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V.I. Code tit. 13, § 432 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter XV - Fees|§ 432. Applicability of subchapter

 This subchapter shall not apply to domestic corporations organized for religious, fraternal, scientific, benevolent, social, charitable, or educational purposes, or to foreign corporations organized for like purposes, when not engaged in the United States Virgin Islands in the lending of money or the conducting of any other business pursuits for profit.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 451 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter XVI - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 451. Application of chapter

 (a) Except as provided in Title 9 or chapter 3 of this title, all corporations organized under the laws of the United States Virgin Islands and existing on the date this chapter becomes effective, shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter. (b) Except as provided in Title 9 or chapter 3 of this title, all corporations to be formed after the date upon which this chapter becomes effective, shall be organized under, and governed by, the provisions of this chapter. (c) This section shall not be construed as requiring any corporation organized under the laws of the United States Virgin Islands and existing on the date this chapter becomes effective to acquire new articles of incorporation as provided in this chapter. (d) Section 348 and subchapters I, III, IX, X (except section 290 of said subchapter X), XI, XIII, XIV and XV of this chapter shall not be applicable to banks, foreign banks which have branches established in the United States Virgin Islands, and banks incorporated under the National Bank Act (12 U.S.C. § 21 et seq.), and laws amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 452 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter XVI - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 452. Rights, liabilities and duties under prior statutes

 All rights, privileges and immunities vested or accrued, all liabilities and penalties imposed, all actions pending, and all fees due and payable, prior to the adoption of this chapter, shall not be impaired, diminished or affected by this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 453 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter XVI - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 453. Power to amend or repeal reserved; chapter as part of corporation's charter

 This chapter may be amended or repealed, at the pleasure of the Legislature, but any amendment or repeal shall not take away or impair any remedy against any corporation under this chapter, or its officers, for any liability which shall have been previously incurred. This chapter and all amendments thereof shall be a part of the charter of every corporation except so far as the same are inapplicable and inappropriate to the objects of the corporation.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 454 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter XVI - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 454. Preclearance of documents to be filed

 Any document required to be filed under this title may be submitted to the Lieutenant Governor for review prior to the time such document is formally filed. The Lieutenant Governor shall determine whether the document is acceptable for filing and, if it is not acceptable, shall state why it is not acceptable. The Lieutenant Governor shall charge a fee for the preclearance of documents.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 455 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter XVI - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 455. Telephone information service

 The Corporate and Trade Name Division of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall provide information by telephone to any person who makes a telephone request for the following information: (1) The availability of a corporate name; (2) Whether a corporation's certificate of incorporation or authority has been voided or revoked; (3) The name and address of the registered agent of a corporation; (4) The date of incorporation of a domestic corporation, or the date of qualification of a foreign corporation; (5) The name and address of a corporation that has filed a trade name; (6) Any other information contained in documents filed with the Corporate and Trade Name Division of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, which, in the discretion of the Lieutenant Governor, is readily available.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1101. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act”.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1103. Knowledge and notice

 (a) A person knows a fact if the person has actual knowledge of it. (b) A person has notice of a fact if the person: (1) knows the fact; (2) has received a notification of the fact; or (3) has reason to know the fact exists from all of the facts known to the person at the time in question. (c) A person notifies or gives a notification of a fact to another by taking steps reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person knows the fact. (d) A person receives a notification when the notification: (1) comes to the person's attention; or (2) is duly delivered at the person's place of business or at any other place held out by the person as a place for receiving communications. (e) An entity knows, has notice, or receives a notification of a fact for purposes of a particular transaction when the individual conducting the transaction for the entity knows, has notice, or receives a notification of the fact, or in any event when the fact would have been brought to the individual's attention had the entity exercised reasonable diligence. An entity exercises reasonable diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the individual conducting the transaction for the entity and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Reasonable diligence does not require an individual acting for the entity to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1104 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1104. Effect of operating agreement; nonwaivable provisions

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, all members of a limited liability company may enter into an operating agreement, which need not be in writing, to regulate the affairs of the company and the conduct of its business, and to govern relations among the members, managers, and company. To the extent the operating agreement does not otherwise provide, this chapter governs relations among the members, managers, and company. (b) The operating agreement may not: (1) unreasonably restrict a right to information or access to records under section 1408 of this chapter; (2) eliminate the duty of loyalty pursuant to section 1409, subsection (b) or section 1603, subsection (b), item (3) of this chapter, but the agreement may: (i) identify specific types or categories of activities that do not violate the duty of loyalty, if not manifestly unreasonable; and (ii) specify the number or percentage of members or disinterested managers that may authorize or ratify, after full disclosure of all material facts, a specific act or transaction that otherwise would violate the duty of loyalty; (3) unreasonably reduce the duty of care under section 1409, subsection (c) or section 1603, subsection (b), item (3) of this chapter; (4) eliminate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under section 1409, subsection (d) of this chapter, but the operating agreement may determine the standards by which the performance of the obligation is to be measured, if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable; (5) vary the right to expel a member in an event specified in section 1601, item (6) of this chapter; (6) vary the requirement to wind up the limited liability company's business in a case specified in section 1801, subsection (b), items (3) or (4) of this chapter; or (7) restrict rights of a person, other than a manager, member, and transferee of a member's distributional interest, under this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1105 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1105. Supplemental principles of law

 (a) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this chapter. (b) If an obligation to pay interest arises under this chapter and the rate is not specified, the rate is that specified in Title 11, section 951, Virgin Islands Code.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1106 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1106. Name

 (a) The name of a limited liability company must contain “limited liability company” or “limited company” or the abbreviation “L.L.C.”, “LLC”, “L.C.”, or “LC”. “Limited” may be abbreviated as “Ltd.”, and “company” may be abbreviated as “Co.”. (b) Except as authorized by subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the name of a limited liability company must be distinguishable upon the records of the office of the Lieutenant Governor from: (1) the name of any corporation, limited partnership, or company incorporated, organized or authorized to transact business in the Virgin Islands; (2) a name reserved or registered under section 1107 or 1108 of this chapter; (3) a fictitious name approved under section 2005 of this chapter for a foreign company authorized to transact business in the Virgin Islands because its real name is unavailable. (c) A limited liability company may apply to the office of the Lieutenant Governor for authorization to use a name that is not distinguishable upon the records of the office of the Lieutenant Governor from one or more of the names described in subsection (b) of this section. The Lieutenant Governor shall authorize use of the name applied for if: (1) the present user, registrant, or owner of a reserved name consents to the use in a record and submits an undertaking in form satisfactory to the Lieutenant Governor to change the name to a name that is distinguishable upon the records of the office of the Lieutenant Governor from the name applied for; or (2) the applicant delivers to the Lieutenant Governor a certified copy of the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the name applied for in the Virgin Islands. (d) A limited liability company may use the name, including a fictitious name, of another domestic or foreign company which is used in the Virgin Islands if the other company is organized or authorized to transact business in the Virgin Islands and the company proposing to use the name has: (1) merged with the other company; (2) been formed by reorganization with the other company; or (3) acquired substantially all of the assets, including the name, of the other company.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1107 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1107. Reserved name

 (a) A person may reserve the exclusive use of the name of a limited liability company, including a fictitious name for a foreign company whose name is not available, by delivering an application to the office of the Lieutenant Governor for filing. The application must set forth the name, together with the mailing and physical address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the Lieutenant Governor finds that the name applied for is available, it shall be reserved for the applicant's exclusive use for a nonrenewable 120-day period. (b) The owner of a name reserved for a limited liability company may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the Lieutenant Governor a signed notice of the transfer which states the name, mailing address and physical address of the transferee.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1108 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1108. Registered name

 (a) A foreign limited liability company may register its name subject to the requirements of section 2005 of this chapter, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the office of the Lieutenant Governor from names that are not available under section 1106, subsection (b) of this chapter. (b) A foreign limited liability company registers its name, or its name with any addition required by section 2005 of this chapter, by delivering to the office of the Lieutenant Governor for filing an application: (1) setting forth its name, or its name with any addition required by section 2005 of this chapter, the state or country and date of its organization, and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and (2) accompanied by a certificate of existence, or a record of similar import, from the state or country of organization. (c) A foreign limited liability company whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering for filing in the office of the Lieutenant Governor a renewal application complying with subsection (b) of this section between January 1 and June 30 of the preceding year. The renewal application renews the registration for the following report period. (d) A foreign limited liability company whose registration is effective may qualify as a foreign company under its name or consent in writing to the use of its name by a limited liability company later organized under this chapter or by another foreign company later authorized to transact business in the Virgin Islands. The registered name terminates when the limited liability company is organized or the foreign company qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign company under the registered name.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1109 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1109. Designated office and agent for service of process

 (a) A limited liability company and a foreign limited liability company authorized to do business in the Virgin Islands shall designate and continuously maintain in the Virgin Islands: (1) an office, which need not be a place of its business in the Virgin Islands; and (2) an agent and physical address of the agent for service of process on the company. (b) An agent must be an individual resident of the Virgin Islands, a domestic corporation, another limited liability company, or a foreign corporation or foreign company authorized to do business in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1110 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1110. Change of designated office or agent for service of process

 A limited liability company may change its designated office or agent for service of process by delivering to the office of the Lieutenant Governor for filing a statement of change which sets forth: (1) the name of the company; (2) the physical address of its current designated office; (3) if the current designated office is to be changed, the physical address of the new designated office; (4) the name and address of its current agent for service of process; and (5) if the current agent for service of process or physical address of that agent is to be changed, the new address or the name and physical address of the new agent for service of process.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1111 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1111. Resignation of agent for service of process

 (a) An agent for service of process of a limited liability company may resign by delivering to the office of the Lieutenant Governor for filing a record of the statement of resignation. (b) After filing a statement of resignation, the Lieutenant Governor shall mail a copy to the designated office and another copy to the limited liability company at its principal office. (c) An agency is terminated on the 31st day after the statement is filed in the office of the Lieutenant Governor.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1112 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 1112. Service of process

 (a) An agent for service of process appointed by a limited liability company or a foreign limited liability company is an agent of the company for service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the company. (b) If a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company fails to appoint or maintain an agent for service of process within the Virgin Islands or the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the agent's address, the Lieutenant Governor shall be deemed an agent of the company upon whom process, notice, or demand may be served. (c) Service of any process, notice, or demand on the Lieutenant Governor may be made by delivering to and leaving with the Lieutenant Governor, the Director of the Corporate and Tradename Division within the office of the Lieutenant Governor, or any clerk having charge of the limited liability companies within the office of the Lieutenant Governor, duplicate copies of the process, notice, or demand. If the process, notice, or demand is served within the office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall forward one of the copies by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the company at its designated office. Service is effected under this subsection at the earliest of: (1) the date the company receives the process, notice, or demand; (2) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the company; or (3) five days after its deposit in the mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed. (d) The office of the Lieutenant Governor shall keep a record of all processes, notices, and demands served pursuant to this section and record the time of and the action taken regarding the service. (e) This section does not affect the right to serve process, notice, or demand in any manner otherwise provided by law.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1201 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter II - Organization|§ 1201. Limited liability company as legal entity

 A limited liability company is a legal entity distinct from its members.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1202 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter II - Organization|§ 1202. Organization

 (a) One or more persons may organize a limited liability company, consisting of one or more members, by delivering articles of organization to the office of the Lieutenant Governor for filing. (b) Unless a delayed effective date is specified, the existence of a limited liability company begins when the articles of organization are filed. (c) The filing of the articles of organization with the office of the Lieutenant Governor is conclusive proof that the organizers satisfied all conditions precedent to the creation of a limited liability company. (d) Original articles of organization may contain the election of a limited liability company to be treated as an exempt company pursuant to section 853 of this Title, but no such election may be made by amending articles of organization.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1203 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter II - Organization|§ 1203. Articles of organization

 (a) Articles of organization of a limited liability company must set forth: (1) the name of the company; (2) the physical and mailing addresses of the initial designated office; (3) the name and physical address of the initial agent for service of process; (4) the name and physical address of each organizer; (5) the minimum amount of capital with which the company will commence business, which shall not be less than $1,000; (6) whether the company is to be a term company and, if so, the term specified; (7) whether the company is to be manager-managed, and, if so, the name, physical and mailing address of each initial manager; and (8) whether one or more of the members of the company are to be liable for its debts and obligations under section 1303, subsection (c) of this chapter. (b) Articles of organization of a limited liability company may set forth: (1) provisions permitted to be set forth in an operating agreement; or (2) other matters not inconsistent with law. (c) Articles of organization of a limited liability company may not vary the nonwaivable provisions of section 1104, subsection (b) of this chapter. As to all other matters, if any provision of an operating agreement is inconsistent with the articles of organization: (1) the operating agreement controls as to managers, members, and members transferees; and (2) the articles of organization control as to persons, other than managers, members and their transferees, who reasonably rely on the articles to their detriment.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1204 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 15 - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act|Subchapter II - Organization|§ 1204. Amendment or restatement of articles of organization

 (a) Articles of organization of a limited liability company may be amended at any time by delivering articles of amendment to the office of the Lieutenant Governor for filing. The articles of amendment shall set forth the: (1) name of the limited liability company; (2) date of filing of the articles of organization; and (3) amendment to the articles. (b) A limited liability company may restate its articles of organization at any time. Restated articles of organization must be signed and filed in the same manner as articles of amendment. Restated articles of organization must be designated as such in the heading and state in the heading or in an introductory paragraph the limited liability company's present name and, if it has been changed, all of its former names and the date of the filing of its initial articles of organization.