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V.I. Code tit. 20, § 394 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 36 - Commercial Motor Vehicles Inspection and Commercial Driver's License|§ 394. Application

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) and the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and Regulations and commercial driver's license program, or compatible regulations of the Territory as adopted from time to time, this chapter is the sole and exclusive commercial motor vehicle safety regulations of this Territory. (b) The Director of Bureau of Motor Vehicles may, by rulemaking conducted in accordance with title 3 V.I.C., chapter 35, promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the Out-of-Service Criteria. In no case may the Director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the Department or the Bureau of Motor Vehicles adopt or enforce or the Police Commissioner enforce out-of-service criteria that differ from those contained in the current Out-of-Service Criteria or impose fines that exceed the schedule of maximum fines established in subsections (393)(a), (393)(b) and (393)(c) of this chapter. (c) The courts of this Territory may impose, in addition to the maximum fines set forth in section 393, subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this chapter, charges for court costs. The charges may not exceed those imposed for non-commercial vehicle or driver violations, nor may such costs vary because of the state of licensure of the vehicle or driver. (d) The courts of this Territory may not impose surcharges of any type on the fines for violations of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspection and Commercial Driver's License Act or the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and Regulations or compatible regulations of the Territory as adopted from time to time unless the surcharges are regularly imposed, in the same amounts, on non-commercial vehicles or driver violations, nor may such costs vary because of the state of licensure of the vehicle or drivers. (e) The Department or the Bureau of Motor Vehicles may not issue more than one citation for multiple violations of each item of each group of the criteria set forth in section 394, subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this chapter. (f) The Director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles may, by rulemaking conducted in accordance with 3 V.I.C., chapter 35, and the Federal REAL ID Act of 2005, promulgate regulations to implement the Commercial Driver's License Program. These rules may be done through BMV Directives or other supplemental standard operating procedures as required, or both. (g) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles is the sole entity of the Virgin Islands Government empowered to create territorial driver's licenses for commercial, vehicles-for-hire, non-commercial driver's licenses and identification cards.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 396 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 36 - Commercial Motor Vehicles Inspection and Commercial Driver's License|§ 396. Judicial review

 (a) All administrative decisions of the Department under this chapter are subject to judicial review. (b) Any person aggrieved by a final decision or action of the Department under this chapter is entitled to judicial review of the decision or action by filing an appeal with the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands no later than 30 days after the date of the action or decision complained of. Upon the appeal, the determinations of the Department as to questions of fact are deemed final in the absence of conclusive showing to the court of fraud or misrepresentation. An appeal under this section does not operate to stay the action of the Department, unless ordered by the court.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 415 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Car Rental Business|§ 415. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise clearly requires— “Car rental business” means the business or practice of renting or of otherwise providing any drive-yourself cars to other persons for value. “Drive-yourself car” means any passenger-carrying automobile or station wagon rented, or available for rent, to a person for value (whether (1) such value is in the nature of a specific rate or fee for the use of such car, or (2) such car is provided as incidental to the use, or as a part of the cost for the use, of any hotel, motel, guest-house, or any other tourist facilities), with the intent that such person, or his designee, will operate it on the highways of the Virgin Islands. “Licensee” means a person, as defined by section 41, Title 1 of this Code, lawfully engaged in the car rental business in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 416 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Car Rental Business|§ 416. Restrictions

 No vehicle may be employed or operated as a drive-yourself car which— (1) either is a used (or “secondhand”) motor vehicle held for sale by a dealer and on which a dealer's license plate is used, or is not otherwise registered and licensed as required by law. (2) is a motor vehicle which was sold new by either the manufacturer or the dealer more than six years previously. (3) has not been inspected as required by the provisions of chapter 41 of this title. (4) does not have insurance coverage as required by the provisions of sections 418 and 419 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 417 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Car Rental Business|§ 417. Licensee's register of rental vehicles

 No licensee may rent a drive-yourself car to another person until he shall have examined such other person's driving license and verified that such other person is legally authorized to operate a motor vehicle in the Virgin Islands. Every licensee shall keep a register containing the number of the registration license and license plates of the rented vehicle, and the name, the local address, and the permanent address of the person renting the vehicle. Such register shall also contain the pertinent information, including the number and the issuance and expiration dates, the person's Virgin Islands driving license and the person's foreign driving license in any case where the person's Virgin Islands license is a temporary permit. Such register shall always be open to inspection by the Director of Motor Vehicles or his designee.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 418 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Car Rental Business|§ 418. Imputed liability

 (a) No drive-yourself car may be rented to any person unless liability insurance, set forth in a policy form approved as required by law, has been procured by the licensee, in respect to such car, and is in effect whereby the insurer agrees to pay, subject to the conditions of the policy form, on behalf of the driver (as hereinafter defined), as the beneficiary, all sums which such driver shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of bodily injury, sickness or disease, including death, or because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof (hereinafter referred to collectively as personal and property damages), caused by accident and arising out of the use or operation of the drive-yourself car by the driver. For the purposes of this section and section 419, “driver” shall mean any person, other than the licensee or his agent, using or operating the drive-yourself car with the permission, express or implied, of such licensee or his agent. (b) A licensee who (1) rents any automobile or station wagon to another person under any circumstances which render inapplicable or unenforceable the liability insurance required by this chapter, or (2) has failed to procure or does not have in effect, during the time when a drive-yourself car is rented to another person, the liability insurance with all of the provisions required by this chapter, shall, in addition to any other penalties provided for violation of this chapter, be liable and responsible for all personal and property damages, but not exceeding the minimum liability limits required by subsection (c) of this section, which are proximately caused by the negligent or reckless use or operation of any such vehicle by the person to whom rented or by any other person using or operating the vehicle with the express or implied permission of the licensee or his agent. (c) The limits of liability in the liability insurance required under this section shall be for not less than $10,000 for personal injuries to one person, one accident, $25,000 for personal injuries to two or more persons, one accident, and $10,000 for property damage, one accident; Provided, however, That said policy shall be deemed to comply with the provisions of this section in the event that one policy is procured to cover the minimum amounts of liability on any and of all drive-yourself cars to be rented, operated, or used in the Virgin Islands by any one licensee. (d) Any person injured or whose property is damaged or the personal representative of any person killed, under the provisions of this chapter, who initiates any action against the driver of a drive-yourself car shall within five days after filing such action; give notice of such action to the licensee from whom the vehicle was rented; however, failure to give notice shall not be a defense in any action.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 419 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Car Rental Business|§ 419. Mandatory insurance coverage

 (a) The insurance policy required by section 418 of this chapter shall provide that, after judgment against a driver, any person injured or whose property is damaged or the personal representative of any person killed, under the circumstances covered by section 418 and this section, may enforce the judgment, but not exceeding the minimum liability limits required by subsection (c) of said section 418, directly against the insurer either under the provisions of chapter 43, Title 5 of this Code, or by direct suit upon the judgment. For the purposes of this section, the insurer shall be deemed a judgment debtor, along with the driver, under any judgment rendered against such driver, but not exceeding said minimum liability limits. Such policy shall also provide that suit under the provisions of this subsection may be brought and maintained thereon in the Virgin Islands. (b) Nothing contained in this section or section 418 shall affect whatever rights a licensee or his insurer may have to proceed, by subrogation or otherwise, against any person whose negligent or reckless use or operation of a drive-yourself car was the proximate cause of personal or property damage. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to affect the liability of (1) a licensee for his own conduct or the conduct of his agent, (2) an agent for his own conduct, or (3) the driver for his own conduct. (c) If a rental vehicle driver has any other valid and collectible liability insurance in addition to the mandatory liability insurance policy for rental vehicles required by section 418(c) of this chapter, the minimum mandatory liability insurance policy for rental vehicles shall be secondary to the other insurance. The duty of the minimum mandatory liability insurance policy to respond to a suit or claim arises only when any other applicable insurance coverage does not meet the minimum mandatory liability insurance limits prescribed by title 20, section 418(c). If a rental vehicle driver pays for such additional liability insurance, the application of that policy, including whether it is primary or secondary, will be determined by the rental contract.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 420 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Car Rental Business|§ 420. Government register of drive-yourself cars

 The Director of Motor Vehicles shall maintain a special register of all drive-yourself cars in which he shall record the island, the date, and other pertinent information, of the registration and termination of or change in the registration of every drive-yourself car. Each licensee shall submit all pertinent information required by the Director of Motor Vehicles, prior to the employment of any such vehicle in the car rental business.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 421 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Car Rental Business|§ 421. Restriction on parking

 No licensee may use any public parking area, whether on a street or in a public parking lot, for the parking of drive-yourself cars; provided that the Director of Motor Vehicles is authorized to designate a limited number of parking spaces at a reasonable distance from the licensee's place of business for the licensee's use.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 423 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Car Rental Business|§ 423. Administration; rules and regulations; penalties; appeal

 (a) The provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the Director of Motor Vehicles. The Director of Motor Vehicles is authorized to issue and amend such rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of this title, as he may deem necessary or appropriate in implementation of the same, which rules and regulations, and amendments thereto, upon approval by the Governor, shall have the force and effect of law. Immediately after approval by the Governor, the Director of Motor Vehicles shall publish every rule and regulation, and every amendment thereto, and shall submit copies thereof to each licensee. (b) Any person who rents a drive-yourself car to another person without the required registration license and license plates or who violates any other provisions of this chapter, or of any rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, for each violation shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or revocation of the licensee's business license, or both. (c) Any person aggrieved by a decision or determination or any other act or omission of the Director of Motor Vehicles in his administration of this section may file an appeal within thirty (30) days in the Superior Court in the Judicial Division wherein the aggrieved party resides.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 424 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 38 - Regulation of Car Rental Business|§ 424. Safety belts and safety seats required; notification

 (a) Every licensee shall notify operators of the provisions of section 466 of this title by attaching a sign to the dashboard of each drive-yourself car which shall read: “VIRGIN ISLANDS LAW REQUIRES SAFETY BELTS TO BE WORN BY ALL PERSONS IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THIS VEHICLE, AND SAFETY SEATS TO BE USED BY ALL PASSENGERS UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE”. (b) Every licensee shall provide any operator with a passenger under five years of age with a specially designed seat which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.243. An additional rental and deposit may be required for the safety seat. In the case of a child aged three through five, seat belts may be substituted but the child must ride in the rear seat of the vehicle.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 433 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 39 - Fees|§ 433. Schedule of fees

 (a) The Director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall establish and regulate fees to be levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The Director shall establish a Rider Training Course with a fee of $250 for Novice Riders, $50 for Novice Riders if it is determined by the Bureau that more training is needed, and $75 for Experienced Riders. (b) Miscellaneous fees in connection with automobiles for hire to be collected by the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission:Annual business license$100.00Biannual vehicle inspection$15.00Replacement plates and medallions$25.00Certificate of entitlement to medallion (to be posted in vehicle)$7.00Lease agreements$25.00Title search/lien recording$5.00Conduct of medallion sales$25.00 (c) The Commissioner of Finance shall cover all payments made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section as follows: (1) Payments made in connection with the annual registration fee for each registered motorcycle, the application fee for a motorcycle learners permit and the fee for each original or renewal motorcycle driver's license or endorsement shall be covered into the Motorcycle Safety Education Program Fund established pursuant to title 33, chapter 111, Virgin Islands Code; and (2) all other payments shall be covered into the Peace Officer Training Fund established pursuant to title 33, chapter 111, Virgin Islands Code. (d) The Director of Motor Vehicles may, by regulation, increase the fee for dealer temporary plates as prescribed in subsection (a) to an amount not to exceed $25.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 434 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 39 - Fees|§ 434. Period covered by fees; computation

 Annual license fees for registration of motor vehicles as provided in section 433 of this title shall cover the twelve month period of validity of license plates and revalidation stickers as provided by section 334, subsection (a) of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 435 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 39 - Fees|§ 435. Collection of fees; disposition

 (a) Except as indicated in section 433, subsection (b) of this chapter and Title 33, chapter 111, section 3084, Virgin Islands Code, all fees levied pursuant to this chapter shall be collected by the Director of Motor Vehicles and covered into the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands. (b) Fees levied pursuant to section 433, subsection (b) of this chapter, shall be collected by the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission and shall be covered into the Taxi License Fund established under Title 33, section 3067, Virgin Islands Code.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 436 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 39 - Fees|§ 436. Reduced license fees for senior citizens and the handicapped

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the certificate of title fee, the registration license fee and the operator's private license fee as provided in section 433 of this title shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%) for senior citizens and persons who are handicapped. For the purposes of this section, “senior citizens” are defined to be persons sixty years of age or older, as verified by a Senior Citizen I.D. Card issued by the Department of Human Services, or a Real ID card issued in compliance with the Real ID Act of 2005, 49 U.S.C. § 30301 - Notes, who are domiciliaries of the Virgin Islands for not less than one year. For the purposes of this section, “a person who is handicapped” is defined to be a person with a physical or mental disability who has complied with the requirements of section 375 of this title by furnishing proof that such person is physically and mentally fit to operate a motor vehicle. (b)  (1) The Virgin Islands Bureau of Motor Vehicles may not collect a fee from a disabled veteran for the issuance of a handicapped window decal required to be placed in the registered vehicle of the disabled veteran, or require the disabled veteran who has two license plates bearing disabled veterans decals issued by the United States Veterans Administration to display any handicapped window decals issued by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the Virgin Islands Police Department. (2) For purposes of this subsection, “disabled veteran” means a person who has been designated as such by law or by a local or federal governmental entity, as evidenced by the presentation of appropriate documentation.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 462 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 41 - Equipment and Inspection of Vehicles|§ 462. Brakes

 Every motor vehicle using the public highways shall be equipped with brakes in good working order, capable of stopping the vehicle within 20 feet when it is traveling 15 miles an hour, and capable of controlling the vehicle at all times when it is in use.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 463 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 41 - Equipment and Inspection of Vehicles|§ 463. Lights

 (a) Every automobile operated within the time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise shall display at least two white lights and every motorcycle one white light clearly visible at least 250 feet in front of such vehicle. The use of dazzling lights in well-lighted streets or public highways is prohibited; provided, that any person operating a vehicle on which one of the lights has ceased to function may proceed to operate the car only for such time thereafter as is necessary to take the vehicle to his home or a place of repair. In no event shall any vehicle proceed with only the parking lights illuminated. Whenever any person operating any vehicle upon a public road shall meet a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction within a distance of 250 feet, such operator shall lower the headlight beam. Whenever any person operating any vehicle upon a public highway or road shall overtake or approach, on a straight section of roadway, a vehicle traveling in the same direction within a distance of 200 feet, such operator shall also lower the headlight beam. Every motor vehicle shall have also a red light visible in the reverse direction. The rear number plate shall also be so lighted as to be visible at night. (b) Spot lights shall not be used on moving vehicles for any other purpose than locating the left side of the road not more than 30 feet immediately ahead of the motor vehicle to which attached. (c) Trucks drawing a trailer shall have front lights, and a rear light on the rear of the trailer, which shall clearly show its number. Trucks drawing two trailers shall have front and rear lights, and in addition thereto a lighted lantern on the last trailer. (d) All trucks and trailers shall have two reflectors not less than three inches in diameter attached to the right side of the vehicle, a green one in the front and a red one in the rear placed as high as the structure of the vehicle will permit.
V.I. Code tit. 20, § 464 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 20 - Highways and Motor Vehicles|Part II - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 41 - Equipment and Inspection of Vehicles|§ 464. Horns and mufflers

 (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a horn or other instrument capable of giving audible and sufficient warning of its approach. No warning device on a private motor vehicle except those private vehicles which may be designated by the Director of Motor Vehicles for emergency purposes as authorized by section 495a(c) of this title shall be a siren or simulate the sound of a siren. Warning devices shall be used to warn traffic, and they shall not be sounded between midnight and daybreak except in case of emergency. (b) Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with a muffler, and the use of a muffler cut-out, the unnecessary racing of engines, the making of unreasonable noise or permitting the escape of an unreasonable amount of smoke in the town limits is prohibited.