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V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 2A-529 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Part 5 - Default|C - Default by Lessee|§ 2A-529. Lessor's action for the rent

 (1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in Section 2A-523(1) or 2A-523(3)(a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, if the lessor complies with subsection (2), the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages: (a) for goods accepted by the lessee and not repossessed by or tendered to the lessor, and for conforming goods lost or damaged within a commercially reasonable time after risk of loss passes to the lessee (Section 2A-219), (i) accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of entry of judgment in favor of the lessor, (ii) the present value as of the same date of the rent for the then remaining lease term of the lease agreement, and (iii) any incidental damages allowed under Section 2A-530, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee's default; and (b) for goods identified to the lease contract if the lessor is unable after reasonable effort to dispose of them at a reasonable price or the circumstances reasonably indicate that effort will be unavailing, (i) accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of entry of judgment in favor of the lessor, (ii) the present value as of the same date of the rent for the then remaining lease term of the lease agreement, and (iii) any incidental damages allowed under Section 2A-530, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee's default. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the lessor shall hold for the lessee for the remaining lease term of the lease agreement any goods that have been identified to the lease contract and are in the lessor's control. (3) The lessor may dispose of the goods at any time before collection of the judgment for damages obtained pursuant to subsection (1). If the disposition is before the end of the remaining lease term of the lease agreement, the lessor's recovery against the lessee for damages is governed by Section 2A-527 or Section 2A-528, and the lessor will cause an appropriate credit to be provided against a judgment for damages to the extent that the amount of the judgment exceeds the recovery available pursuant to Section 2A-527 or 2A-528. (4) Payment of the judgment for damages obtained pursuant to subsection (1) entitles the lessee to the use and possession of the goods not then disposed of for the remaining lease term of and in accordance with the lease agreement. (5) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in Section 2A-523(1) or Section 2A-523(3)(a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, a lessor who is held not entitled to rent under this section must nevertheless be awarded damages for non-acceptance under Section 2A-527 or Section 2A-528.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 2A-530 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Part 5 - Default|C - Default by Lessee|§ 2A-530. Lessor's incidental damages

 Incidental damages to an aggrieved lessor include any commercially reasonable charges, expenses, or commissions incurred in stopping delivery, in the transportation, care and custody of goods after the lessee's default, in connection with return or disposition of the goods, or otherwise resulting from the default.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 2A-531 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Part 5 - Default|C - Default by Lessee|§ 2A-531. Standing to sue third parties for injury to goods

 (1) If a third party so deals with goods that have been identified to a lease contract as to cause actionable injury to a party to the lease contract (a) the lessor has a right of action against the third party, and (b) the lessee also has a right of action against the third party if the lessee: (i) has a security interest in the goods; (ii) has an insurable interest in the goods; or (iii) bears the risk of loss under the lease contract or has since the injury assumed that risk as against the lessor and the goods have been converted or destroyed. (2) If at the time of the injury the party plaintiff did not bear the risk of loss as against the other party to the lease contract and there is no arrangement between them for disposition of the recovery, his suit or settlement, subject to his own interest, is as a fiduciary for the other party to the lease contract. (3) Either party with the consent of the other may sue for the benefit of whom it may concern.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 2A-532 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 2A - Leases|Part 5 - Default|C - Default by Lessee|§ 2A-532. Lessor's rights to residual interest

 In addition to any other recovery permitted by this Article or other law, the lessor may recover from the lessee an amount that will fully compensate the lessor for any loss of or damage to the lessor's residual interest in the goods caused by the default of the lessee.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|§ 9-101. Short title

 This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code—Secured Transactions.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-104 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|§ 9-104. Control of deposit account

 (a) Requirements for control. A secured party has control of a deposit account if: (1) the secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained; (2) the debtor, secured party, and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor; or (3) the secured party becomes the bank's customer with respect to the deposit account. (b) Debtor's right to direct disposition. A secured party that has satisfied subsection (a) has control, even if the debtor retains the right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-105 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|§ 9-105. Control of electronic chattel paper

 A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if the record or records comprising the chattel paper are created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that: (1) a single authoritative copy of the record or records exists which is unique, identifiable and, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), unalterable; (2) the authoritative copy identifies the secured party as the assignee of the record or records; (3) the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the secured party or its designated custodian; (4) copies or revisions that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the participation of the secured party; (5) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and (6) any revision of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as an authorized or unauthorized revision.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-106 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|§ 9-106. Control of investment property

 (a) Control under § 8–106. A person has control of a certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement as provided in § 8–106. (b) Control of commodity contract. A secured party has control of a commodity contract if: (1) the secured party is the commodity intermediary with which the commodity contract is carried; or (2) the commodity customer, secured party, and commodity intermediary have agreed that the commodity intermediary will apply any value distributed on account of the commodity contract as directed by the secured party without further consent by the commodity customer. (c) Effect of control of securities account or commodity account. A secured party having control of all security entitlements or commodity contracts carried in a securities account or commodity account has control over the securities account or commodity account.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-107 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|§ 9-107. Control of letter-of credit right

 A secured party has control of a letter-of-credit right to the extent of any right to payment or performance by the issuer or any nominated person if the issuer or nominated person has consented to an assignment of proceeds of the letter of credit under § 5–114(c) or otherwise applicable law or practice.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-108 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 1 - Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts|§ 9-108. Sufficiency of descriptions

 (a) Sufficiency of description. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e), a description of personal or real property is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described. (b) Examples of reasonable identification. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a description of collateral reasonably identifies the collateral if it identifies the collateral by: (1) specific listing; (2) Category; (3) except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a type of collateral defined in Title 11A, Virgin Islands Code (the Uniform Commercial Code); (4) quantity; (5) computational or allocational formula or procedure; or (6) except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), any other method, if the identity of the collateral is objectively determinable. (c) Supergeneric description not sufficient. A description of collateral as “all the debtor's assets” or “all the debtor's personal property” or using words of similar import does not reasonably identify the collateral. (d) Investment property. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a description of a security entitlement, securities account, or commodity account is sufficient if it describes: (1) the collateral by those terms or as investment property; or (2) the underlying financial asset or commodity contract. (e) When description by type insufficient. A description only by type of collateral defined in title 11A, Virgin Islands Code (the Uniform Commercial Code) is an insufficient description of: (1) a commercial tort claim; or (2) in a consumer transaction, consumer goods, a security entitlement, a securities account, or a commodity account.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-110 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 1 - General Provisions|Subpart 2 - Applicability of Article 2 or 2a|§ 9-110. Security interests arising under Article 2 or 2A

 A security interest arising under § 2–401, 2–505, 2–711(3), or 2A-508(5) is subject to this article. However, until the debtor obtains possession of the goods: (1) the security interest is enforceable, even if § 9–203(b)(3) has not been satisfied; (2) filing is not required to perfect the security interest; (3) the rights of the secured party after default by the debtor are governed by Article 2 or 2A; and (4) the security interest has priority over a conflicting security interest created by the debtor.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-201 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 1 - Effectiveness and Attachment|§ 9-201. General effectiveness of security agreement

 (a) General effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in Title 11A, Virgin Islands Code [the Uniform Commercial Code], a security agreement is effective according to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the collateral, and against creditors. (b) Applicable consumer laws and other law. A transaction subject to this article is subject to any applicable rule of law which establishes a different rule for consumers and Titles 11A and 12A, Virgin Islands Code, and/or any other applicable laws in the Virgin Islands Code. (c) Other applicable law controls. In case of conflict between this article and a rule of law, statute, or regulation described in subsection (b), the rule of law, statute, or regulation controls. Failure to comply with a statute or regulation described in subsection (b) has only the effect the statute or regulation specifies. (d) Further deference to other applicable law. This article does not: (1) validate any rate, charge, agreement, or practice that violates a rule of law, statute, or regulation described in subsection (b); or (2) extend the application of the rule of law, statute, or regulation to a transaction not otherwise subject to it.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-202 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 1 - Effectiveness and Attachment|§ 9-202. Title to collateral immaterial

 Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes, the provisions of this article with regard to rights and obligations apply whether title to collateral is in the secured party or the debtor.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-204 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 1 - Effectiveness and Attachment|§ 9-204. After-acquired property; future advances

 (a) After-acquired collateral. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security agreement may create or provide for a security interest in after-acquired collateral. (b) When after-acquired property clause not effective. A security interest does not attach under a term constituting an after-acquired property clause to: (1) consumer goods, other than an accession when given as additional security, unless the debtor acquires rights in them within 10 days after the secured party gives value; or (2) a commercial tort claim. (c) Future advances and other value. A security agreement may provide that collateral secures, or that accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes are sold in connection with, future advances or other value, whether or not the advances or value are given pursuant to commitment.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-205 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 1 - Effectiveness and Attachment|§ 9-205. Use or disposition of collateral permissible

 (a) When security interest not invalid or fraudulent. A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent against creditors solely because: (1) the debtor has the right or ability to: (A) use, commingle, or dispose of all or part of the collateral, including returned or repossessed goods; (B) collect, compromise, enforce, or otherwise deal with collateral; (C) accept the return of collateral or make repossessions; or (D) use, commingle, or dispose of proceeds; or (2) the secured party fails to require the debtor to account for proceeds or replace collateral. (b) Requirements of possession not relaxed. This section does not relax the requirements of possession if attachment, perfection, or enforcement of a security interest depends upon possession of the collateral by the secured party.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-206 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 1 - Effectiveness and Attachment|§ 9-206. Security interest arising in purchasing of delivery of financial asset

 (a) Security interest when person buys through securities intermediary. A security interest in favor of a securities intermediary attaches to a person's security entitlement if: (1) the person buys a financial asset through the securities intermediary in a transaction in which the person is obligated to pay the purchase price to the securities intermediary at the time of the purchase; and (2) the securities intermediary credits the financial asset to the buyer's securities account before the buyer pays the securities intermediary. (b) Security interest secures obligation to pay for financial asset. The security interest described in subsection (a) secures the person's obligation to pay for the financial asset. (c) Security interest in payment against delivery transaction. A security interest in favor of a person that delivers a certificated security or other financial asset represented by a writing attaches to the security or other financial asset if: (1) the security or other financial asset: (A) in the ordinary course of business is transferred by delivery with any necessary indorsement or assignment; and (B) is delivered under an agreement between persons in the business of dealing with such securities or financial assets; and (2) the agreement calls for delivery against payment. (d) Security interest secures obligation to pay for delivery. The security interest described in subsection (c) secures the obligation to make payment for the delivery.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-207 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 2 - Rights and Duties|§ 9-207. Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral

 (a) Duty of care when secured party in possession. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a secured party shall use reasonable care in the custody and preservation of collateral in the secured party's possession. In the case of chattel paper or an instrument, reasonable care includes taking necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties unless otherwise agreed. (b) Expenses, risks, duties, and rights when secured party in possession. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if a secured party has possession of collateral: (1) reasonable expenses, including the cost of insurance and payment of taxes or other charges, incurred in the custody, preservation, use, or operation of the collateral are chargeable to the debtor and are secured by the collateral; (2) the risk of accidental loss or damage is on the debtor to the extent of a deficiency in any effective insurance coverage; (3) the secured party shall keep the collateral identifiable, but fungible collateral may be commingled; and (4) the secured party may use or operate the collateral: (A) for the purpose of preserving the collateral or its value; (B) as permitted by an order of a court having competent jurisdiction; or (C) except in the case of consumer goods, in the manner and to the extent agreed by the debtor. (c) Duties and rights when secured party in possession or control. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a secured party having possession of collateral or control of collateral under § 9–104, 9–105, 9–106, or 9–107: (1) may hold as additional security any proceeds, except money or funds, received from the collateral; (2) shall apply money or funds received from the collateral to reduce the secured obligation, unless remitted to the debtor; and (3) may create a security interest in the collateral. (d) Buyer of certain rights to payment. If the secured party is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes or a consignor: (1) subsection (a) does not apply unless the secured party is entitled under an agreement: (A) to charge back uncollected collateral; or (B) otherwise to full or limited recourse against the debtor or a secondary obligor based on the nonpayment or other default of an account debtor or other obligor on the collateral; and (2) subsections (b) and (c) do not apply.
V.I. Code tit. 11A, § 9-208 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11A - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement; Attachment of Security Interest; Rights of Parties to Security Agreement|Subpart 2 - Rights and Duties|§ 9-208. Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral

 (a) Applicability of section. This section applies to cases in which there is no outstanding secured obligation and the secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give value. (b) Duties of secured party after receiving demand from debtor. Within 10 days after receiving an authenticated demand by the debtor: (1) a secured party having control of a deposit account under § 9–104(a)(2) shall send to the bank with which the deposit account is maintained an authenticated statement that releases the bank from any further obligation to comply with instructions originated by the secured party; (2) a secured party having control of a deposit account under § 9–104(a)(3) shall: (A) pay the debtor the balance on deposit in the deposit account; or (B) transfer the balance on deposit into a deposit account in the debtor's name; (3) a secured party, other than a buyer, having control of electronic chattel paper under § 9–105 shall: (A) communicate the authoritative copy of the electronic chattel paper to the debtor or its designated custodian; (B) if the debtor designates a custodian that is the designated custodian with which the authoritative copy of the electronic chattel paper is maintained for the secured party, communicate to the custodian an authenticated record releasing the designated custodian from any further obligation to comply with instructions originated by the secured party and instructing the custodian to comply with instructions originated by the debtor; and (C) take appropriate action to enable the debtor or its designated custodian to make copies of or revisions to the authoritative copy which add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy without the consent of the secured party; (4) a secured party having control of investment property under § 8–106(d)(2) or 9–106(b) shall send to the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary with which the security entitlement or commodity contract is maintained an authenticated record that releases the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary from any further obligation to comply with entitlement orders or directions originated by the secured party; and (5) a secured party having control of a letter-of-credit right under § 9–107 shall send to each person having an unfulfilled obligation to pay or deliver proceeds of the letter of credit to the secured party an authenticated release from any further obligation to pay or deliver proceeds of the letter of credit to the secured party.