American Samoa § 47.0401 - Crime involving domestic or family violence defined.

§ 47.0401. Crime involving domestic or family violence defined.

(a) A “crime involving domestic or family violence” occurs when a family or household member, as defined in section 47.0102(1), commits one or more of the following crimes against another family or household member: (1) arson; (2) assault and harassment; (3) burglary, robbery, tampering; (4) property damage; (5) homicide offenses(murder and manslaughter, negligent homicide); (6) kidnapping, felonious restraint, false imprisonment; (7) sex offenses(rape, sexual assault, deviate sexual assault, sexual abuse, child molesting); (8) stealing and related offenses; (9) weapon law violations(unlawful use of weapons, possessing a defaced firearm, unlawfully transferring a weapon, unlawful possession of firearms and firearm ammunition); (10) offenses against public order(disturbing public peace, disbursing private peace); (11) family offenses(bigamy, incest, abandonment of child; criminal nonsupport, endangering the welfare of a child, abuse of a child); (12) property damage and trespass; and (13) any other crimes which the Attorney General deems relevant and necessary. (b) The above criminal laws encompassing(a)(1)-(13) shall be enforced without regard to whether the persons involved are or were married, cohabiting, or involved in a relationship.