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V.I. Code tit. 28, § 535 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 23 - Foreclosure of Liens Upon Real Property|§ 535. Right to redeem

 A judgment of foreclosure shall not have the effect of barring the equity of redemption, and real property sold on execution issued upon such judgment may be redeemed, in like manner and with like effect, as real property sold on an execution issued on a judgment may be redeemed under sections 492 through 500 of Title 5 except that, notwithstanding the provisions of section 496 of Title 5, the judgment debtor or his successor in interest, on paying the amount of the purchase money, with interest at the legal rate per annum thereon from the date of sale, together with the amount of any taxes which the purchaser may have paid thereon after purchase, shall redeem within six months after the order of confirmation of sale. Nothing herein contained shall preclude a voluntary conveyance by the mortgagor to the mortgagee in lieu of foreclosure, which conveyance shall be deemed to convey the full estate of the mortgagor including the right to redemption. This right of redemption may be waived in writing by the judgment debtor or his successor in interest provided such waiver is not in or was not created contemporaneously with the underlying mortgage.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 536 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 23 - Foreclosure of Liens Upon Real Property|§ 536. Foreclosure during action to recover debt

 During the pendency of an action for the recovery of a debt secured by any lien mentioned in section 531 of this title, an action cannot be maintained for the foreclosure of such lien, nor thereafter, unless judgment is given in such action that the plaintiff recover such debt or some part thereof, and any execution thereon against the property of the defendant in the judgment is returned unsatisfied in whole or in part.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 537 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 23 - Foreclosure of Liens Upon Real Property|§ 537. Debt payable in installments

 When an action is commenced to foreclose a lien by which a debt is secured, which debt is payable in installments, either of interest or principal, and any of such installments is not then due, the court shall adjudge a foreclosure of the lien, and may also adjudge a sale of the property for the satisfaction of the whole of such debt, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the installment then due, with costs of action. In the latter case the judgment of foreclosure as to the remainder of the property may be enforced by an order of sale, in whole or in part, whenever default shall be made in the payment of the installments not then due.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 538 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 23 - Foreclosure of Liens Upon Real Property|§ 538. Payment before judgment or sale; installments not due; liens on personal property

 If, before a judgment is given, the amount then due, with the costs of action, is brought into court, and paid to the clerk, the action shall be dismissed, and if the same is done after judgment and before sale, the effect of the judgment as to the amount then due and paid shall be terminated and the execution, if any has issued, shall be recalled by the clerk. When an installment not due is adjudged to be paid, the court shall determine and specify in the judgment what sum shall be received in satisfaction thereof, which sum may be equal to such installment or otherwise, according to the present value thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 581 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 581. Lien for labor or materials

 Any person who makes, alters, repairs, or bestows labor on any article of personal property at the request of the owner or lawful possessor thereof shall have a lien upon such property so made, altered, or repaired or upon which labor has been bestowed, for his just and reasonable charges for the labor he has performed and the material he has furnished, and such person may hold and retain possession of the same until such charges shall be paid.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 582 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 582. Lien for transportation or storage of personal property or care of livestock

 Any person who— (1) is a common carrier, or, at the request of the owner or lawful possessor of any personal property, carries, conveys, or transports the same from one place to another; or (2) safely keeps or stores any grain, wares, merchandise, or personal property at the request of the owner or lawful possessor thereof; or (3) pastures or feeds any horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, or other livestock, or bestows any labor, care, or attention upon the same at the request of the owner or lawful possessor thereof— shall have a lien upon such property for his just and reasonable charges for the labor, care, and attention he has bestowed and the food he has furnished, and he may retain possession of such property until such charges are paid. The foregoing shall not apply in any transaction governed by the provisions of Article 7 of Title 11A.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 583 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 583. Time for payment of charges

 If the just and reasonable charges under sections 581 and 582 of this title are not paid within three months after the care, attention, and labor have been performed or bestowed, or the materials or food have been furnished, the person having such lien may proceed as provided in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 584 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 584. Special agreement of parties

 The provisions of sections 581–583 of this title shall not interfere with any special agreement of the parties.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 585 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 585. Priority of liens

 The liens provided for in this chapter are preferred liens and are prior to any and all other liens.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 586 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 586. Duration of lien

 (a) The person rendering the service or doing the work or labor named in sections 581 and 582 of this title is only entitled to the liens as provided herein for services, work, or labor for the period of six months, or any part thereof next preceding the filing of the claims as provided in section 587 of this title. (b) No lien provided for in this chapter shall bind any property for a longer period than six months after the claim provided for in section 587 of this title has been filed, unless an action is commenced within that time to enforce the same.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 587 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 587. Filing of claim for lien

 Within 30 days after the rendition of the services, or after performing the work or labor, mentioned in sections 581 and 582 of this title, every person who claims the benefit of this chapter shall file for record in the recorder's office of the judicial division where the property is situated, a claim which shall be verified by the oath of himself or some other person for him to the effect that the affiant believes the same to be true. The claim shall contain— (1) a statement of his demand, and the amount thereof, after deducting, as nearly as possible, all just credits and offsets; (2) the name of the person by whom he was employed; (3) a statement of the terms and conditions of the contract, if any, and if there is no express contract, a statement of what the service, work, or labor is reasonably worth; and (4) a description of the property to be charged with the lien sufficient for identification with reasonable certainty.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 588 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 588. Recording and indexing of claims; fees

 The recorder shall record every claim filed under the provisions of this chapter in books kept by him for that purpose, which records shall be indexed as deeds and other conveyances are required by law to be indexed and for which he may receive the same fees as are allowed by law for recording deeds or other instruments.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 589 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 589. Action to enforce lien

 The liens provided for in this chapter shall be enforced by an action and shall be governed by the laws regulating the proceeding relating to the mode and manner of trial and the proceeding and laws to secure property so as to hold it for the satisfaction of any lien that may be against it.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 590 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 590. Enforcement against all or part of property

 Any person who brings an action to enforce a lien provided for in this chapter, or any person having a lien as provided for in this chapter, who is made a party to any such action, has a right to demand that such lien be enforced against the whole or any part of the property.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 591 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 591. Joinder and consolidation of actions; costs

 Any number of persons claiming liens under this chapter may join in the same action, and when separate actions are commenced the court may consolidate them. The court may also allow, as part of the costs, the moneys paid for filing and recording the claim, and a reasonable attorney's fee for each person claiming a lien.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 592 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 592. Judgment; sale of property

 In an action to enforce a lien under this chapter, judgment shall be rendered in favor of each person having a lien for the amount due him, and the court shall order any property subject to the lien to be sold by the marshal in the same manner that personal property is sold on execution. The court shall apportion the proceeds of such sale to the payment of each judgment pro rata, according to the amount of such judgment.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 593 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 593. Sale of property liable to loss or destruction

 Upon motion, supported by affidavit, showing that the property is liable to loss or destruction, the court may order any property subject to a lien under this chapter, to be sold by the marshal as personal property is sold on execution before the judgment is rendered, and the proceeds of such sale shall be retained by the marshal until judgment, to be applied as directed in section 592 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 594 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 25 - Liens on Personal Property|§ 594. Action for injury to property subject to lien

 Any person who injures, impairs, or destroys, or who renders difficult, uncertain, or impossible of identification, any property knowing the same to be subject to a lien, as provided in this chapter, without the express consent of the person entitled to such lien, shall be liable to the lien holder for damages to the amount secured by the lien, which sum may be recovered by an action against such person, without bringing the suit as provided in section 589 of this title. In all such actions the principal debtor shall be made a codefendant.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 651 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 651. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the Virgin Islands Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 654 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 654. Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository

 Tangible property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository in the Virgin Islands in the ordinary course of the holder's business and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by other law, are presumed abandoned if the property remains unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after expiration of the lease or rental period on the box or other depository.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 655 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 655. Rules for taking custody

 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by other statute of the Virgin Islands, property that is presumed abandoned, whether located in the Virgin Islands or another State, is subject to the custody of the Virgin Islands if: (1) the last known address of the apparent owner, as shown on the records of the holder, is in the Virgin Islands; (2) the records of the holder do not reflect the identity of the person entitled to the property and it is established that the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in the Virgin Islands; (3) the records of the holder do not reflect the last known address of the apparent owner and it is established that: (A) the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in the Virgin Islands; or (B) the holder is domiciled in the Virgin Islands or is a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the Virgin Islands and has not previously paid or delivered the property to the Virgin Islands of the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property; (4) the last known address of the apparent owner, as shown on the records of the holder, is in a State that does not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property and the holder is domiciled in the Virgin Islands or is a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the Virgin Islands; (5) the last known address of the apparent owner, as shown on the records of the holder, is in a foreign country and the holder is domiciled in the Virgin Islands or is a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the Virgin Islands; (6) the transaction out of which the property arose occurred in the Virgin Islands, the holder is domiciled in a State that does not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property, and the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is unknown or is in a State that does not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property; or (7) the property is a traveler's check or money order purchased in the Virgin Islands, or the issuer of the traveler's check or money order has its principal place of business in the Virgin Islands and the issuer's records show that the instrument was purchased in a State that does not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property, or do not show the State in which the instrument was purchased.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 656 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 656. Dormancy charge

 A holder may deduct from property presumed abandoned a charge imposed by reason of the owner's failure to claim the property within a specified time only if there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner under which the holder may impose the charge and the holder regularly imposes the charge, which is not regularly reversed or otherwise canceled. The amount of the deduction is limited to an amount that is not unconscionable.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 657 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 657. Burden of proof as to property evidenced by record of check or draft

 A record of the issuance of a check, draft, or similar instrument is prima facie evidence of an obligation. In claiming property from a holder who is also the issuer, the administrator's burden of proof as to the existence and amount of the property and its abandonment is satisfied by showing issuance of the instrument and passage of the requisite period of abandonment. Defenses of payment, satisfaction, discharge, and want of consideration are affirmative defenses that must be established by the holder.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 658 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 658. Report of abandoned property

 (a) A holder of property presumed abandoned shall make a report to the administrator concerning the property. (b) The report must be verified and must contain: (1) a description of the property; (2) except with respect to a traveler's check or money order, the name, if known, and last known address, if any, and the social security number or taxpayer identification number, if readily ascertainable, of the apparent owner of property of the value of $50 or more; (3) an aggregated amount of items valued under $50 each; (4) in the case of an amount of $50 or more held or owing under an annuity or a life or endowment insurance policy, the full name and last known address of the annuitant or insured and of the beneficiary; (5) in the case of property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository, an indication of the place where it is held and where it may be inspected by the administrator, and any amounts owing to the holder; (6) the date, if any, on which the property became payable, demandable, or returnable, and the date of the last transaction with the apparent owner with respect to the property; and (7) other information that the administrator by rule prescribes as necessary for the administration of this chapter. (c) If a holder of property presumed abandoned is a successor to another person who previously held the property for the apparent owner or the holder has changed its name while holding the property, the holder shall file with the report its former names, if any, and the known names and addresses of all previous holders of the property. (d) The report must be filed before November 1 of each year and cover the 12 months next preceding July 1 of that year, but a report with respect to a life insurance company must be filed before May 1 of each year for the calendar year next preceding. (e) The holder of property presumed abandoned shall send written notice to the apparent owner, not more than 120 days or less than 60 days before filing the report, stating that the holder is in possession of property subject to this chapter, if: (1) the holder has in its records an address for the apparent owner which the holder's records do not disclose to be inaccurate; (2) the claim of the apparent owner is not barred by a statute of limitations; and (3) the value of the property is $50 or more. (f) Before the date for filing the report, the holder of property presumed abandoned may request the administrator to extend the time for filing the report. The administrator may grant the extension for good cause. The holder, upon receipt of the extension, may make an interim payment on the amount the holder estimates will ultimately be due, which terminates the accrual of additional interest on the amount paid. (g) The holder of property presumed abandoned shall file with the report an affidavit stating that the holder has complied with subsection (e).
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 659 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 659. Payment or delivery of abandoned property

 (a) Except for property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository, upon filing the report required by section 658, the holder of property presumed abandoned shall pay, deliver, or cause to be paid or delivered to the administrator the property described in the report as unclaimed, but if the property is an automatically renewable deposit, and a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result, the time for compliance is extended until a penalty or forfeiture would no longer result. Tangible property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository may not be delivered to the administrator until 120 days after filing the report required by section 658. (b) If the property reported to the administrator is a security or security entitlement under title 11A Virgin Islands Code, Article 8, the administrator is an appropriate person to make an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order on behalf of the apparent owner to invoke the duty of the issuer or its transfer agent or the securities intermediary to transfer or dispose of the security or the security entitlement in accordance with title 11A Virgin Islands Code, Article 8. (c) If the holder of property reported to the administrator is the issuer of a certificated security, the administrator has the right to obtain a replacement certificate pursuant to title 11A Virgin Islands Code, Article 8-405 but an indemnity bond is not required. (d) An issuer, the holder, and any transfer agent or other person acting pursuant to the instructions of and on behalf of the issuer or holder in accordance with this section is not liable to the apparent owner and must be indemnified against claims of any person in accordance with section 661.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 660 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 660. Notice and publication of lists of abandoned property

 (a) The administrator shall publish a notice not later than November 30 of the year next following the year in which abandoned property has been paid or delivered to the administrator. The notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Virgin Islands. If a holder does not report an address for the apparent owner, or the address is outside the Virgin Islands, the notice must be published in the district in which the holder has its principal place of business within the Territory. The advertisement must be in a form that, in the judgment of the administrator, is likely to attract the attention of the apparent owner of the unclaimed property. The form must contain: (1) the name of each person appearing to be the owner of the property, as set forth in the report filed by the holder; (2) the last known address or location of each person appearing to be the owner of the property, if an address or location is set forth in the report filed by the holder; (3) a statement explaining that property of the owner is presumed to be abandoned and has been taken into the protective custody of the administrator; and (4) a statement that information about the property and its return to the owner is available to a person having a legal or beneficial interest in the property, upon request to the administrator. (b) The administrator is not required to advertise the name and address or location of an owner of property having a total value less than $50, or information concerning a traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 662 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|§ 662. Crediting of dividends, interest, and increments to owner's account

 If property other than money is delivered to the administrator under this chapter, the owner is entitled to receive from the administrator any income or gain realized or accruing on the property at or before liquidation or conversion of the property into money. If the property was an interest bearing demand, savings, or time deposit, including a deposit that is automatically renewable, the administrator shall pay interest at a rate of 9 percent a year or any lesser rate the property earned while in the possession of the holder. Interest begins to accrue when the property is delivered to the administrator and ceases on the earlier of the expiration of 10 years after delivery or the date on which payment is made to the owner. Interest on interest bearing property is not payable for any period before the effective date of this chapter, unless authorized by law superseded by this chapter.