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V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1277 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 23 - Small Business Development|Subchapter II - Small Business Incubators Act|§ 1277. Indicators of Program impact

 On or before March 1 of each year, the Board shall submit a report to the President of the Legislature which must include, but not be limited to: (1) The number of applications for incubators submitted to the Board; (2) The number of applications for incubators approved by the Board; (3) The number of incubators established through this program; (4) The number of tenants occupying each incubator; (5) The number of jobs provided by each incubator and tenants of each incubator; (6) The occupancy rate of each incubator; (7) Growth in employment by client companies during incubator stay; (8) Gross revenues of incubator companies aggregated across all companies in the incubator; (9) Gross revenues of incubator companies aggregated across all companies in the incubator over a number of years; (10) Growth in gross revenue of each client company during an incubator stay; (11) The average wage of each employee of each client company during the incubator stay; (12) The growth in the total tax base that the incubator, its tenants and its graduates represent; and (13) The number of companies still operating in the Territory after leaving incubators and the number of jobs they have provided. The Board shall attempt to identify the reasons why any companies have left the Territory after starting in an incubator.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1278 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 23 - Small Business Development|Subchapter II - Small Business Incubators Act|§ 1278. Nondiscrimination

 No loan or loan guarantee may be made to a small business or local sponsor unless the business or local sponsor certifies to the Board, in a form satisfactory to the Board, that it shall not discriminate against any employee or against any applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, sex or age.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1278a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 23 - Small Business Development|Subchapter II - Small Business Incubators Act|§ 1278a. Construction of subchapter

 Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit incubators to government-funded entities. Private or non-profit incubators may be formed under the provisions of this Act.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1279 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 23 - Small Business Development|Subchapter II - Small Business Incubators Act|§ 1279. Small Business Incubators Fund

 (a) There is established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands the Small Business Incubator Fund. (b) The Fund consists of grants, gifts, loans, appropriations made from time to time by the Legislature and all other moneys from the Small Business Incubators Program.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 1-101. Short titles

 (a) This title may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code. (b) This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code—General Provisions.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-102 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 1-102. Scope of article

 This article applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another article of the Uniform Commercial Code.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 1-103. Construction of code to promote its purposes and policies; applicability of supplemental principles of law

 (a) The Uniform Commercial Code must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are: (1) to simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions; (2) to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties; and (3) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions. (b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this title, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause shall supplement its provisions.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-104 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 1-104. Construction against implied repeal

 The Uniform Commercial Code, being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-105 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 1-105. Severability

 If any provision or clause of this title or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this title which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this title are declared to be severable.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-106 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 1-106. Use of singular and plural; gender

 In this title, unless the statutory context otherwise requires: (1) words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and (2) words of any gender also refer to any other gender.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-107 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 1-107. Section captions

 Section captions are part of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-108 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 1-108. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

 This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c), except that nothing in this article modifies, limits, or supersedes § 101(c) of that Act nor authorizes electronic delivery of any of the notices described in § 103(b) of that Act.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-202 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation|§ 1-202. Notice; knowledge

 (a) Subject to subsection (f), a person has “notice” of a fact if the person: (1) has actual knowledge of it; (2) has received a notice or notification of it; or (3) from all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question, has reason to know that it exists. (b) “Knowledge” means actual knowledge. (c) “Discover”, “learn”, or words of similar import refer to knowledge rather than to notice. (d) A person “notifies” or “gives” a notice or notification to another by taking such steps as may be reasonably required to inform the other in ordinary course, whether or not the other person actually comes to know of it. (e) Subject to subsection (f), a person “receives” a notice or notification when: (1) it comes to that person's attention; or (2) it is duly delivered in a form reasonable under the circumstances at the place of business through which the contract was made or at another location held out by that person as the place for receipt of such communications. (f) Notice, knowledge, or a notice or notification received by an organization is effective for a particular transaction from the time it is brought to the attention of the individual conducting that transaction and, in any event, from the time it would have been brought to the individual's attention if the organization had exercised due diligence. An organization exercises due diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the person conducting the transaction and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Due diligence does not require an individual acting for the organization to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-204 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation|§ 1-204. Value

 Except as otherwise provided in Articles 3, 4, and 5, a person gives value for rights if the person acquires them: (1) in return for a binding commitment to extend credit or for the extension of immediately available credit, whether or not drawn upon and whether or not a chargeback is provided for in the event of difficulties in collection; (2) as security for, or in total or partial satisfaction of, a preexisting claim; (3) by accepting delivery under a preexisting contract for purchase; or (4) in return for any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-205 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation|§ 1-205. Reasonable time; seasonableness

 (a) Whether a time for taking an action required by the Uniform Commercial Code is reasonable depends on the nature, purpose, and circumstances of the action. (b) An action is taken seasonably if it is taken at or within the time agreed or, if no time is agreed, at or within a reasonable time.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-301 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-301. Territorial applicability; parties' power to choose; applicable law

 (a) In this section: (1) “Domestic transaction” means a transaction other than an international transaction; and (2) “International transaction” means a transaction that bears a reasonable relation to a country other than the United States. (b) This section applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another article of the Uniform Commercial Code. Except as otherwise provided in this section: (1) an agreement by parties to a domestic transaction that any or all of their rights and obligations are to be determined by the law of this State or of another State is effective, whether or not the transaction bears a relation to the State designated; and (2) an agreement by parties to an international transaction that any or all of their rights and obligations are to be determined by the law of this State or of another State or country is effective, whether or not the transaction bears a relation to the State or country designated. (c) In the absence of an agreement effective under subsection (b), and except as provided in subsections (d) and (f), the rights and obligations of the parties are determined by the law that would be selected by application of this State's conflict of laws principles. (d) If one of the parties to a transaction is a consumer, the following rules apply: (1) An agreement referred to in subsection (b) is not effective unless the transaction bears a reasonable relation to the State or country designated. (2) Application of the law of the State or country determined pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) may not deprive the consumer of the protection of any rule of law governing a matter within the scope of this section, which both is protective of consumers and may not be varied by agreement, of the State or country: (A) in which the consumer principally resides, unless subparagraph (B) applies; or (B) if the transaction is a sale of goods, in which the consumer makes the contract and takes delivery of those goods, if such State or country is not the State or country in which the consumer principally resides. (e) An agreement otherwise effective under subsection (b) is not effective to the extent that application of the law of the State or country designated would be contrary to a fundamental policy of the State or country whose law would govern in the absence of agreement under subsection (c). (f) To the extent that the Uniform Commercial Code governs a transaction, where one of the following provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code specifies the applicable law, that provision governs and a contrary agreement is effective only to the extent permitted by the law so specified: (1) § 2–402; (2) §§ 2A-105 and 2A-106; (3) § 4–102; (4) § 4A-507; (5) § 5–116; (6) § 8–110; (7) §§ 9–301 through 9–307.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-302 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-302. Variation by agreement

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or elsewhere in the Uniform Commercial Code, the effect of provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code may be varied by agreement. (b) The obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness, and care prescribed by the Uniform Commercial Code may not be disclaimed by agreement. The parties, by agreement, may determine the standards by which the performance of those obligations is to be measured if those standards are not manifestly unreasonable. Whenever the Uniform Commercial Code requires any action to be taken within a reasonable time, any time which is not manifestly unreasonable may be fixed by agreement. (c) The presence in certain provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of the phrase “unless otherwise agreed”, or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement under this section.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-303 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-303. Course of performance, course of dealing, and usage of trade

 (a) A “course of performance” is a sequence of conduct between the parties to a particular transaction that exists if: (1) the agreement of the parties with respect to the transaction involves repeated occasions for performance by a party; and (2) the other party, with knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection to it, accepts the performance or acquiesces in it without objection. (b) A “course of dealing” is a sequence of conduct concerning previous transactions between the parties to a particular transaction that is fairly to be regarded as establishing a common basis of understanding for interpreting their expressions and other conduct. (c) A “usage of trade” is any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation, or trade as to justify an expectation that it will be observed with respect to the transaction in question. The existence and scope of such a usage are to be proved as facts. If it is established that such a usage is embodied in a trade code or similar record, the interpretation of the record is a question of law. (d) A course of performance or course of dealing between the parties or usage of trade in the vocation or trade in which they are engaged or of which they are or should be aware is relevant in ascertaining the meaning of the parties' agreement, may give particular meaning to specific terms of the agreement, and may supplement or qualify the terms of the agreement. A usage of trade applicable in the place in which part of the performance under the agreement is to occur may be so utilized as to that part of the performance. (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), the express terms of an agreement and any applicable course of performance, course of dealing, or usage of trade must be construed whenever reasonable as consistent with each other. If such a construction is unreasonable: (1) express terms prevail over course of performance, course of dealing, and usage of trade; (2) course of performance prevails over course of dealing and usage of trade; and (3) course of dealing prevails over usage of trade. (f) Subject to § 2–209, a course of performance is relevant to show a waiver or modification of any term inconsistent with the course of performance. (g) Evidence of a relevant usage of trade offered by one party is not admissible unless that party has given the other party notice that the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise to the other party.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-304 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-304. Obligation of good faith

 Every contract or duty within the Uniform Commercial Code imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance and enforcement.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-305 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-305. Remedies to be liberally administered

 (a) The remedies provided by the Uniform Commercial Code must be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party may be put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential or special damages nor penal damages may be had except as specifically provided in the Uniform Commercial Code or by other rule of law. (b) Any right or obligation declared by the Uniform Commercial Code is enforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-306 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-306. Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach

 A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach may be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by agreement of the aggrieved party in an authenticated record.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-307 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-307. Prima facie evidence by third party documents

 A document in due form purporting to be a bill of lading, policy or certificate of insurance, official weigher's or inspector's certificate, consular invoice, or any other document authorized or required by the contract to be issued by a third party shall be prima facie evidence of its own authenticity and genuineness and of the facts stated in the document by the third party.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-308 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-308. Performance or acceptance under reservation of rights

 (a) A party that with explicit reservation of rights performs or promises performance or assents to performance in a manner demanded or offered by the other party does not thereby prejudice the rights reserved. Such words as “without prejudice,” “under protest,” or the like are sufficient. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an accord and satisfaction.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-309 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-309. Option to accelerate at will

 A term providing that one party or that party's successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require collateral or additional collateral “at will” or when the party “deems itself insecure,” or words of similar import, means that the party has power to do so only if that party in good faith believes that the prospect of payment or performance is impaired. The burden of establishing lack of good faith is on the party against which the power has been exercised.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 1-310 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Territorial Applicability and General Rules|§ 1-310. Subordinated obligations

 An obligation may be issued as subordinated to performance of another obligation of the person obligated, or a creditor may subordinate its right to performance of an obligation by agreement with either the person obligated or another creditor of the person obligated. Subordination does not create a security interest as against either the common debtor or a subordinated creditor.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 2-101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2 - Sales|Part 1 - Short Title, General Construction and Subject Matter|§ 2-101. Short title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code—Sales.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 2-102 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2 - Sales|Part 1 - Short Title, General Construction and Subject Matter|§ 2-102. Scope; certain security and other transactions excluded from this article

 Unless the context otherwise requires, this article applies to transactions in goods; it does not apply to any transaction which although in the form of an unconditional contract to sell or present sale is intended to operate only as a security transaction nor does this article impair or repeal any statute regulating sales to consumers, farmers or other specified classes of buyers.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 2-103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2 - Sales|Part 1 - Short Title, General Construction and Subject Matter|§ 2-103. Definitions and index of definitions

 (1) In this Article unless the context otherwise requires (a) “Buyer” means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. (b) “Good faith” in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade. (c) “Receipt” of goods means taking physical possession of them. (d) “Seller” means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. (2) Other definitions applying to this Article or to specified Parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are: “Acceptance”. Section 2–606. “Banker's credit”. Section 2–325. “Between merchants”. Section 2–104. “Cancellation”. Section 2–106(4). “Commercial unit”. Section 2–105. “Confirmed credit”. Section 2–325. “Conforming to contract”. Section 2–106. “Contract for sale”. Section 2–106. “Cover”. Section 2–712. “Entrusting”. Section 2–403. “Financing agency”. Section 2–104. “Future goods”. Section 2–105. “Goods”. Section 2–105. “Identification”. Section 2–501. “Installment contract”. Section 2–612. “Letter of Credit”. Section 2–325. “Lot”. Section 2–105. “Merchant”. Section 2–104. “Overseas”. Section 2–323. “Person in position of seller”. Section 2–707. “Present sale”. Section 2–106. “Sale”. Section 2–106. “Sale on approval”. Section 2–326. “Sale or return”. Section 2–326. “Termination”. Section 2–106. (3) The following definitions in other Articles apply to this Article: “Check”. Section 3–104. “Consignee”. Section 7–102. “Consignor”. Section 7–102. “Consumer goods”. Section 9–102. “Dishonor”. Section 3–502. “Draft”. Section 3–104. (4) In addition Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article.