---
kind: "unit"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
key: "ch8A/schIV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IV"
heading: "The Judiciary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/ch8A-schIV"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter IV — The Judiciary

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions › Chapter 8A — Guam

## Sections

- [§1424. District Court of Guam; local courts; jurisdiction](/usc/48/1424.md)
- [§1424–1. Jurisdiction and powers of local courts](/usc/48/1424-1.md)
- [§1424–2. Relations between courts of United States and courts of Guam](/usc/48/1424-2.md)
- [§1424–3. Appellate jurisdiction of District Court; procedure; review by United States Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit; rules; appeals to appellate court](/usc/48/1424-3.md)
- [§1424–4. Criminal offenses; procedure; definitions](/usc/48/1424-4.md)
- [§1424a. Repealed.](/usc/48/1424a.md)
- [§1424b. Judge of District Court; appointment, tenure, removal, and compensation; appointment of United States attorney and marshal](/usc/48/1424b.md)
- [§1424c. Review of claims respecting land on Guam](/usc/48/1424c.md)