V.I. Code tit. 14, § 1727 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 86 - Sexual Offender Registration and Community Protection|§ 1727. Records; access

 (a) Records maintained pursuant to this chapter shall be open to any law enforcement agency for law enforcement purposes, and to government agencies conducting confidential background checks. (b) When the release of information regarding a specific sex offender who is required to register under this chapter is necessary for public protection, the Attorney General and law enforcement shall release to the public relevant and necessary information regarding the sex offender including, but not limited to, the provision of notification via email; except that the identity of any victim of the offense(s) for which the sex offender is required to register under this chapter shall not be released. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent law enforcement officers from notifying members of the public exposed to danger of any persons who pose a danger under circumstances that are not enumerated in this chapter. (d) Whenever a person who is required to register under this chapter lives within a one-mile radius of a child-care facility, a public school, a private school or a parochial school in the Territory, the Attorney General shall notify the owner or operator of that child-care facility, private school, parochial school, or the Department of Education. (e) The Attorney General shall use and maintain a public sex offender registry website. The sex offender registry website shall: (1) include links to sex offender safety and education resources; (2) include instructions on how a person can seek correction of information that the individual contends is erroneous; (3) include a warning that the information contained on the website should not be used to unlawfully injure, harass, or commit a crime against any individual named in the registry or residing or working at any reported addresses and that any such action could result in civil or criminal contempt penalties; (4) have the capability of conducting searches by (1) name; (2) city, town or district; and (3) zip code and/or geographic radius; (5) include all field search capabilities needed for full participation in the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website and shall participate in that website as provided by the Attorney General (NSOPW) of the United States; and (6) include the following information: (i) notice that an offender is in violation of their registration requirements or cannot be located if the sex offender has absconded, (ii) the tier in which the sex offender has been classified, (iii) all sex offenses for which the sex offender has been convicted, (iv) the sex offense(s) for which the offender is currently registered, (v) the address of the sex offender's employer(s), (vi) the name of the sex offender including all aliases, (vii) a current photograph of the sex offender, (viii) a physical description of the sex offender, (ix) the residential address and, if relevant, a description of a habitual residence of the sex offender, (x) all addresses of schools attended by the sex offender, and (xi) the sex offender's vehicle license plate number along with a description of the vehicle. (7) shall allow for a community notification system to send electronic notification via email to a website user who registers to receive notification when a sex offender registers an address near the address of the website user. (f) The public sex offender registry website shall not include the following information: (1) any arrest that did not result in conviction; (2) the sex offender's social security number; (3) any travel and immigration documents; (4) the identity of the victim; (5) internet identifiers (as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 16911); or (6) the original identity of a sex offender who is under a witness protection program if the Attorney General honors the request of the United States Marshals Service or other agency responsible for witness protection to exclude such identity of the sex offender.