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V.I. Code tit. 15, § 167 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 11 - General Provisions|§ 167. Administration in summary manner

 Estates, wherein the value of the assets is less than three hundred dollars, may be administered in a summary manner, under such general and special rules as may be prescribed by the district court.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 168 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 11 - General Provisions|§ 168. Presumption of death

 In case of the absence from the jurisdiction of any person owning property therein, for a period of ten years or more, during which time there has been no knowledge or means of knowledge of his whereabouts afforded by him or obtainable by the exercise of reasonable diligence on the part of the heirs, beneficiaries, or other parties in interest of his estate, such heir, beneficiary or other interested party may institute a proceeding for the administration of the estate of such absentee owner, on the presumption that the latter has died intestate.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 191 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 191. Petition for settlement without administration

 Whenever a person dies intestate, leaving no debts, or such debts as his heirs choose to assume and pay, the heirs may present to the court a petition duly verified by two witnesses, which shall state— (1) the name and residence of the deceased; (2) the date of his death, supported by death certificate when available and procurable; (3) the names and capacities of the heirs; (4) that there are no debts, or that the heirs choose to assume and pay such debts as there may be; (5) that they accept the estate purely, simply and unconditionally, making the petitioners and the property of decedent responsible for any debts that may be owing by the decedent; and (6) the proportion due each heir. The petition shall end with a prayer that the heirs be recognized as the legal heirs of the deceased and as such be placed in full possession of the decedent's estate, real and personal.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 192 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 192. Inventory to be annexed to petition

 An inventory of all property left by the deceased shall be annexed to the petition referred to in section 191 of this title. The inventory shall state the true and fair value of the property at the time of the decedent's death, shall be sworn to by two responsible persons, and shall be the basis for the computation of the inheritance tax to be paid by the estate.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 193 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 193. Presentation of petition to United States attorney

 Before presentation of the petition referred to in section 191 of this title to the court for consideration it shall be submitted to the United States attorney who, if satisfied as to the correctness of the valuation as shown by the inventory and sworn to, shall approve the petition in the margin thereof and certify the amount of inheritance tax to be paid to the Territory. If the United States attorney refuses to approve the petition, the petitioners may present it to the court and cause a rule to issue on the United States attorney ordering him to show cause why the inheritance tax should not be fixed and the petition approved.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 194 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 194. Deposit and payment of tax

 After publication of notice to creditors once a week for four weeks and upon the approval, by the United States attorney or by judgment on rule, of the petition referred to in section 191 of this title, the amount of the inheritance tax shall be deposited with the clerk of the court and not until then shall the petition be considered by the court and judgment pronounced thereon. After judgment has been rendered by the court, the clerk of the court shall pay the inheritance tax to the proper fiscal officer for the account of the Territory and file the receipt therefor with the petition and judgment.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 195 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 195. Judgment prima facie proof of title

 In the judgment recognizing the heirs and placing them in possession of the estate of the deceased, the real estate shall be described in detail. A registration in the office of the proper recorder of deeds of said judgment, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of title to said property in the heir or heirs therein named.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 196 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 196. Acceptance of estate on behalf of minors

 Where all or any of the heirs are minors, acceptance of the estate can only be made for said minors after the filing of an inventory and appraisement, as provided for by chapter 19 of this title, provided that the acceptance by either surviving spouse, by a guardian, or another authorized person or persons on behalf of a minor or minors shall not bind said minors with respect to the debts of the estate beyond their net equity in the assets of the decedent's estate.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 197 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 197. Creditor's lien

 Any creditor may obtain and preserve a lien against all property of the decedent by filing for recordation, within 1 year after the decedent's death, in the office of the clerk of the court, a sworn itemized account of his claim and from the date of recordation said claim shall become a lien upon the assets of the estate until such lien is discharged by payment or cancelled by judgment of court in appropriate proceedings.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 198 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 198. Procedure where decedent left will

 If the decedent has left a last will and testament, the legatee or legatees under the will, may, after inventory and appraisement and appointment of executor or administrator, if an administration is unnecessary, apply to the court to be recognized and placed in possession upon strict observance of sections 191, 192, 193, 194 and 195 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 199 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 199. Service of process upon absent heir or legatee

 Any heir or legatee, non-resident of the Virgin Islands, or who shall remove therefrom after having been placed in possession of any of the assets of an estate under this chapter in relation to any claim against said estate is presumed to have consented to be sued in the District Court of the Virgin Islands and service on any such absent heir or legatee shall be sufficient if made upon the clerk of the district court in this territory. The clerk of the court, upon receipt of the summons, is required to forward same promptly by registered mail to the heir or legatee named in said proceedings addressed to his or her last known address; provided that the time for filing the answer shall be sixty (60) days from the date of the service by the marshal on the clerk of the court.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 200 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration|§ 200. Prescribed period when transactions voidable by creditor

 In the interval between the entry of a judgment placing heirs in possession as provided for in this chapter and 120 days thereafter, any alienation, transfer, assignment, mortgage or encumbrance of the assets of the estate shall be voidable as against any creditor prejudiced thereby, and any such creditor may cause the acts to be declared null as done in fraud of his rights.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 231 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 231. Proof of wills

 Proof of a will shall be taken— (1) when the testator, at or immediately before his death, was an inhabitant of the Virgin Islands and leaves assets therein; (2) when the testator, not being an inhabitant of the Virgin Islands, shall have died in the Virgin Islands leaving assets therein; (3) when the testator, not being an inhabitant of the Virgin Islands, shall have died out of the Virgin Islands, leaving assets in the Virgin Islands; or (4) when the testator, not being an inhabitant of the Virgin Islands, shall have died out of the Virgin Islands not leaving assets therein, but where assets thereafter came into the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 232 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 232. Allegations in application

 In an application to prove a will or for the appointment of an executor or administrator, the petition shall set forth the facts necessary to give the court jurisdiction, and the names, age, and residence, so far as known of his heirs. In the case of an application for the appointment of an executor or administrator, the application shall also state whether or not the deceased left a will.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 233 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 233. Issuance of letters testamentary

 When a will is proven, letters testamentary shall be issued to the person or persons therein named as executors or to such of them as give notice of their acceptance of the trust and are qualified.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 234 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 234. Failure of executors to accept or qualify

 If all the persons named in a will as executors decline to accept or are disqualified, letters of administration with the will annexed shall be issued to the person to whom the administration would have been granted if there had been no will.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 235 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 235. Qualifications of executors and administrators

 (a) The following persons are not qualified to act as executors or administrators: nonresidents of the Virgin Islands, minors, judicial officers of the district court, persons of unsound mind, or who have been convicted of any felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude: Provided, however, That the term “nonresident” as used in this section shall not be construed to include a foreign bank which has a branch or branches established in the Virgin Islands, or national banking associations, as those institutions are defined by section 1 of Title 9. (b) A person named in a will as executor who is a nonresident of the Virgin Islands or a minor is entitled to qualify as executor upon removal of such disability, if he applies therefore within thirty days from the removal of such disability, if otherwise competent. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a nonresident of the Virgin Islands named in a will as executor may be appointed to act as such executor provided: (1) he otherwise qualifies under said subsection (a); (2) he files such bond as may be required and approved by the court; and (3) he appoints an agent or attorney resident in the Virgin Islands upon whom service of all papers may be made, such appointment to be in writing and filed by the clerk with other papers in such estate.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 236 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 236. Priority in appointment of administrators

 (a) Administration of the estate of an intestate shall be granted and letters thereof issued, to— (1) the widow or next of kin, or both, in the discretion of the court; (2) one or more of the principal creditors; or (3) any other person competent and qualified whom the court may select. (b) The persons named in the clauses of subsection (a) of this section, if qualified and competent for the trust, shall be entitled to the administration in the order therein named. If those named in clause (1) of such subsection do not apply for the administration within thirty days from the decease of the intestate, they shall be deemed to have renounced their right thereto; but the court in its discretion may direct that a citation issue to them, requiring them within such period to apply for or renounce their right of administration. If the persons named in clause (2) of such subsection do not make such application within forty days from such decease, they shall be deemed to have renounced their right to the administration.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 237 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 237. Priority of husband as administrator

 If the deceased was a married woman, the administration of her estate shall in all cases be granted to her husband, if he is qualified and competent for the trust and applies therefor within thirty days from her decease, unless by force of a marriage settlement or otherwise she has made some testamentary disposition of her property which renders it necessary and proper to grant the administration to some other person.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 238 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 238. Special administrators

 When for any reason there is a delay in issuing letters testamentary or of administration, and the property of the deceased is in danger of being lost, injured, or depreciated, the court may appoint a special administrator to take charge of the estate. Such administrator shall qualify in like manner and have the powers and perform the duties of an administrator generally, except that he is not authorized to pay the debts of or otherwise discharge any obligation against the deceased. Upon the issuing of letters testamentary or of administration, the powers of the special administrator cease.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 239 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 239. Bond of executor or administrator

 (a) No executor or administrator may act as such until he files with the court an undertaking in a sum to be determined by the court of not less than the probable value of the estate with one or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, to be void upon condition that he shall faithfully perform the duties of his trust according to law. However, when by the terms of the will a testator expressly declares that no bond shall be required of his executor, such executor may act upon taking an oath to faithfully fulfill his trust without filing the undertaking in this section mentioned. In addition, in the discretion of the court an executor may be permitted to act without bond also upon taking an oath to faithfully fulfill his trust without filing the undertaking in this section mentioned. Such executor or administrator shall be criminally and civilly liable as other executors and administrators for any dereliction of duty. (b) Whenever the penal sum mentioned in the undertaking prescribed in subsection (a) of this section exceeds $2,000, three or more sureties may become severally liable for portions of the sums if the aggregate sum for which such sureties became liable equals the penal sum required in the undertaking. Where the probable value of the estate is not more than $2,000, the court may, if in its opinion the persons interested in the estate will not be injured thereby, authorize the executor or administrator to file his own undertaking without sureties. (c) Whenever the amount of an executor's or administrator's undertaking is insufficient, or the sureties therein, or either of them, have become nonresidents of this territory, or are likely to or have become insolvent, the executor or administrator shall be required to give a new and sufficient undertaking. The application for such new undertaking may be made by any heir, legatee, devisee, creditor, or other person interested in the estate, and in the manner prescribed in section 240(b) of this title for the removal of executors and administrators. (d) Any new undertaking required under subsection (c) of this section, when given and received, shall discharge the sureties in the former undertaking from any liabilities on account of their principal arising from his acts or omissions subsequent thereto. When a new undertaking is ordered, if the executor or administrator fails to comply therewith within five days from the entry thereof, or such further time as the order may prescribe, thenceforward his authority shall cease, and he shall be deemed removed and his letters revoked.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 240 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 240. Revocation of letters

 (a) If, after administration has been granted upon an estate, a will of the deceased be found and proved, the letters of administration shall be revoked and letters testamentary or of administration with the will annexed shall be issued; and if, after a will has been proven and letters testamentary or of administration with the will annexed have been issued thereon, the will is set aside, declared void or inoperative, such letters shall be revoked and letters of administration issued. (b) Any heir, legatee, devisee, creditor, or other person interested in the estate may apply for the removal of an executor or administrator who has become of unsound mind or been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or who has in any way been unfaithful to or neglectful of his trust, to the probable loss of the applicant. The application shall be by petition and upon notice to the executor or administrator, and if the court finds the charge to be true it shall make an order removing the executor or administrator, and revoke his letters. (c) Whenever it appears probable to the court that any of the causes for removal of an executor or administrator exist or have transpired, as specified in subsection (b) of this section, the court shall cite the executor or administrator to appear and show cause why he should not be removed, and if he fails to appear or show sufficient cause an order shall be made removing him and revoking his letters; and the court shall exercise a supervisory control over the executor or administrator, to the end that he faithfully and diligently perform the duties of his trust according to law. (d) If any executor or an administrator becomes a nonresident of this territory, he may be removed and his letters revoked in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, except that the notice may be given by publication or posting for such time as the court directs. (e) If a nonresident or minor qualifies as executor upon becoming a resident or reaching majority and if, in the meantime, an administrator with the will annexed has been appointed, his powers and duties cease with the qualification of such executor; but if another executor has qualified and is acting as such they thereby become joint executors.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 241 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 15 - Proof of Wills and Appointment of Executors and Administrators|§ 241. Death, resignation or removal of executor or administrator

 (a) The court in its discretion, may allow an executor or administrator to resign when it appears that the executor or administrator is not in default in any matter connected with the duties of his trust. The executor or administrator shall pay the cost of the proceeding, and, if the application is allowed, he shall surrender his letters to be cancelled, and his powers as such shall cease from that time forward. (b) Whenever an executor or administrator dies, resigns, or is removed, if there is a coexecutor or coadministrator, he shall thenceforward exercise the powers and perform the duties of the trust; and if all the executors or administrators die, resign, or are removed, administration of the estate remaining unadministered shall be granted to those next entitled, if they are competent and qualified. (c) The surviving or remaining executor or administrator, or the new administrator, as the case may be, is entitled to the exclusive administration of the estate, and for that purpose may maintain any necessary and proper action or proceeding on account thereof against the executor or administrator who has ceased to act, or against his sureties or representatives.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 271 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 17 - Administration of Partnership Property|§ 271. Inventory and appraisal of partnership property

 The executor or administrator of a deceased person who was a member of a partnership shall include in the inventory of the estate, in a separate schedule, the whole of the property of the partnership; and the appraisers shall estimate the value thereof and also the value of the deceased person's individual interest in the partnership property after the payment or satisfaction of all the debts and liabilities of the partnership.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 272 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 17 - Administration of Partnership Property|§ 272. Administration by surviving partner

 After the inventory referred to in section 271 of this title is taken the partnership property shall be in the custody and control of the executor or administrator for the purpose of administration, unless the surviving partner shall, within five days from the filing of the inventory, or such further time as the court may allow, apply for the administration thereof and give the undertaking therefor hereinafter prescribed.