Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73not60

§1713 Qualifications for Office of Delegate

Title 48 › Chapter 16— DELEGATES TO CONGRESS › Subchapter I— GUAM AND VIRGIN ISLANDS › § 1713

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

To run for Delegate, a person must be at least 25 on election day, have been a U.S. citizen for at least 7 years before that day, live in the territory they seek to represent, and not be a candidate for any other office on that date.

Full Legal Text

Title 48, §1713

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To be eligible for the Office of Delegate a candidate must—

(a)be at least twenty-five years of age on the date of the election,

(b)have been a citizen of the United States for at least seven years prior to the date of the election,

(c)be an inhabitant of the territory from which he is elected, and

(d)not be, on the date of the election, a candidate for any other office.

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Citation

48 U.S.C. § 1713

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60