Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73
§1733 Qualifications for Office of Delegate
Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 16— - DELEGATES TO CONGRESS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - AMERICAN SAMOA › § 1733
Summary
To be a Delegate, a person must be at least 25 years old on election day, be loyal to the United States, live in the Territory of American Samoa, and not be running for any other office on that day.
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Title 48, §1733
Territories and Insular Possessions — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
To be eligible for the office of Delegate a candidate shall—
(a)be at least twenty-five years of age on the date of the election;
(b)owe allegiance to the United States;
(c)be an inhabitant of the Territory of American Samoa; and
(d)not be, on the date of the election, a candidate for any other office.
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Amendments
1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–584 substituted allegiance requirement for provision requiring United States citizenship for at least seven years prior to the date of the election.
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48 U.S.C. § 1733
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73