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V.I. Code tit. 4, § 23 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands|Subchapter IIA - Establishment of Supreme Court and Appointment of Justices|§ 23. Temporary absence of Chief Justice

 (a) The Chief Justice presides at all sessions of the Supreme Court. (b) Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virgin Islands is, because of illness, disqualification, conflict, recusal, or by any other temporary absence disabled from actively performing his duties as Chief Justice, or those ex-officio duties imposed upon him by law, or is absent from the court or the office is vacant, then, in either event, the duties so imposed upon him shall be performed by the available associate justice of the Supreme Court in order of seniority, based upon continuous length of service on the Court, and such an associate justice of the Supreme Court shall perform all of the duties in lieu of the Chief Justice during the latter's disability or absence from the court.
V.I. Code tit. 4, § 24 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands|Subchapter IIA - Establishment of Supreme Court and Appointment of Justices|§ 24. Assignment of retired justices and judges to sit in court

 (a) In addition to the justices appointed under subsection 22(a), the Chief Justice may appoint any judge of a court of record in the Virgin Islands or any senior or retired justice to sit as a designated justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands. A retired judge may also be appointed as a designated justice of the Supreme Court, but only with the judge's consent. An appointment as a designated justice shall be for any specific cases that a regular justice of the Court is unable to hear for any reason, including illness, absence or a conflict of interest. The designated justice shall sit as assigned by the Chief Justice, and while sitting shall have all the powers of an associate justice. (b) Subject to rules of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, (1) A justice of the Supreme Court who has retired on a retirement allowance may, with his consent, be recalled by the Supreme Court for temporary service in the Supreme Court or elsewhere within the judicial system; or (2) A justice of the Supreme Court who is eligible for retirement, other than by disability, with the prior consent of a majority of the members of the Court, may elect to retire and be designated a senior justice; and (3) A judge of the Superior Court who has retired on retirement allowance may, with his consent, be recalled by the Supreme Court for temporary service within the judicial system. (c) Upon such recall or designation under subsection (a) or (b), the retired justice or judge shall have all the powers of a justice or judge of the court to which he is assigned, and while performing the duties of a justice or judge, shall be furnished office space, support staff, a telephone, and supplies as are furnished a justice of the Court. As compensation, a recalled or designated justice or judge shall receive a per-diem allowance fixed by the rules of the Supreme Court. In addition the recalled justice or judge shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses actually incurred by him in connection with his assignment and shall be provided with such facilities as may be required in the performance of his duties. The per-diem compensation and expenses shall be paid by the Supreme Court or Superior Court, as provided by rules. (d) Payment for services and expenses shall be made in the same manner as payment is made to the justices or judges of the court from which he retired. (e) Nothing in this section may be construed to increase the number of justices of the Supreme Court provided for in section 21 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 4, § 25 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands|Subchapter IIA - Establishment of Supreme Court and Appointment of Justices|§ 25. Involuntary retirement

 Pursuant to title 4 V.I.C. chapter 36, a justice of the Supreme Court shall be involuntarily retired from office when the Commission on Judicial Disabilities determines that the justice suffers from a mental or physical disability, including habitual intemperance, which prevents, or seriously interferes with, the proper performance of his judicial duties, and the Commission files in the Supreme Court an order of involuntary retirement and the order is affirmed on appeal or the time within which an appeal may be taken from the order has expired. A justice retired by the commission shall be deemed to have retired voluntarily.
V.I. Code tit. 4, § 26 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands|Subchapter IIA - Establishment of Supreme Court and Appointment of Justices|§ 26. Restrictions on practice of law by retired justices

 (a) No justice who is a member of the Government Employees Retirement System, while receiving a retirement annuity in connection with retirement from service under this chapter, may engage in the practice of law before any of the courts of the Virgin Islands as an employee or officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands or its autonomous or semiautonomous agencies or instrumentalities. (b) Any justice who resigns or retires from the Supreme Court is prohibited from practicing before the Supreme Court for twenty-four months following the effective date of the justice's resignation or retirement.
V.I. Code tit. 4, § 27 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands|Subchapter IIA - Establishment of Supreme Court and Appointment of Justices|§ 27. Removal of justices; forfeiture of office

 (a) The Justices of the Supreme Court are subject to removal pursuant to title 4 V.I.C. chapter 36, and any justice removed may not exercise his office until exonerated. (b) A justice who becomes a candidate for an elective public office shall thereby forfeit his judicial office.
V.I. Code tit. 4, § 28 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands|Subchapter IIA - Establishment of Supreme Court and Appointment of Justices|§ 28. Rules of conduct for justices

 The Supreme Court shall make rules for the conduct of justices, both on and off the bench. In addition, the Supreme Court may adopt the relevant and applicable provisions of the American Bar Association Model Code of Judicial Conduct to govern the conduct of justices.
V.I. Code tit. 4, § 29 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands|Subchapter IIA - Establishment of Supreme Court and Appointment of Justices|§ 29. Compensation of justices

 (a) The Chief Justice shall receive as compensation an annual salary fifteen percent higher than the annual salary of the presiding judge of the Superior Court, and each of the full-time associate justices shall receive an annual salary five thousand dollars lower than the annual salary of the Chief Justice. Justices of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands are officers of the Government of the Virgin Islands. (b) Salaries and expenses of justices of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands must be paid out of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and constitute the total compensation for all duties performed by, and all expenses of, justices of the Supreme Court, and there may be no further payment made to or accepted by them for the performance of any duties required to be performed by them as justices under this chapter or under other law. (c) The compensation of a justice may not be reduced during the justice's term of office.
V.I. Code tit. 4, § 30 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands|Subchapter IIB - Officers of the Supreme Court and Administration of the Court|§ 30. Appointment of officers and employees; office space

 (a) The Supreme Court may employ such professional, administrative and clerical personnel as it considers necessary. (b) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may appoint and fix the terms, duties and compensation of the officers and employees of the Court. (c)  (1) The Supreme Court may use and occupy such buildings and facilities as may be made available to it. (2) The Supreme Court may obtain such office space for each of the justices thereof as is necessary and appropriate to permit the justices to carry out their duties properly.
V.I. Code tit. 4, § 34 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands|Subchapter IIB - Officers of the Supreme Court and Administration of the Court|§ 34. Court rules

 (a) The Supreme Court may, from time to time, promulgate or amend general rules, or where it considers it best for the advancement of justice, may make special orders, provide for the conduct of the business of the Court, and regulate the practice and procedure governing causes and proceedings in the Court, provide for the holding of regular and special sessions, fix the time of and otherwise regulate the return of process issued out of the Court, and fix the fees that shall be paid and the costs that shall be assessed in the Court. All such fees and costs shall be credited to the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands. (b) The Rules may not abridge, enlarge or modify any substantive right of any party.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4901 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 501 - Bases of Personal Jurisdiction Over Persons Outside This Territory|§ 4901. Definition of person

 As used in this chapter, “person” includes an individual, his executor, administrator, or other personal representative, or a corporation, partnership, association or any other legal or commercial entity, whether or not a citizen or domiciliary of this territory and whether or not organized under the laws of this territory.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4902 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 501 - Bases of Personal Jurisdiction Over Persons Outside This Territory|§ 4902. Personal jurisdiction based upon enduring relationship

 A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person domiciled in, organized under the laws of, or maintaining his or its principal place of business in, this territory as to any claim for relief.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4903 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 501 - Bases of Personal Jurisdiction Over Persons Outside This Territory|§ 4903. Personal jurisdiction based upon conduct

 (a) A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person, who acts directly or by an agent, as to a claim for relief arising from the person's (1) transacting any business in this territory; (2) contracting to supply services or things in this territory; (3) causing tortious injury by an act or omission in this territory; (4) causing tortious injury in this territory by an act or omission outside this territory if he regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered, in this territory; (5) having an interest in, using, or possessing real property in this territory; or (6) contracting to insure any person, property, or risk located within this territory at the time of contracting. (7) causing a woman to conceive a child, or conceiving or giving birth to a child; or (8) abandoning a minor in this Territory. (b) When jurisdiction over a person is based solely upon this section, only a claim for relief arising from acts enumerated in this section may be asserted against him.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4904 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 501 - Bases of Personal Jurisdiction Over Persons Outside This Territory|§ 4904. Service outside the territory

 When the exercise of personal jurisdiction is authorized by this chapter, service may be made outside this territory.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4905 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 501 - Bases of Personal Jurisdiction Over Persons Outside This Territory|§ 4905. Inconvenient forum

 When the court finds that in the interest of substantial justice the action should be heard in another forum, the court may stay or dismiss the action in whole or in part on any conditions that may be just.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4911 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 503 - Service|§ 4911. Manner and proof of service

 (a) When the law of this territory authorizes service outside this territory, the service, when reasonably calculated to give actual notice, may be made: (1) by personal delivery in the manner prescribed for service within this territory; (2) in the manner prescribed by the law of the place in which the service is made for service in that place in an action in any of its courts of general jurisdiction; (3) by any form of mail addressed to the person to be served and requiring a signed receipt; (4) as directed by the foreign authority in response to a letter rogatory; or (5) as directed by the court. (b) Proof of service outside this territory may be made by affidavit of the individual who made the service or in the manner prescribed by the law of this territory, the order pursuant to which the service is made, or the law of the place in which the service is made for proof of service in an action in any of its courts of general jurisdiction. When service is made by mail, proof of service shall include a receipt signed by the addressee or other evidence of personal delivery to the addressee satisfactory to the court.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4912 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 503 - Service|§ 4912. Individuals eligible to make service

 Service outside this territory may be made by an individual permitted to make service of process under the law of this territory or under the law of the place in which the service is made or who is designated by a court of this territory.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4913 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 503 - Service|§ 4913. Individuals to be served; special cases

 When the law of this territory requires that in order to effect service one or more designated individuals be served, service outside this territory under this chapter must be made upon the designated individual or individuals.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4914 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 503 - Service|§ 4914. Assistance to tribunals and litigants outside this territory

 (a) The district court may order service upon any person who is domiciled or can be found within this territory of any document issued in connection with a proceeding in a tribunal outside this territory. The order may be made upon application of any interested person or in response to a letter rogatory issued by a tribunal outside this territory and shall direct the manner of service. (b) Service in connection with a proceeding in a tribunal outside this territory may be made within this territory without an order of court. (c) Service under this section does not, of itself, require the recognition or enforcement of an order, judgment, or decree rendered outside this territory.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4926 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 507 - Determination of Foreign Law|§ 4926. Notice

 A party who intends to raise an issue concerning the law of any jurisdiction or governmental unit thereof outside this territory shall give notice in his pleadings or other reasonable written notice.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4927 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 507 - Determination of Foreign Law|§ 4927. Materials to be considered

 In determining the law of any jurisdiction or governmental unit thereof outside this territory, the court may consider any relevant material or source, including testimony, whether or not submitted by a party or admissible under the rules of evidence.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4928 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 507 - Determination of Foreign Law|§ 4928. Court decision and review

 The court, not jury, shall determine the law of any governmental unit outside this territory. Its determination is subject to review on appeal as a ruling on a question of law.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4931 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 509 - Proof of Official Records|§ 4931. Domestic record

 An official record kept within the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, or the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Ryukyu Islands, or an entry therein, when admissible for any purpose, may be evidenced by an official publication thereof or by a copy attested by the officer having the legal custody of the record, or by his deputy, and accompanied by a certificate that the officer has the custody. The certificate may be made by a judge of a court of record having jurisdiction in the governmental unit in which the record is kept, authenticated by the seal of the court, or by any public officer having a seal of office and having official duties in the governmental unit in which the record is kept, authenticated by the seal of his office.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4932 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 509 - Proof of Official Records|§ 4932. Foreign record

 A foreign official record, or an entry therein, when admissible for any purpose, may be evidenced by an official publication or copy thereof, attested by a person authorized to make the attestation, and accompanied by a final certification as to the genuineness of the signature and official position (1) of the attesting person, or (2) of any foreign official whose certificate of genuineness of signature and official position either (a) relates to the attestation or (b) is in a chain of certificates of genuineness of signature and official position relating to the attestation. A final certification may be made by a secretary of embassy or legation, consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States, or a diplomatic or consular official of the foreign country assigned or accredited to the United States. If reasonable opportunity has been given to all parties to investigate the authenticity and accuracy of the documents, the court may, for good cause shown, (1) admit an attested copy without final certification or (2) permit the foreign official record to be evidenced by attested summary with or without a final certification.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4933 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 509 - Proof of Official Records|§ 4933. Alternative method for certain domestic and foreign records

 The statutes, codes, written laws, executive acts, or legislative or judicial proceedings of any domestic or foreign jurisdiction or governmental unit thereof may also be evidenced by any publication proved to be commonly accepted as proof thereof in the tribunals having jurisdiction in that governmental unit.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4934 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 509 - Proof of Official Records|§ 4934. Lack of record

 A written statement that after diligent search no record or entry of a specified tenor is found to exist in the records designated by the statement, authenticated as provided in this chapter in the case of a domestic record, or complying with the requirements of this chapter for a summary in the case of a record in a foreign country, is admissible as evidence that the records contain no such record or entry.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4941 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 511 - Miscellaneous|§ 4941. Other provisions of law unaffected

 Except as otherwise provided herein, this subtitle does not repeal or modify any law of this territory: (a) authorizing the exercise of jurisdiction on any basis other than the bases specified in chapter 501 of this subtitle; (b) permitting a procedure for service or for obtaining testimony, documents, or other things for use in this territory or in a tribunal outside this territory other than the procedures prescribed in chapter 503 and chapter 505 of this subtitle; or (c) authorizing the determination of foreign law or the proof of official records or any entry or lack of entry therein by any method other than the methods prescribed in chapter 509 of this subtitle.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4942 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 511 - Miscellaneous|§ 4942. Uniformity of interpretation

 This subtitle shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the laws of those states and territories which enact it.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4943 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 4 - Interstate and International Procedure|Chapter 511 - Miscellaneous|§ 4943. Short title

 This subtitle may be cited as the Uniform Interstate and International Procedure Act.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 1 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 1 - Development of Sustainable Agriculture|Subchapter I - Sustainable Agriculture|§ 1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the Sustainable Farming Act.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 3 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 1 - Development of Sustainable Agriculture|Subchapter I - Sustainable Agriculture|§ 3. Legislative purpose

 (a) The purpose of this chapter is to promote and protect the agricultural industry of the Virgin Islands, to include the protection of prime agricultural farmland necessary to promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare of the people of the Virgin Islands. (b) Floriculture and nursery industry. It is further declared that the production, processing, manufacture and distribution of floriculture ornamental horticulture and nursery products constitute a viable industry of the territory which provides much needed revenues for the territory and employment opportunities for its residents; that research and development of the floriculture and the nursery industries, in partnership with the University of the Virgin Islands Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, by means of educating farmers with the latest technology in food production in the Virgin Islands; could contribute substantially to economic growth of the territory; and that the Department of Agriculture shall develop a marketing strategy for the territory's floricultural and nursery products, reaching new markets through education and promotion. (c) Plants growing in native stands or planted for ornamental purposes. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that plants growing in native stands or planted for ornamental purposes contribute to the environmental and public health and welfare needs of the people of the territory and shall be considered as a part of the agricultural industry for the purposes of this chapter.