47.0605 Authority of law enforcement officer to seize weapons.

Statutes | Am. Samoa Code Ann. § 47.0605

Incident to an arrest for a crime involving domestic or family violence, a law enforcement officer: (a) Shall seize all weapons that are alleged to have been involved or threatened to be used in the commission of a crime. (b) May seize a weapon that is in the plain view of the officer or was...

47.0603 Mandatory arrest for crimes involving domestic or family violence—Determination of primary aggressor—Required report.

Statutes | Am. Samoa Code Ann. § 47.0603

a) A law enforcement officer shall, without a warrant, arrest and charge a person with the appropriate crime if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a crime involving domestic or family violence, whether the offense is a felony or a misdemeanor, or was committed...

47.0404 Enhance of penalty for second or subsequent crime involving domestic or family violence.

Statutes | Am. Samoa Code Ann. § 47.0404

When a defendant makes a judicial admission, pleads guilty to, or has been found guilty to, or has been found guilty of a second or subsequent crime involving domestic or family violence within five years, the penalty is enhanced by one class above the class otherwise provided for that offense in...

47.0402 Mandatory fine for conviction of a crime of domestic or family violence.

Statutes | Am. Samoa Code Ann. § 47.0402

A person convicted of a crime of domestic or family violence is required to pay to the court a minimum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) to be disbursed as specified below; (a) The Court may utilize not more than one-third of each payment to offset administrative costs for depositing this...

47.0303 Conditions of visitation in cases involving domestic and family violence.  

Statutes | Am. Samoa Code Ann. § 47.0303

(a) A court may award visitation by a parent who committed domestic or family violence only if the court finds that adequate provision for the safety of the child and the parent who is a victim of domestic or family violence can be made. (b) In a visitation order, a Court may: (1) Order an...

46.3811 Abuse of a child.

Statutes | A.S.C.A. § 46.3811

(a) Abuse of a child has the meaning specified in subsection (a) 45.2001.   (b) Abuse of a child is a class D felony.

46.3810 Endangering the welfare of a child.

Statutes | A.S.C.A. § 46.3810

(a) A person commits the crime of endangering the welfare of a child if: (1) he knowingly acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to the life, body, or health of a child less than 18 years old; (2) he knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than 18 years old to engage in...

46.3802 Incest.

Statutes | A.S.C.A. § 46.3802

(a) A person commits the crime of incest if he marries or purports to marry or engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a person he knows to be: (1) his ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption; (2) his stepchild or stepparent, while the marriage creating that...

46.3603 Mistake as to incapacity or age.

Statutes | A.S.C.A. § 46.3603

(a) Whenever in this chapter the criminality of conduct depends upon a victim's being in-capacitated, no crime is committed if the defendant reasonably believed that the victim consented to the act. The defendant has the burden of injecting the issue of belief as to capacity and consent. (b)...

46.2804 Release of information contained in the registry of 46.2801 by the Department of Public Safety.

Statutes | A.S.C.A. § 46.2804

(a) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall release offender registry information as necessary to protect the public of American Samoa. The Commissioner of Public Safety is responsible for developing and implementing a policy on the release of relevant offender information to the public of American...