through its Guam custodian, confirm the DOA certification path, and keep the FBI result on the federal route. Quote the two handling chains and shipping separately; one envelope does not give one authority jurisdiction over both. [GU-02; HCCH-01]
Resolve the fee unit, accepted source certification, mail admission and return method first. No complete public mail form or e-apostille procedure was established by the checked material. A private service can help with preparation or agreed logistics; it cannot cure those gaps by promising rush access. [GU-01]
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Electronic output: Electronic apostille availability was not established for this office/document. An electronic source file is not by itself an electronic apostille.
Keep the packet intact: Keep the completed official attachment intact. Ask the issuing office to resolve an attachment or signature concern; do not detach or add seals yourself.
Bracketed source IDs in the guide point to these records. Each record identifies the exact supporting section or PDF page and its checked date. A checked date is an observation, not an effective date or service guarantee.
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You can use the official process without hiring Notary Geek. For a simple wet-ink signature, compare your bank or credit union, workplace, neighborhood notary, shipping store or mobile notary. Confirm the fee and the correct notarial act before signing. A notary cannot turn a private photocopy into the issuing office's certified record.
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