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V.I. Code tit. 14, § 481 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 23 - Children|§ 481. Neglect of parental duty; causing delinquency of a minor; loitering on streets

 (a) Whoever commits any act or omits the performance of any duty, which act or omission causes a child under the age of 18 to become in need of the care and protection of the juvenile and domestic relations division of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. In addition, the parent or the person responsible for a child's care and/or custody whose child is found in violation of the provisions of subsection (b) of this section may be subject to community service of up to 100 hours for the first offense and for subsequent and repeated offenses may be subject to community service of up to 200 hours or a fine of not more than $500 or both. If the parent or the person responsible for the child's care and/or custody fails to exercise parental authority to prevent a curfew violation, during which a felony was committed, the Virgin Islands Police Department may cause the name or names of the parent or person responsible for the child's care and/or custody to be published in the official police blotter unless the parent or the person responsible for the child's care and/or custody has notified the Police Department that they are unable to exercise parental authority to prevent a curfew violation immediately upon such a violation occurring. (b) Any child under the age of 16 years found upon or remaining upon the streets or highways after 10:00 p.m., unaccompanied by a person legally responsible for such child's behavior, except the child shows to the satisfaction of the police that he is in transit to or from his home to another place supervised by adults either with the express consent or under the direction of his parent or guardian, shall be taken into custody by the police and held until released to the parent or guardian, who shall be notified forthwith. In addition, the offending child may be subject to community service of up to 100 hours for the first offense; for subsequent and repeated offenses, the offending child may be subject to community service of up to 200 hours or a fine of not more than $500 or both. A child who commits a second or subsequent violation of the curfew herein while operating a motor vehicle may have their driver's license suspended for not more than six (6) months. The child shall be referred to the Department of Human Services for investigation and services. (c) For purposes of this chapter, a parent, legal guardian or person responsible for the care and/or custody of any child under the age of 18 years shall have the duty to exercise reasonable care, supervision, protection, and control over such child.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 483 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 23 - Children|§ 483. Permitting children to beg

 Whoever— (1) being a parent, relative, guardian, employer or otherwise, and having in his care, custody or control any child under the age of 12 years, sells, apprentices, gives away, lets out or otherwise disposes of any such child to any person under any name, title, or pretense for the vocation, use, occupation or service of begging in any public street or highway, or in any mendicant business whatsoever; or (2) takes, receives, hires, employs, uses or has in custody any child for such purposes of any of them— shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 484 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 23 - Children|§ 484. Malicious or destructive acts of minors; liability of parents or guardians

 (a) The parent or legal guardian, other than the Department of Human Services, having custody of a minor less than 18 years of age, shall, if such minor wilfully, maliciously or unlawfully damages or destroys real or personal property owned or maintained by another be held liable for such damage or destruction in a civil action brought in the Superior Court if it can be shown that the parent or legal guardian knew, or by the exercise of reasonable care should have known, that the activities of the minor would be likely to result in damages to another, or was otherwise negligent, and that such negligence was a proximate cause of the damages suffered. In no event shall liability under this section be in excess of the sum of $10,000. It shall be an absolute defense to any action brought pursuant to this section that restitution has been made pursuant to section 2506 of Title 5 of this Code. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to impair or diminish any rights or remedies existing under the laws of the Virgin Islands. (b) Any minor who willfully cuts, defaces, damages, destroys or otherwise injures in any way any property, real or personal belonging to the Department of Education may be referred to the Department of Human Services for child welfare services or the Department of Education may file a complaint with the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division of the Superior Court of the jurisdiction in which the minor resides. The parent or guardian shall also be liable for the amount of any reward paid pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, provided, that the maximum liability of such parent or guardian, as fixed by subsection (a) of this section, is not exceeded thereby. (c) The Commissioner of Education may offer and pay a reward, not to exceed $1,000, for information leading to the determination of the identity of, and the apprehension of, any person who willfully damages or destroys any property of the Department of Education. (d) Any person who has willfully damaged or destroyed property of the Department of Education shall be liable for the amount of any reward paid pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and if he is a minor his parent or guardian shall, subject to subsection (b) of this section, be liable for the amount of the reward. (e) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any other penalties or provisions of law pertaining to the damage or destruction of public property and shall not be deemed to impair or diminish any rights or remedies existing under the laws of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 486 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 23 - Children|§ 486. Knowledge of sexual abuse of a minor

 Any parent or guardian of a minor under sixteen years of age who knows or reasonably should know that an adult residing in the same household has engaged in sexual intercourse or sodomy, or has had sexual contact with the minor under sixteen years of age and who does not report the offense to the Department of Justice, the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.), the Department of Health, or the Department of Human Services shall be imprisoned not more than 2 years, or fined not less than $2.000; Provided, however, That in lieu of or in addition to a term of imprisonment, a court may require the parent or guardian to seek family counseling under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner of Human Services in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Court may specify.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 487 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 23A - Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act|§ 487. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as “The Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act”.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 488 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 23A - Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act|§ 488. Visual medium depicting sexually explicit conduct, prohibitions; penalties

 (a)  (1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any minor or assist any other person to employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any minor to engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual medium depicting such conduct. (2) It is unlawful for any parent, legal guardian, or person having custody or control of a minor knowingly to permit the minor to engage in or to assist any other person to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual medium depicting such conduct. (3) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any minor to engage in or assist any other person to engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of any performance or to engage in sexual intercourse, sodomy, or to engage in a sexual performance, obscene sexual performance, or obscene sexual conduct that is calculated to promote the violation of the law and the general corruption of morals. (4) It is unlawful for any parent, legal guardian, or person having custody or control of a minor knowingly to permit the minor to engage in or to assist any another person to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of any performance or to engage in sexual intercourse, sodomy, or to engage in a sexual performance, obscene sexual performance, or obscene sexual conduct that is calculated to promote the violation of the law and the general corruption of morals. (5) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to create, reproduce, publish, promote, sell, distribute, give, exhibit, or possess with intent to sell or distribute any visual medium that depicts a minor or a portion of a minor's body engaged in any sexually explicit conduct. (6) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to advertise, sell, purchase, barter, or exchange any material or information whether it be printed, verbal, audio or digital which provides information as to where any visual medium which depicts a minor or a portion of a minor's body engaged in any sexually explicit conduct can be found or purchased. (7) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to bring or cause to be brought into the Virgin Islands any material that depicts a minor or a portion of a minor's body engaged in any sexually explicit conduct. (8) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to possess or control any material that depicts a minor or a portion of a minor's body engaged in any sexually explicit conduct. (b) Any person who violates the provision of this section is guilty of a felony punishable upon conviction by imprisonment for not less than five years or more than 20 years and by a fine of not more than $100,000.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 489 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 23A - Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act|§ 489. Definitions; computer pornography

 (a) As used in this section, the term: (1) “Minor” means any person under the age of 18 years. (2) “Identifiable minor” means an individual: (A) Who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified or whose image as a minor was used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual depiction; and (B) Who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature or by electronic or scientific means as may be available. (C) The term may not be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the minor. (3) “Visual depiction” means any image and includes photographs, undeveloped film and video tape and data stored on computer disk or by electronic means which is capable of conversion into a visual image or which has been created, adapted, or modified to show an identifiable minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. (4) “Sexually explicit conduct” means actual or simulated: (A) Sexual intercourse; (B) Deviate sexual activity; (C) Bestiality; (D) Masturbation; (E) Sadomasochistic abuse for the purpose of sexual stimulation; or (F) Lewd exhibition of the: (i) Genitals or pubic area of any person; (ii) Breast of a female; or (iii) Buttocks of a minor. (5) “Visual medium” means any material that records, holds and communicates information in a primarily visual manner (b)  (1) A person commits the offense of computer pornography if the person intentionally or willfully: (A) Compiles, enters into, or transmits by means of computer; (B) Makes, prints, publishes, or reproduces by other computerized means; (C) Causes or allows to be entered into or transmitted by means of computer; or (D) Buys, sells, receives, exchanges, or disseminates any notice, statement, or advertisement, or any minor's name, telephone number, place of residence, physical characteristics, or other descriptive or identifying information for the purpose of offering or soliciting sexual conduct of or with a minor or the visual depiction of such conduct. (2) Any person convicted of violating this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not less than one or more than 20 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 490 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 23A - Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act|§ 490. Obscene Internet contact with a minor

 (a) It is unlawful for any person intentionally or willfully to use a computer on-line service or Internet service, including a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, e-mail, or on-line messaging service to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor or another person believed by such person to be a minor, to commit any illegal act described in sections 488, 489 and 490 of this chapter or to engage in any conduct that by its nature is an unlawful sexual offense against a minor. (b) A person commits the offense of obscene Internet contact with a minor if the person has contact with someone the person knows to be a minor or with someone the person believes to be a minor via a computer on-line service or Internet service, including a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, e-mail, or on-line messaging service, and the contact involves any matter containing explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexually explicit nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse that is intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of either the minor or the person, except that no conviction may be had for a violation of this subsection on the unsupported testimony of a minor. (c)  (1) It is unlawful for any owner or operator of a computer on-line service, Internet service, or local bulletin board service intentionally or willfully to permit a subscriber to use the service to commit a violation of this section, knowing that the person intended to use the service to violate this section. No owner or operator of a public computer on-line service, internet service, or local bulletin board service may be held liable on account of any action taken in good faith in providing the aforementioned services. (2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor. (3) The sole fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement officer was involved in the detection and investigation of an offense under this chapter does not constitute a defense to prosecution under this section. (4) A person is subject to prosecution in the Virgin Islands pursuant to the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, section 21(b) relating to jurisdiction over crimes and persons charged with commission of crimes generally, for any conduct made unlawful by this section which the person engages in while either within or outside of the Virgin Islands if, by such conduct, the person commits a violation of this section which involves a minor who resides in the Virgin Islands or another person believed by such person to be a minor residing in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 501 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 24 - Child Protection|§ 501. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Child Protection Act of 1992”.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 502 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 24 - Child Protection|§ 502. Legislative findings

 The Legislature of the Virgin Islands finds and declares that: (a) the children of the Virgin Islands are its most precious resource; and (b) serious abuse and neglect of children are increasing in the Virgin Islands; and (c) it is the policy of the Government of the Virgin Islands to protect children from assault, abuse and neglect, and to encourage parents, teachers and others to use methods of correction, restraint and discipline that are not dangerous to children; and (d) current Virgin Islands criminal laws are inadequate to protect children from abuse and neglect; and (e) a statute providing for severe penalties for persons who abuse or neglect children is necessary to safeguard the physical and emotional well-being of children in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 503 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 24 - Child Protection|§ 503. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) “Abuse” means the infliction of physical, mental or emotional injury upon a child, or maltreatment, sexual conduct or sexual contact with a child, or exploitation of a child by any person. (b) “Basic necessities of life” means food, shelter, clothing, medical care and education. (c) “Child” means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years. (d) “Emotional injury” or “mental injury” means psychological injury or harm which impairs the mental or emotional health or functioning of a child. (e) “Neglect” means to place a child or allow a child to be placed in a situation which a reasonable person should know is dangerous to the child's health or welfare, and includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) leaving a child unsupervised, taking into account the age and developmental stage of the child; (2) denying or failing to provide a child with shelter, food, clothing, medical care or education; (3) leaving a child in the care of any person known to use, possess or sell illegal drugs or abuse alcohol; (4) leaving a child in the care of any person known to have engaged in sexual activity with any child; (5) leaving a child in the care of any person known to be incapable of providing adequate care for a child; and (6) keeping a child under the age of 16 years home from school to care for other children. (f) “Physical injury” means the impairment of physical condition and includes, but is not limited to, any skin bruising, bleeding, failure to thrive, malnutrition, burn, bone fracture, soft tissue swelling, subdural hematoma, injury to any internal organ, or any physical condition that threatens a child's health or welfare. (g) “Serious emotional injury” or “serious mental injury” means that which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious or protracted impairment of mental or emotional health. (h) “Serious physical injury” means that which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious or permanent disfigurement, or which causes serious impairment of health, or loss or protracted impairment of the function of any bodily organ or limb. (i) “sexual conduct” means actual or simulated: (1) sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; (2) penetration of the vagina or rectum however slight by hand, finger or by any object except when done as part of a recognized medical procedure; and (3) sexual bestiality. (j) “sexual contact” means any touching of another person with the genitals or any touching of the genitals or anus of another person, lips, groin, inner thighs, buttocks or the breasts of another person, or such touching through the clothing, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire of any person.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 504 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 24 - Child Protection|§ 504. Child neglect

 Any person who is responsible for the safety or welfare of a child, including, but not limited to, a child's parent, stepparent, guardian, schoolteacher, or baby sitter, who neglects a child, or who knowingly, recklessly or negligently causes or allows a child to suffer physical, mental or emotional injury, or who knowingly, recklessly or negligently deprives a child of any of the basic necessities of life, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500, or by imprisonment of not more than 15 years, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 505 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 24 - Child Protection|§ 505. Child abuse

 Any person who abuses a child, or who knowingly or recklessly causes a child to suffer physical, mental or emotional injury, or who knowingly or recklessly causes a child to be placed in a situation where it is reasonably foreseeable that a child may suffer physical, mental or emotional injury or be deprived of any of the basic necessities of life, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500, or by imprisonment of not more than 20 years, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 506 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 24 - Child Protection|§ 506. Aggravated child abuse and neglect

 A person perpetrates an act of aggravated child abuse or neglect when: (1) the child suffers serious physical injury; or (2) the child suffers serious mental or emotional injury; or (3) the child dies from such abuse or neglect. A person who is convicted of aggravated child abuse or neglect shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than 5 years but not more than 30 years.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 507 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 24 - Child Protection|§ 507. Reasonable and moderate physical discipline excepted; unreasonable acts

 Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prevent a parent, guardian, or person acting at the direction of a child's parent or guardian, from using reasonable and moderate physical discipline to correct, restrain or discipline a child. The following actions are examples of unreasonable conduct when used by any person to correct, restrain or discipline a child: (1) throwing, kicking, burning, or cutting a child; (2) striking a child with a closed fist; (3) willful and violent shaking of a child in such a way as to cause physical injury to the child; (4) interfering with a child's breathing; (5) threatening a child with a deadly weapon; or (6) doing any other act that is likely to cause and that does cause bodily harm greater than transient pain or minor temporary marks. The age, size, and condition of the child and the location of the injury shall be considered when determining whether the physical discipline is reasonable and moderate. The list of unreasonable actions is illustrative and is not intended to be exclusive.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 521 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 25 - Compounding Crime|§ 521. Punishment for compounding crime

 (a) Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a crime, takes money or property of another or any gratuity or reward, or an engagement or promise therefor, upon any agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal such crime, or a violation of this title or other law, or to abstain from, discontinue, or delay, a prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence thereof, except in a case provided for by law in which the crime may be compromised by leave of court, shall be imprisoned not more than— (1) five years, where the agreement or undertaking relates to a crime punishable by life imprisonment; or (2) three years, where the agreement or understanding relates to any other felony; or (3) ninety days or fined not more than $100, or both, where the agreement or understanding relates to a misdemeanor. (b) An information may be filed against a person described in this section, although the person guilty of the original crime has not been presented or tried.