American Samoa § 22.2014 - Transfer or registration to defeat purpose of chapter.
Full text of American Samoa American Samoa Code Annotated § 22.2014 — Transfer or registration to defeat purpose of chapter., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22.2014. Transfer or registration to defeat purpose of chapter.
(a) If an owner’s registration has been suspended, such registration shall not be transferred, nor the vehicle in respect to which the registration was issued registered in any other name, until the Director of Administrative Services is satisfied that such transfer of the owner’s registration, or registration of the vehicle in another name, is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose, and with the effect, of defeating the purposes of this chapter. (b) Nothing in this section may in any way affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgage, or lessor of a vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter. (c) The Director of Administrative Services shall suspend the registration of any vehicle transferred in violation of the provisions of this section.
Source: official American Samoa text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22.2014 ("Transfer or registration to defeat purpose of chapter.") is part of the American Samoa Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of American Samoa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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