<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001014108-21-000056.txt : 20210302
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001014108-21-000056
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210302
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210302

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BURRELL JONATHAN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001134084

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-31983
		FILM NUMBER:		21705162

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6300 WEST 143RD STREET
		CITY:			OVERLAND PARK
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			66223

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GARMIN LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001121788
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL SYS [3812]
		IRS NUMBER:				980229227
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			V8
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1226

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MUHLENTALSTRASSE 2
		CITY:			SCHAFFHAUSEN
		STATE:			V8
		ZIP:			CH-8200
		BUSINESS PHONE:		41 52 630 1600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MUHLENTALSTRASSE 2
		CITY:			SCHAFFHAUSEN
		STATE:			V8
		ZIP:			CH-8200
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    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001121788</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GARMIN LTD</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GRMN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001134084</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BURRELL JONATHAN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>18899 HAPPY HOLLOW ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SPRING HILL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>66083</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Registered Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-12-31</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>82500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>8330550</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By CLATs</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person is a co-trustee of several charitable lead annuity trusts (CLATs) and holds a remainder interest therein.  The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.  The reporting person inadvertently failed to previously report the gift of registered shares by the CLATs reflected here.  As a result, the shares that the CLATs held was overstated by 82,500 shares as of December 31, 2019 and likewise was overstated in the reporting person's 17 Form 4 reports filed subsequent to December 31, 2019 and prior to March 2, 2021.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Jonathan Burrell</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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