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V.I. Code tit. 20, § 292 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 32 - Certificates of Title|Subchapter IV - Penalties|§ 292. Vehicle identification number

 (a) A person who willfully removes or falsifies and upon conviction is subject to imprisonment for a term of not more than six (6) months and a penalty of not more than $500. (b) A person who, willfully and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of a vehicle or vehicle part, removes or falsifies an identification number of the vehicle or vehicle part, is guilty of a felony an 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. (c) A person who buys, receives, possessions, sells or disposes of a vehicle, knowing that a vehicle identification number has been removed or falsified, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to imprisonment for a term of not more than one (1) year and a fine of not more than $1,000. (d) A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a vehicle, knowing that a vehicle identification number has been removed or falsified and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of the vehicle or vehicle part, is guilty of a felony and upon conviction is subject to imprisonment for a term of not more than one (1) year and a fine of not more than $1,000. (e) As used in this section: (1) “Remove” includes deface, cover and destroy; and (2) “Falsify” includes alter and forge. (f) A vehicle identification number may be placed on a vehicle or vehicle part by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or placed or restored on vehicle or vehicle part by authority of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles without violating this section; a vehicle identification number so placed or restored is not falsified.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 401a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter I - Regulation of Automobiles for Hire|§ 401a. Issuance of badge and identification card without compliance with requirements; number of operators; renewal

 The Taxicab Commission shall issue a badge and identification card to each person who applies under section 401, Title 20, Virgin Islands Code, for his first badge and card as an operator of an automobile for hire licensed and registered as such in the name of a person who, prior to May 26, 1978, has five (5) or more motor vehicles registered and licensed as automobiles for hire in his name, regardless of whether the applicant complies with or satisfies the requirements and qualifications set forth in subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (a) of said section 401; Provided, however, That the number of operators, for any person, at any particular time, who have not met any or all of said requirements and qualifications may not exceed ten (10) or the number of automobiles for hire registered as such in the person's name at that time, whichever is the less; And provided, further, That the Taxicab Commission may not renew the badge or identification card issued under this section to any person who is not either a United States citizen or an immigrant alien, as defined, unless prior to the final date for renewal such person has applied for admission as an immigrant alien to the United States. The badge and card issued under this section to any person not meeting any or all of the requirements and qualifications of said subdivisions (1) and (3) shall be special and distinguished from other badges and cards for operators of automobiles for hire, and no such special badge or card may authorize or entitle the holder to operate any type of automobile for hire other than one registered in the name of either the person under whose quota the holder was issued the badge and card or the successor of such person.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 402a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter I - Regulation of Automobiles for Hire|§ 402a. Classification of taxi service

 The operator of a taxi may continually or alternately use, at his option, his taxi in one of two ways as follows: (1) As a public car, picking up and discharging passengers along a main route limited only by the vehicles passengers capacity; or (2) As a car for hire, transporting a contracting person or group from one point to another without stops for other soliciting persons that may be encountered in route.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 403 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter I - Regulation of Automobiles for Hire|§ 403. Number of passengers

 (a) In automobiles operated for hire no person shall be carried without the consent of the person engaging the automobile. (b) No motor bus, truck, or commercial carrying passenger vehicle shall carry any passenger in excess of its capacity. The carrying capacity of all such vehicles shall be determined by the Taxicab Commission and shall be conspicuously marked within and without the vehicle. If the owner of any vehicle is dissatisfied as to the number permitted to be carried as determined by the Director under this subsection, he may appeal to the Superior Court.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 404 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter I - Regulation of Automobiles for Hire|§ 404. Tariff of automobiles for hire

 (a) The maximum rates to be collected for the service of motor vehicles operated for hire shall be fixed by the Taxicab Commission after investigation and receipt of evidence from any interested parties, provided that the rates fixed by law prior to and together with the enactment of this subsection shall apply until and unless changed by the Taxicab Commission. (b) A legible and complete copy of the tariff shall be kept continuously posted in a conspicuous place in all motor vehicles operated for hire. The back of the front seat shall be deemed a conspicuous place. (c) Should a dispute over the tariff arise between taxi operator and passenger, the taxi operator shall, if requested, drive the passenger to a police station or to the office of the Taxicab Commission where the dispute shall be decided by an officer designated by the Taxicab Commission or by a hearing officer or a taxi inspector, as the case may be.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 407 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter II - Automobile-for-Hire Medallion|§ 407. Medallion—Required for automobiles-for-hire, description, issuance, fees

 (a) After October 30, 1978, no person, company, corporation, or partnership may register an automobile for hire or purchase license plates therefor or own an automobile for hire enterprise within the Virgin Islands who has not first obtained an automobile-for-hire medallion as provided by this subchapter. (b) Automobile-for-hire medallions (hereinafter referred to as “medallions”) shall be sold by the Taxicab Commission in the manner provided by this subchapter. The Taxicab Commission shall cause to be minted such medallions as may be required to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. Medallions shall consist of a metal plaque of such design as may be determined by the Taxicab Commission. Each medallion shall bear on its face a permanent registration number different from that of any other medallion, and shall be marked for the island for which it is to be issued. (c) The Taxicab Commission shall sell to any person, company, corporation, or partnership who owned on May 12, 1978, a valid set of Virgin Islands license plates issued for an automobile for hire, one medallion for each such set of plates owned. The Taxicab Commission shall charge twenty-five dollars for each medallion sold. In the calendar year beginning January 1, 1979, and in each calendar year thereafter the Taxicab Commission shall sell no more than ten new medallions each year. New medallions sold on and after January 1, 1979, shall be sold to the highest bidder from among approved buyers as provided by section 410 of this title; provided, however, that on December 15 and 16 of each year or on the next available business days thereafter, a minimum of six new medallions shall be sold at auction exclusively to approved buyers who are Virgin Islands veterans, and of the six eligible buyers, two shall be residents of St. Thomas, two shall be residents of St. Croix, and two shall be residents of St. John. Any person who purchases a medallion at auction pursuant to this subsection is prohibited from transferring said medallion by sale, lease or otherwise, within three years of said purchase. The three-year prohibition on leasing medallions does not apply to veterans. The revenues from the sale under this section shall be deposited in the Taxicab Commission Fund of the Virgin Islands Treasury.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 409 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter II - Automobile-for-Hire Medallion|§ 409. Medallions—Liens and encumbrances against, limits of same

 (a) Any medallion valid under this subchapter may be encumbered with a lien or other such evidence of debenture. No such encumbrance shall attach to any medallion until the encumbrance is reported to the Taxicab Commission and recorded in the Registry of Medallions. No encumbrance duly attached to a medallion shall impair the right of the owner of the medallion to cause to be operated an automobile for hire on the island for which the medallion was issued, except when and if the medallion must be forfeited. No encumbrance which requires forfeiture of the medallion to the secured party upon default of the owner of the medallion shall be valid as to the forfeiture unless the secured party is determined by the Taxicab Commission to be an approved buyer. When the owner of an encumbered medallion subject to forfeiture to an unapproved buyer is in default on the encumbrance, the medallion shall be sold at auction by the Taxicab Commission to the highest bidder among approved buyers and the proceeds of the sale shall be paid the unapproved buyer. The auction shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by section 410 of this title. (b) A medallion may be encumbered by more than one lien or evidence of debenture but the total of all encumbrances outstanding against any one medallion may not exceed $25,000. Each creditor takes his encumbrance subject to prior existing encumbrances. The Taxicab Commission shall take such steps as may be necessary to assure that the sale of any medallion is subject to the settlement of any encumbrances duly attached.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 410 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter II - Automobile-for-Hire Medallion|§ 410. Sale of medallions by auction

 Whenever the Taxicab Commission is required to sell a medallion by auction, and in selling all medallions newly issued on or after January 1, 1979, the Taxicab Commission shall cause to be advertised on the island for which a medallion is issued, timely notice of the sale by auction. The notice shall contain information that only approved buyers may purchase medallions and the procedure by which a person may become an approved buyer. Medallions sold at auction shall be sold to the highest bidder. If the highest bidder is not an approved buyer of record at the time of the auction, the sale shall be honored if the Taxicab Commission finds that the highest bidder subsequently qualifies as an approved buyer. No person who has been denied status as an approved buyer may bid at an auction conducted under this section until such time as he is determined to be an approved buyer.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 411 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter II - Automobile-for-Hire Medallion|§ 411. Death of medallion owner

 Upon the death of the owner of any medallion, the Taxicab Commission shall, at the option of the heirs, sell the medallion at auction to an approved buyer and pay the proceeds to the estate of the deceased, or transfer the registration of the medallion to an heir or group of heirs if the heir or group of heirs qualifies as an approved buyer, or reregister the medallion to any person, company, corporation, or partnership designated by the heirs which person, corporation, company, or partnership is an approved buyer.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 412 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter II - Automobile-for-Hire Medallion|§ 412. Medallion—Lost, destroyed, stolen, or mutilated

 Any owner of a medallion which is lost, destroyed, stolen, or involuntarily mutilated shall report such incident to the Taxicab Commission promptly after discovery of such happening. Such report shall be made by sworn declaration under penalty of perjury and the owner shall state the circumstances in which the medallion was lost, destroyed, stolen, or involuntarily mutilated as the case may be. All information known to the owner, such as the names of witnesses, which would be helpful in recovering the medallion if lost or stolen shall be stated in the declaration. The Taxicab Commission shall enter such incident in the Registry of Medallions and not allow any further transactions on the medallion for twenty days thereafter or until the medallion is recovered whichever is less. If, in the time allotted, the medallion is not recovered, the Taxicab Commission may issue a duplicate thereof. If the medallion is involuntarily mutilated the Taxicab Commission shall issue a duplicate promptly after presentation of the mutilated medallion. In each case in which a duplicate is issued, that fact shall be noted in the register of medallions and the owner shall be charged twenty-five dollars.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 413 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 37 - Automobiles for Hire|Subchapter II - Automobile-for-Hire Medallion|§ 413. Crimes and penalties

 (a) No person shall willfully mutilate, carve, engrave, destroy, or otherwise deface in such a manner as to render undistinguishable the number and island of issue on any medallion minted under this subchapter. (b) No person shall forge, imitate, reproduce or otherwise falsely copy so as to obtain a likeness generally indistinguishable from the original any medallion minted under this subchapter. (c) No person shall cause to be operated within the Virgin Islands an automobile for hire who is not the owner of a medallion validly obtained under this subchapter. (d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six months or both.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 802 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motor Vehicle Safety|Subchapter I - Moving Violations Point System|§ 802. Release of records

 The Director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall, upon payment of a reasonable fee to be determined by the Director, certify to any person the number of violations points accumulated by that person, or any other person during the previous three (3) years. Such certification shall include any reduction in violation points to which the person is entitled.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 804 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motor Vehicle Safety|Subchapter I - Moving Violations Point System|§ 804. Collection of fees

 All fees collected pursuant to this chapter, as well as those collected in accordance with Chapter 47 of Title 20, shall be deposited in the Personalized License Plate Fund, established pursuant to Title 33, section 3065, Virgin Islands Code.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 805 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motor Vehicle Safety|Subchapter I - Moving Violations Point System|§ 805. Post application of chapter

 Points shall not be assessed with respect to any violation of the motor vehicle laws of the Virgin Islands, occurring prior to the effective date of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 900 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motor Vehicle Safety|Subchapter II - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations|§ 900. Adoption of federal requirements

 The Territory hereby adopts the following parts of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Subtitle B, except as modified by this subchapter: Part 107, subparts F and G only; Part 171; Part 172; Part 173; Part 177; Part 178; Part 180; Part 390; Part 391; Part 392; Part 393; Part 395; Part 396; and Part 397, as currently codified or as hereinafter amended. (a) Notwithstanding the adoption of the laws and regulations as indicated in subsection (a) of this section, no requirements under this subchapter shall apply to any single vehicle or a vehicle in combination operated in intrastate commerce; provided that, neither the gross vehicle weight, gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight, nor gross combination weight rating of the vehicle equals or exceeds 26,001 pounds, except for: (1) A vehicle being used to transport hazards materials of a type or quantity that requires the vehicle to be marked or placarded in accordance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations; or (2) A vehicle designed or used to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 901 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motor Vehicle Safety|Subchapter II - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations|§ 901. Authorized personnel to inspect vehicles and enforce federal requirements—Personnel authorized to perform inspections

 Every special agent of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Virgin Islands Police Department, other sworn police officers, and the size and weight enforcement technicians of the Virgin Islands Police Department through the Virgin Islands Office of Highway Safety, working in conjunction with and in the physical presence of a uniformed police officer, are hereby authorized to enter and perform inspections of any motor vehicle, cargo, and driver of any motor carrier for compliance with safety regulations adopted pursuant to this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 902 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motor Vehicle Safety|Subchapter II - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations|§ 902. Cooperation with authorized personnel inspecting vehicles and enforcing federal requirements

 (a) Any motor carrier, as defined in § 900, shall permit auditors, accountants, law enforcement officers, examiners, and other authorized agents of the Government of the Virgin Islands to examine vehicle loads, terminals, buildings, equipment, and other facilities, and examine copy books, records, accounts, bills of lading, load sheets, manifests, correspondence, and other records of the motor carrier's operations relating to the transportation of property or passengers. (b) All motor carriers, as defined in § 900, shall instruct their employees, drivers, and agents to cooperate with government employees conducting examinations pursuant to subsection (a).
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 260 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 24 - Employment on Public Works Contract|Subchapter I - Wages on Public Contracts|§ 260. Prevailing wage to be paid on public works

 The hourly wages to be paid all laborers, workmen or other persons employed under contracts for public works, projects or undertakings with the Government of the Virgin Islands shall not be less than the prevailing rate of wage for an hour's work in the same trade or occupation throughout the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 261 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 24 - Employment on Public Works Contract|Subchapter I - Wages on Public Contracts|§ 261. Commissioner of Labor to determine prevailing wage

 For the purposes of this subchapter, the Commissioner of Labor shall after public notice and hearing, determine the prevailing wage for laborers, workmen or other persons employed under contracts for public works, projects or undertakings with the Government of the Virgin Islands, in the occupational categories applicable.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 262 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 24 - Employment on Public Works Contract|Subchapter I - Wages on Public Contracts|§ 262. Public contract specifications as to minimum hourly rate

 The specifications for every contract for any public works, projects or undertakings of the Government of the Virgin Islands shall contain a provision stating the prevailing rate of wage, which shall be paid to laborers, workmen or other persons in each trade or occupation required for such public work, project or undertaking, employed in the performance of the contract whether by the contractor, subcontractor or other person doing or contracting to do whole or any part of the work contemplated by the contract, and the contract shall contain a stipulation that such laborers, workmen or other person shall be paid not less than such specified prevailing rate of wage.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 263 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 24 - Employment on Public Works Contract|Subchapter I - Wages on Public Contracts|§ 263. Certified statement of hourly wage required

 Before payment is made by or on behalf of the Government of the Virgin Islands of any sum or sums due on account of a contract for a public work, project or undertaking, the officer charged with the certification of payments applicable to the contract and pursuant to which payment is made, shall require the contractor and each and every subcontractor to file a statement in writing in form satisfactory to such officer, certifying the rate of hourly wage paid each classification of laborers, workmen or other persons employed by him on such work and further certifying that no such laborer, workman or other person has been paid less than the prevailing rate of wage specified in the contract, which certificate and statement to be so filed shall be verified by the oath of the contractor or subcontractor, as the case may be, that he has read such a statement and certificate subscribed by him and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true to his knowledge.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 264 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 24 - Employment on Public Works Contract|Subchapter I - Wages on Public Contracts|§ 264. Penalty for false certificate

 Any contractor or subcontractor who shall upon his oath verify any statement to be filed under the provisions of this subchapter which is known to him to be false, or if made without knowledge in reckless disregard to the truth, shall be guilty of a felony, and punished as for perjury, as set forth in section 1541 of Title 14.