48 USC § 1733 - Qualifications for Office of Delegate

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1733"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "48 USC § 1733 - Qualifications for Office of Delegate"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1733"
section_name: "Qualifications for Office of Delegate"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "DELEGATES TO CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "AMERICAN SAMOA"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–556, § 3, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078; Pub. L. 95–584, § 3, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2483.)"
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# § 1733. Qualifications for Office of Delegate

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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–556, § 3, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078; Pub. L. 95–584, § 3, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2483.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978—Subsec. (b).  substituted allegiance requirement for provision requiring United States citizenship for at least seven years prior to the date of the election.