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V.I. Code tit. 20, § 223 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 223. Junk vehicles

 (a) At the time a person owning a junk vehicle surrenders the certificate of title or salvage certificate, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall issue a junk certificate to the person which shall contain the vehicle year, make, vehicle identification number, and a control number. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall record the name, residence and mailing address of the person, the control number, and other applicable information as deemed necessary by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The junk certificate issued by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall be retained by the person owning the junk vehicle and shall be prima facie evidence of ownership. Any subsequent transfer of ownership of a junk vehicle shall be by assignment on the junk certificate and the junk vehicle purchaser shall make application to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles for a new junk certificate within fifteen (15) days of such assignment. No junk vehicle purchaser or assignee shall possess a junk vehicle without a junk certificate and such person shall display such junk certificate upon the request of any appropriate public official. Within ten (10) days after the junk vehicle is demolished for scrap, the owner of such vehicle shall surrender the junk certificate to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. (b) A junk vehicle purchaser or a salvage vehicle purchaser processing a junk vehicle or a salvage vehicle by crushing, compacting, or by other similar methods shall not remove the vehicle identification number or other identification numbers and shall not be liable for defacing, obliterating, or destroying of such numbers necessarily incident to such processing.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 224 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 224. Retitling salvage and reconstructed vehicle; requirements

 (a) Prior to operating a reconstructed vehicle or a rebuilt salvage vehicle, the owner shall present the vehicle, together with the salvage certificate if it is a rebuilt salvage vehicle, or the certificate of title if it is a reconstructed vehicle, and appropriate receipts or bills of sale establishing ownership and the source of all parts and component parts used to rebuild or reconstruct the vehicle to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles or other authorized governmental official for inspection. (b) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles or other authorized governmental official shall inspect the vehicle to ascertain that it is in compliance with statutory equipment requirements; that if the vehicle is a rebuilt salvage vehicle, it is the same vehicle for which the salvage certificate has been issued; and, with respect to a reconstructed vehicle, that there is prima facie evidence of the vehicle's ownership. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles or other authorized governmental official shall verify the source and ownership of any parts and component parts used to rebuild or reconstruct the vehicle. (c) Following inspection by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles or other authorized governmental official, and prior to operating a rebuilt salvage vehicle or reconstructed vehicle on the highways, the owner shall make application for a new certificate of title to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The owner shall submit the application, the salvage certificate if it is a rebuilt salvage vehicle, and all relevant receipts or bills of sale for parts or component parts together with a copy of the inspection report, and the appropriate fee to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. (d) If the vehicle identification number of the vehicle has been removed or falsified, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall, pursuant to the procedures of section 209, subsection (c) of this chapter affix to or inscribe on the vehicle the vehicle identification number of the vehicle if unknown, assign a vehicle identification number to the vehicle. (e) Upon receipt of a properly completed application, together with the required documentation and fees, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall issue a certificate of title which shall include the notation “rebuilt salvage” or “reconstructed.” The Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall recognize other jurisdiction's title notations and carry forward such notations or equivalent notations on titles subsequently issued.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 225 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 225. Exporting vehicle

 (a) The owner of a vehicle titled in the Virgin Islands who seeks to export the vehicle shall first surrender the certificates of title to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. For purposes of this section, “export” means the shipping or transporting of a vehicle out of the Virgin Islands. (b) Upon surrender of the title of a vehicle to be exported, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall inspect the certificate of title to ascertain whether there are any liens of record outstanding and whether the person exporting the vehicle is the lawful owner. If the certificate of title is found to be in proper order and no unsatisfied lien appears thereon, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall return the title and issue an export declaration (vehicle clearance form) to the owner which shall constitute prima facie evidence of ownership of the vehicle. An export declaration (vehicle clearance form) shall include all of the following: 1. The same information that is required on a certificate of title to identify the vehicle and the owner; 2. The export destination of the vehicle; and 3. Such other information as required by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, if the owner certifies by filing a declaration with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles that the vehicle will not be permanently located outside the Virgin Islands and that the owner intends to return the vehicle to the Virgin Islands, the certificate of title for the vehicle need not be surrendered; provided, however, any outstanding lienholder shall be notified of the pending export of the vehicle and shall approve of the same in writing. The declaration shall be recorded by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and made a part of the title record until the Bureau of Motor Vehicles is notified by the owner that the vehicle has been returned to the Territory. The declaration shall be made on a form supplied by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and shall contain a statement of the period of time for which it is anticipated that the vehicle will be outside the Virgin Islands, in addition to the information specified in subsection (b) of this section for a receipt of title cancellation.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 225a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 225a. Intra-territorial motor vehicle transport

 (a) The owner of a motor vehicle titled in the Virgin Islands who seeks to transport such vehicle must present a valid registration to the shipping carrier as a condition precedent to transport. This shall be the only requirement for the transport of a motor vehicle. For purposes of this section the term “transport” or “transported” means the shipping or shipment of any motor vehicle between the different islands within the Virgin Islands. (b) Upon presentation of a valid registration of the motor vehicle to be transported, the shipping carrier shall maintain a listing of motor vehicles transported and report a listing of transported vehicles on a quarterly basis to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 226 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 226. Penalty

 (a) A person who violates any of the requirements of sections 220 through 225 of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor on a first offense and upon conviction is subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one (1)  year and a penalty not exceeding $1,000, and is guilty of a felony on any second or subsequent offense and upon conviction is subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five (5) years and a penalty not exceeding $5,000. (b) Notwithstanding the penalties prescribed in subsection “(a)” of this section, any person who violates section 225a of this chapter, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor, subject to a term of imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year and penalty not to exceed $1,000.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 251 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter II - Security Interests|§ 251. Applicability of subchapter; purchase free of security interest

 (a) This subchapter does not apply to or affect: 1. A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicle; 2. A lien given by statute to the Government of the United States, the Government of the Virgin Islands or any agency, department or independent instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands; 3. A security interest in a vehicle created as debtor by a manufacturer or dealer while he holds the vehicle for sale. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law, a buyer in the ordinary course of business from a manufacturer or dealer takes free of any security interest created as debtor by a manufacturer or dealer while he holds the vehicle for sale.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 252 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter II - Security Interests|§ 252. Perfection of security interests

 (a) Unless excepted by section 251 of this chapter, a security interest in a vehicle of a type for which a certificate of title is required is subordinate to the rights of persons who become subsequent transferees or lienholders of the vehicle before the security interest is perfected as provided in this chapter. (b) A security interest is perfected by the delivery to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of the existing certificate of title, if any, an application for a certificate of title containing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement and the required fee and a copy of the registration card. It is perfected as of the time of its attachment if the delivery is completed within 10 days thereafter, otherwise, as of the time of the delivery.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 253 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter II - Security Interests|§ 253. Security interest

 If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle: (a) The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on a separate form the Bureau of Motor Vehicles prescribes, to name the first priority lienholder on the certificate, showing the name and address of such lienholder, the date of his security agreement, and cause the certificate, application and the required fee and a copy of the registration card to be delivered to the lienholder. (b) The first priority lienholder shall immediately cause the certificate, application, the required fee and a copy of the registration card to be mailed or delivered to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. (c) Upon request of the owner or subsequent lienholder, a first priority lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either mail or deliver the certificate to the subsequent lienholder for delivery to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles or, upon receipt from the subsequent lienholder of the owner's application and the required fee and copy of the registration card, mail or deliver them to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles with the certificate. The delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the first priority lienholder under his security agreement. (d) Upon receipt of the certificate of title, application, the required fee and a copy of the registration card, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall either endorse on the certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and address of the new first priority lienholder, and mail the certificate to such lienholder named on it.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 254 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter II - Security Interests|§ 254. Assignment by lienholder

 (a) A first priority lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the first priority lienholder as the holder of the security interest and such lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as the new first priority lienholder on the certificate. (b) The assignee may, but need not to perfect the assignment, have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as first priority lienholder, upon delivering to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles the certificate and an assignment by the prior lienholder named in the certificate in the form the Bureau of Motor Vehicles prescribes. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of the lienholder, he shall, within 10 days after demand and, in any event, within 30 days, execute a release of his security interest, in the space provided therefor on the certificate or as the Bureau of Motor Vehicles prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate and release to the owner and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall release the lienholder's rights on the certificates or issue a new certificate.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 256 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter II - Security Interests|§ 256. Duty of lienholder

 A first priority lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner, disclose any pertinent information as to his security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 257 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter II - Security Interests|§ 257. Exclusiveness of procedure

 (a) The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to this chapter are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise require or relate to the filing of instruments creating or evidencing security interests including the necessity for acknowledgments and witnesses. (b) Unless perfected as provided in this chapter or excepted by section 251 of this chapter, a security interest in a vehicle for which a certificate of title is required is not valid against any person as to whose rights an unperfected security interest is subordinate pursuant to the provisions of Title 11A, Virgin Islands Code.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 258 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter II - Security Interests|§ 258. Suspension or revocation of certificates

 (a) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with section 260 of this chapter, when authorized by any other provision of law or if it finds: 1. The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued, or 2. The vehicle has been a salvage or junk vehicle or has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed. (b) Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not, an itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it. (c) When the Bureau of Motor Vehicles suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. (d) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 259 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter II - Security Interests|§ 259. Powers of Bureau of Motor Vehicles

 (a) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests, and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (b) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles may make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 260 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter II - Security Interests|§ 260. Court review

 A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles under this chapter is also entitled to a review thereof by the Superior Court provided such action is taken within 30 days of final determination by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 276 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter III - Previously Registered Vehicles|§ 276. Previously registered vehicle defined

 A “previously registered vehicle” means a vehicle registered in this Territory pursuant to chapter 33 of this title when this chapter takes effect or a vehicle whose last registration before this chapter takes effect was in this Territory.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 277 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter III - Previously Registered Vehicles|§ 277. Deferred application of chapter to previously registered vehicles

 Subchapters I and II of this chapter do not apply to a previously registered vehicle until: (a) It is purchased from a dealer in this Territory after this chapter takes effect; (b) It is registered pursuant to chapter 33 of this title after this chapter takes effect; or (c) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues a certificate of title for the vehicle.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 278 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter III - Previously Registered Vehicles|§ 278. Distinctive certificate

 If the Bureau of Motor Vehicles is not satisfied that there are no undisclosed security interests, created before this chapter takes effect, in a previously registered vehicle, it may, in addition to its options under section 211 of this chapter, issue a distinctive certificate of title of the vehicle containing the legend “This vehicle may be subject to an undisclosed lien” and any other information the Bureau of Motor Vehicles prescribes.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 279 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter III - Previously Registered Vehicles|§ 279. Security interest in a previously registered vehicle

 A security interest in a previously registered vehicle for which no certificate of title or application for a certificate is required is perfected by the delivery to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of a notice of security interest in the form the Bureau of Motor Vehicles prescribes; provided, however, no fee shall be required other than that accepted at the time of the original filing. It is perfected as to the time of its creation if the delivery is completed within 10 days thereafter, otherwise, as of the time of delivery. A notice of a security interest created or reserved before this chapter takes effect need be executed by the lienholder only.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 280 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter III - Previously Registered Vehicles|§ 280. Unsatisfied security interest in a previously registered vehicle

 If a security interest in a previously registered vehicle is perfected under any other applicable law of the Virgin Islands at the time this chapter takes effect, the security interest continues perfected: (a) Until its perfection lapses under the law under which it was perfected or would lapse in the absence of a further filing; or (b) Until the earlier lapse of two years and nine months from the date this chapter takes effect; and (c) Thereafter if previously perfected under section 279 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 281 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter III - Previously Registered Vehicles|§ 281. Filing and record of notices of security interests; examination of record

 (a) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall file such notice of security interest received by it and maintain a record of all notices of security interests filed by it: (1) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner; (2) Under the identifying number of the vehicle; and (3) In the discretion of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, in any other method it determines. (b) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles need not maintain, in the record provided for in subsection (a) of this section, any reference to a security interest in a previously registered vehicle after the Bureau of Motor Vehicles files a notice of release of the security interest or issues a certificate of title of the vehicle containing the name of the lienholder. (c) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles, before issuing or reissuing a certificate of title, shall check the name of the owner and the identifying number of the vehicle against the record provided for in subsection (a) of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 291 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter IV - Penalties|§ 291. Certificate of title penalties

 (a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title; (2) Alters or an assignment of a certificate of title or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of title or a form the Bureau of Motor Vehicles prescribes; (3) Has possession of or uses a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered, forged or counterfeited; or (4) Uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a material false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title; is guilty of a felony and upon conviction is subject to imprisonment for a term of not more than five (5) years and a fine of not more than $5,000. (b) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who: (1) With fraudulent intent permits another not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title; (2) Willfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles within ten (10) days after the time required by this chapter; (3) Willfully fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of title within ten (10) days after the time required by this chapter; or (4) Willfully violates any other provision of this chapter except as provided in subsection (a) of this section; is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months and a penalty not exceeding $500.