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legal/us/code/title-48/chapter-16/section-1753.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "48 U.S.C. § 1753"
+description: "Qualifications for office of Delegate"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 48
+title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
+chapter_number: "16"
+chapter_name: "DELEGATES TO CONGRESS"
+section: "1753"
+citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1753"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc48@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1753"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 48 U.S.C. § 1753 - Qualifications for office of Delegate
+
+## Text
+
+To be eligible for the office of Delegate a candidate shall—
+
+(1) be at least 25 years of age on the date of the election;
+
+(2) have been a citizen of the United States for at least 7 years prior to the date of the election;
+
+(3) be a resident and domiciliary of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for at least 7 years prior to the date of the election;
+
+(4) be qualified to vote in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on the date of the election; and
+
+(5) not be, on the date of the election, a candidate for any other office.
+
+(Pub. L. 110–229, title VII, § 713, May 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 868.)