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V.I. Code tit. 5, § 554 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter I - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 554. Notice of filing

 (a) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his attorney shall make and file with the Clerk of the Superior Court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor. (b) Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the Clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's attorney, if any, in the United States Virgin Islands. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the Clerk. Lack of mailing notice of filing by the Clerk shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed. (c) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed hereunder shall issue until ten days after the date the judgment is filed.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 555 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter I - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 555. Stay

 (a) If the judgment debtor shows the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state or territory in which it was rendered. (b) If the judgment debtor shows the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of the Superior Court would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for the satisfaction of the judgment which is required in the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 556 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter I - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 556. Fees

 Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the Clerk of the Superior Court $150.00. Fees for docketing, transcription or other enforcement proceedings shall be as provided for judgments of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 557 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter I - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 557. Optional procedure

 The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his judgment instead of proceeding under this subchapter remains unimpaired.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 558 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter I - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 558. Uniformity of interpretation

 This subchapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states and territories which enact it.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 561 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter II - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|§ 561. Short title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act”.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 562 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter II - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|§ 562. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter: (1) “Foreign state” means any governmental unit other than the United States Virgin Islands, the United States or a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; (2) “Foreign judgment” means any judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money, other than a judgment for taxes, a fine or other penalty, or a judgment for support in matrimonial or family matters.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 563 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter II - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|§ 563. Recognition and enforcement

 Except as provided in section 565, a foreign judgment meeting the requirements of section 563 is conclusive between the parties to the extent that it grants or denies recovery of a sum of money. The foreign judgment is enforceable in the same manner as the judgment of a state or territory of the United States which is entitled to full faith and credit.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 565 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter II - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|§ 565. Grounds for non-recognition

 (a) A foreign judgment is not conclusive if: (1) the judgment was rendered under a system which does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with requirements of due process of law; (2) the foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; or (3) the foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter. (b) A foreign judgment need not be recognized if: (1) the defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend; (2) the judgment was obtained by fraud; (3) the cause of action on which the action is based is repugnant to the public policy of the United States Virgin Islands; (4) the judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment; (5) the proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be settled otherwise than by proceedings in that court; or (6) in the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 566 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter II - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|§ 566. Personal jurisdiction

 The foreign judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if: (1) the defendant was served personally in the foreign state; (2) the defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceedings or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over him; (3) the defendant prior to the commencement of the proceedings had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved; (4) the defendant was domiciled in the foreign state when the proceedings were instituted, or, being a body corporate had its principal place of business, was incorporated, or had otherwise acquired corporate status in the foreign state; (5) the defendant had a business office in the foreign state and the proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign state; or (6) the defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign state and the proceedings involved a cause of action arising out of such operation.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 567 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter II - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|§ 567. Stay in case of appeal

 If the defendant satisfies the court either that an appeal is pending or that he is entitled and intends to appeal from the foreign judgment, the court may stay the proceedings until the appeal has been determined or until the expiration of a period of time sufficient to enable the defendant to prosecute the appeal.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 568 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter II - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|§ 568. Savings clause

 This subchapter does not prevent the recognition of a foreign judgment in situations not covered by this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 569 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 46 - Foreign Judgments|Subchapter II - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|§ 569. Uniformity of interpretation

 This subchapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states and territories which enact it.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 851 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 851. Privileges recognized only as provided

 Except as otherwise provided by the Constitution of the United States, the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, or other statute, or by these or other provisions promulgated by the Supreme or Superior Courts of the Virgin Islands, no person has a privilege to: (a) refuse to be a witness; (b) refuse to disclose any matter; (c) refuse to produce any object or writing; and (d) prevent another from being a witness or disclosing any matter or producing any object or writing.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 854 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 854. Spousal privilege

 (a) Definition. The “spousal privilege” covers testimony regarding events occurring at any time, even before marriage, so long as the testimony occurs while the parties are married. The focus of the privilege is not on the content of the testimony but rather on prohibiting testimony against a spouse. A valid marriage must exist when the witness-spouse is called to testify for spousal immunity to apply. (b) Holder of Privilege. The spouse who is a party in the case, not the testifying witness, holds the privilege. Even if the witness-spouse wishes to testify, witness-spouse cannot unless the party-spouse waives the privilege. (c) Criminal Proceedings. A prosecutor may not compel a witness-spouse to testify against a criminal defendant-spouse during any criminal or grand jury proceeding. Only the witness-spouse, not the accused-spouse, may assert the right not to testify. Therefore, the witness-spouse may testify against the accused-spouse over the objection of the accused-spouse. (d) Terminates upon Divorce. Spousal immunity terminates when a marriage ends pursuant to law. (e) Family Disputes Exempt. Spousal immunity does not apply in cases involving litigation between spouses regarding domestic violence against, or incest with, family members, in any proceeding in which one spouse is charged with a crime or tort against the person or property of the other spouse or a minor child of either spouse, or in any proceeding, in the discretion of the court, if the interest of the minor child of either spouse may be adversely affected by the invocation of the privilege. Spousal immunity does not apply in civil proceedings in which spouses are adverse parties.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 855 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 855. Marital communication privilege

 (a) Definition. The “Marital Communication Privilege” prohibits spouses from divulging confidential communications between them that occurred during their marriage, without the other's consent. (b) Holder of Privilege. Both of the spouses hold the privilege which applies in both criminal and civil proceedings. Either spouse may invoke the privilege not to testify regarding confidential communications between the spouses made while married. Each spouse may prevent the other from testifying regarding confidential communications. (c) Effect of Divorce. The marital communication privilege does not terminate upon divorce and may be asserted by either party even after the parties are divorced. (d) Exceptions. The marital communication privilege does not apply to communications that occurred before the marriage or in the presence of third parties during the marriage. It does not apply when the spouses are involved in litigation regarding domestic violence against, or incest with, family members, and in any proceeding, in discretion of the court, if the interest of the minor child of either spouse may be adversely affected by the invocation of the privilege.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 856 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 856. Religious privilege

 (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) A “clergyman” is a minister, priest, rabbi, accredited Christian Science practitioner or other similarly functionary of a religious organization, or an individual reasonably believed so to be by the person consulting him or her. (2) A communication is “confidential” if made privately and not intended for further disclosure except to other persons present in furtherance of the purpose of the communication. (b) General Rule of Privilege. A person has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent another from disclosing a confidential communication by the person to a clergyman in his professional character as a spiritual adviser. (c) Who May Claim the Privilege. The privilege may be claimed by the person, by his guardian or conservator, or by his personal representative if he is deceased. The person who was the clergyman at the time of the communication is presumed to have authority to claim the privilege but only on behalf of the communicant.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 857 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 857. Political vote

 (a) General Rule of Privilege. Every person has a privilege to refuse to disclose the tenor of his or her vote at a political election conducted by secret ballot. (b) Exceptions. This privilege does not apply if the court finds that the vote was cast illegally or determines that the disclosure should be compelled pursuant to the election laws of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 858 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 858. Trade secrets

 A person has a privilege which may be claimed by him or his agent or employee, to refuse to disclose and to prevent other persons from disclosing a trade secret, owned by him, if the allowance of the privilege will not tend to conceal fraud or otherwise work injustice. If disclosure is directed, the court shall take such protective measures as the interest of the holder of the privilege and of the parties and the interest of justice may require.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 859 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 859. Secrets of state and other official information; governmental privileges

 (a) Claim of Privilege. If the law of the United States creates a governmental privilege that the courts of the U.S. Virgin Islands must recognize under the Constitution of the United States or the Revised Organic Act of 1954, the privilege may be claimed as provided by the laws of the United States. (b) Recognition of Privilege. No other governmental privilege is recognized except as created by the Constitution of the United States, the Revised Organic Act of 1954, or laws of the United States Virgin Islands. (c) Effect of Sustaining Claim. If a claim of governmental privilege is sustained and it appears that a party is thereby deprived of material evidence, the court shall make any further orders the interests of justice require, including striking the testimony of a witness, declaring a mistrial, finding upon an issue as to which evidence is relevant, or dismissing the action.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 860 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 860. Identity of informer

 (a) Rule of Privilege. The United States, or a state, or a Territory of the United States, or subdivision thereof, has a privilege to refuse to disclose the identity of a person who has furnished information relating to or assisting in an investigation of a possible violation of a law to a law-enforcement officer or member of a legislative committee or its staff conducting an investigation. (b) Who May Claim. The privilege may be claimed by an appropriate representative of the public entity to which the information was furnished. (c) Exceptions. (1) Voluntary Disclosure; Informer a Witness. No privilege exists under this section if the identity of the informer or his interest in the subject matter of his communication has been disclosed to those who would have cause to resent the communication by a holder of the privilege or by the informer's own action, or if the informer appears as a witness for the government. (2) Testimony on Relevant Issue. If it appears in a criminal case that an informer may be able to give testimony which would materially aid the defense, or, in a civil case, which would be relevant to a fair determination of a material issue on the merits of a case in which a public entity is a party, and the informed public entity invokes the privilege, the court shall give the public entity an opportunity to show in camera facts relevant to determining whether the informer can, in fact, supply that testimony. The showing will ordinarily be in the form of affidavits, but the court may direct that testimony be taken if it fords that the matter cannot be resolved satisfactorily upon affidavit. If the court finds there is a reasonable probability that the informer can give the testimony, and the public entity elects not to disclose its identity, in criminal cases the court on motion of the defendant or on its own motion shall grant appropriate relief, which may include one or more of the following: Requiring the prosecuting attorney to comply, granting the defendant additional time or a continuance, relieving the defendant from making disclosures otherwise required of him, prohibiting the prosecuting attorney from introducing specified evidence, and dismissing charges. In civil cases, the court may make any order the interests of justice require. Evidence submitted to the court shall be sealed and preserved to be made available to the appellate court in the event of an appeal, and the contents shall not otherwise be revealed without consent of the informed public entity. All counsel and parties are permitted to be present at every stage of proceedings under this subsection except a showing in camera at which no counsel or party shall have the right to be present.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 861 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 861. Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosure

 A person upon whom these sections confer a privilege against disclosure waives the privilege if the person or a predecessor of the person, while holder of the privilege, voluntarily discloses or consents to disclosure of any significant part of the privileged matter. This section does not apply if the disclosure itself is privileged.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 862 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 862. Privileged matter disclosed under compulsion or without opportunity to claim privilege

 A claim of privilege is not defeated by a disclosure which was (1) compelled erroneously or (2) made without opportunity to claim the privilege.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 863 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part V - Evidence|Chapter 67 - Admissibility of Evidence; Uniform Rules of Evidence|Subchapter V - Privileges|§ 863. Comment upon or inference from claim of privilege; intrusion

 (a) Comment or Inference not Permitted. The claim of a privilege, whether in the present proceeding or upon a prior occasion, is not a proper subject of comment by Judge or Counsel. No inference may be drawn therefrom. (b) Claiming Privilege Without Knowledge of Jury. In jury cases, proceedings shall be conducted, to the extent practicable, so as to facilitate the making of claims of privilege without the knowledge of the jury. (c) Jury Instruction. Upon request, any party against whom the jury might draw an adverse inference from a claim of privilege is entitled to an instruction that no inference may be drawn therefrom. (d) Right Against Self-Incrimination. Nothing in these rules shall prevent an accused or a witness in a criminal proceeding from invoking his or her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.