Central Registry/Reporting Records Expungement American Samoa
Classification
No credible evidence
Expunged/Sealed
Expunged immediately
Conditions/Comments
Not addressed in statutes reviewed.
Classification
All other cases
Expunged/Sealed
Sealed no later than 10 years after the child turns 18
Conditions/Comments
Not addressed in statutes reviewed.
Full Text of Statute
A.S. Code § 45.2025 (A.S. Bar 2003)
Unless an investigation of a report conducted under this chapter determines that there is some credible evidence of alleged abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect, all information identifying the subject of the report is immediately expunged from the central registry.
A.S. Code § 45.2026 (A.S. Bar 2003)
In all other cases, the record of the report to the central registry is sealed at no later than 10 years after the subject child's 18th birthday. Once sealed, the record shall not otherwise be available, unless the head of the central registry upon notice to the subjects of the report, gives his personal approval for an appropriate reason.
