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V.I. Code tit. 23, § 460 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 460. Reciprocal recognition of out-of-state licenses

 Unless otherwise prohibited by any state or federal law, a license to possess or to carry firearms, issued by any competent authority of any state or territory of the United States and in accordance with the same or similar requirements as set forth in the preceding sections pertaining to the applicant's eligibility, and the establishment of his reputation through fingerprints, shall be recognized as valid within the Virgin Islands and shall allow the holder thereof to exercise all of the privileges in connection therewith, while said licensee is a visitor or transient resident herein. Any marshal, sheriff, constable, police or other peace officer, of any state or territory of the United States, whose duty it is to serve process and make arrests, may, while travelling through or in the Virgin Islands on official business, carry such weapons or equipment as has been authorized by his appointing authority.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 461 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 461. License to sell firearms and/or ammunition; gunsmiths; report of transactions; private transfer sales to minors or aliens

 (a) No person may engage in the business of dealer in firearms and/or ammunition or as a gunsmith without holding a license therefor issued by the Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs upon favorable report of the Police Commissioner. (b) Each transaction referring to the importation, or to the sale of firearms and ammunition between dealers, shall be reported to the Commissioner on forms which he shall provide, and the name, domicile, place of business, and the number of the license of the vendor and vendee, as well as the quantities and descriptions of the firearms or ammunition which are the subject of each transaction, shall be set forth therein, as required by the Commissioner. (c) Any person, not otherwise engaged in the business of a dealer in firearms and/or ammunition, may transfer a firearm to another by sale, gift, exchange or otherwise only upon prior reporting to the Commissioner of the details of the proposed transaction. The Commissioner shall thereupon determine the eligibility of the proposed transferee for a license to possess firearms, and shall make such further determination as may be necessary in the circumstances. (d) No person licensed or otherwise, may sell or furnish firearms or ammunition to a minor, except that a shotgun or rifle of such type or caliber as the Commissioner may prescribe or ammunition therefor, may be sold or furnished by a licensed dealer to a minor who displays a hunting or sporting license issued him in accordance with the laws of the Virgin Islands, and who further displays the written consent of his parent, guardian, or other responsible person acting in their absence and interest, in which such sale or delivery has been authorized.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 462 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 462. Application for dealer's or gunsmith's license; form and content; term; fee; renewals

 (a) Any person wishing to obtain a license to engage in the business of dealer in firearms and/or ammunition or the business of gunsmith, or both, shall file with the Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs a sworn application in the manner provided by the said Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs in consultation with the Police Commissioner which application shall contain all the information necessary so that the license may be issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such application shall be transmitted to the Police Commissioner and no license shall be issued under this section without the latter Commissioner first making an investigation of all the statements set forth in the application and without the records of the Department first being examined for the purpose of determining any prior conviction of the applicant, and only when such an investigation establishes that the statements of the applicant are true, and that the applicant has not been convicted of any crime of violence and the Commissioner so certifies, recommending that the license be issued. Where the applicant is a corporation or partnership, no license shall be issued if any officer of the corporation, or partner of the partnership, has been convicted of any crime of violence. (b) Licenses hereunder shall be issued for a term of one year, expiring in any event on the 15th day of January succeeding the date of issuance. (c) The annual fee for a license as a dealer in firearms and/or ammunition shall be $100, for a license as gunsmith, $100, and for a license as both, $150.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 463 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 463. Qualifications of dealer or gunsmith

 No license to engage in the business of gunsmith or of dealer in firearms and/or ammunition shall be issued to a person not over 21 years of age, and not a resident of the Virgin Islands and a citizen of the United States. When the applicant is a corporation, it shall be organized under the laws of the Virgin Islands, and if a partnership, all partners shall be residents of the Virgin Islands and citizens of the United States.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 464 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 464. Corporation or partnership application for license

 Where the applicant is a corporation or a partnership, the application shall be signed and sworn to by the president, the secretary and the treasurer of the corporation or by all the managing partners of the partnership; and it shall set forth the name of the corporation or of the partnership, place and date of the incorporation or organization thereof, and the principal place of business. The requirements of subparagraphs (3) and (4) of section 456 of this chapter shall be applied to the president, the secretary, and the treasurer of the corporation and, in the proper case, to all partners of the partnership. A license issued under the provisions of this section shall be valid only for the business establishments named and described in the license. Said license may not be transferred to any other business establishment or to any other person and shall be automatically cancelled upon the dissolution of the corporation or partnership, or the replacement of any of the officers of the corporation signing the application, or upon the admission of any new partner in the case of a partnership, even though such license may be renewed as soon as the provisions of subparagraphs (3) and (4) of section 456 of this chapter in connection with the new officer or the new partner are complied with. In these cases the Commissioner may issue a provisional issue for a term of not more than thirty days while the renewal is being processed.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 465 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 465. Conditions for dealers' operations; records of transactions

 Any person, to whom a license has been issued under section 461 of this chapter may engage in the business of gunsmith or of dealer in firearms and/or ammunition under the following conditions. (1) The business shall be operated only on the premises specified in the license. (2) The license, or a copy thereof, certified by the authority issuing the same, shall be posted in the establishment so that it may be easily read. (3) Under no circumstance shall a weapon or shall ammunition be sold unless the vendor is personally acquainted with the buyer or the latter clearly establishes his identity. (4) A record in triplicate shall be kept of each firearm sold and of each sale of ammunition, on books devoted to this purpose which shall be printed in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner and the record of each sale shall be personally signed by the buyer and by the person making the sale, each in the presence of the other; and such record shall set forth the day and hour of the sale, caliber, manufacture, model and factory number of the weapon, caliber mark, and quantity of ammunition, the name, birthplace, address and occupation and the buyer. Said record shall also contain a thumb-print of the buyer and shall also set forth whether the buyer is personally known to the vendor, and in case he should not be the manner in which the buyer established his identity. The vendor shall transmit a copy of such record by registered mail, within 24 hours following the sale, to the Commissioner; he shall send the duplicate within 48 hours following the sale to the Attorney General and shall keep the triplicate for six years. (5) A licensee, if limited to the business of a gunsmith, shall not be required to forward reports of the work performed under said license, but shall maintain at his place of business an accurate and legible accounting of the nature and type of the jobs or work performed, together with a name and address of the customers, a description of the firearm, including the serial number which accounting shall be available as required by the Commissioner. (6) The licensee may not place or cause to be placed any firearm or ammunition in any window display visible from any street or sidewalk. (7) The licensee shall keep all firearms in a securely locked place except when being shown to a customer or being repaired or lawfully transported. (8) The licensee may not knowingly employ anyone in the licensees' business or establishment through which the licensee operates the business pursuant to this chapter, if such person would not be eligible to register a firearm.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 466 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 466. Sales of weapons and ammunition without licenses prohibited; sales slips

 (a) No dealer in firearms or ammunition shall deliver a firearm to a purchaser without the latter's handing over to him a license to have and possess a firearm, duly issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and unless said license contains an authorization for the purchase of such firearm, and said dealer shall not sell to such purchaser any other weapon than the one described in said license. The dealer in firearms and ammunition shall separate from such license and keep the dealer's coupon, and shall return the license to the purchaser. No weapon shall be sold to the holder of a license from which the coupon has been removed, and in no case shall a pistol, revolver, or other firearm be delivered to the purchaser thereof until after forty-eight (48) hours have elapsed from the time he applies for the purchase and the same shall be delivered to him unloaded and securely wrapped. (b) No dealer in firearms or ammunition shall sell any quantity of ammunition to any person failing to present a firearm license. (c) Except in the case of the sale or transfer to another dealer or peace officer, as defined in 5 V.I.C. §  3561, no licensed dealer may transfer or sell ammunition unless: (1) The transfer is made in person; and (2) The ammunition to be purchased or transferred is of the same caliber or gauge of the firearm described in the firearms license or registration certificate.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 467 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 467. Selling firearms and ammunition without a license

 Whoever, without being licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, sells, has in his possession with the intent to sell, exposes for sale, or advertises for sale, any firearm or ammunition, or without being so licensed engages in the business of a gunsmith, shall be fined a minimum of $5,000 or five (5) years imprisonment or both; and a maximum of not more than $10,000 or ten (10) years imprisonment or both.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 467a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 467a. Importation of firearms without a license

 Except as provided in section 476 of this chapter, whoever, without being licensed in accordance with this chapter, imports, carries, or brings any firearm or ammunition into the Virgin Islands and fails to report to the Commissioner as required by section 470 of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50,000 or imprisonment for a minimum of 25 years or both fine.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 468 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 468. Cancellation of license

 Whenever, following the issuance of a license to engage in the business of dealer in firearms and/or ammunition or the business of a gunsmith, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs: (1) that such license was issued based on a false report of facts, or on concealment of facts on the part of the applicant; or (2) that the licensee was not in fact entitled to such license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; or (3) that the licensee commits any act in violation of the terms of the license, or of any provisions of this chapter warranting the cancellation of the license —the said Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs, after due notice and hearing may cancel the license so issued.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 469 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 469. Report by carrier, warehouseman or depositary; delivery to consignee

 Every water, air or overland carrier, and every warehouseman or depositary who receives firearms or ammunitions for delivery in the Virgin Islands shall as soon as possible notify such fact and the name and address of the consignee to the Commissioner and shall not deliver said merchandise to such consignee until he is authorized to do so by the Commissioner. Failure to discharge any duty herein imposed shall be punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand (2,000) dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one (1) year, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 470 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 470. Report of firearms purchased outside or brought into the Virgin Islands; fees; penalty

 (a) Any person upon entering the Virgin Islands and bringing any firearm or ammunition shall declare all firearms and ammunition to the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee immediately upon arrival to any port of entry and shall furnish a complete description of all firearms and ammunition brought into the Virgin Islands. The person shall also furnish the person’s own name, address, date of birth and occupation. (b) Any person upon entering the Virgin Islands bringing with him any firearm or ammunition shall declare the firearm or ammunition to the Commissioner or designee immediately at any port of entry, furnishing a complete description of the firearm or ammunition brought into the Virgin Islands. He shall also furnish his own name, address, date of birth and occupation. (c) In the event the person making a declaration under subsections (a) or (b), above, is qualified for a license to carry firearms in the Virgin Islands, the Commissioner shall issue the same, upon payment of the proper fee, and the firearm shall be registered in the Weapons Register provided for in section 469 of this chapter. If the person is not qualified for a license then the Commissioner shall retain the firearms or ammunition for disposition in accordance with the provisions of section 475 of this chapter, but no prosecution shall lie against the person for unlawful possession of the firearm or ammunition. (d) Any person who fails to comply with this section shall be punished as provided in section 484 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 470a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 470a. Port locations designated for registration of firearms and ammunition

 The Virgin Islands Port Authority shall designate a location at each port which shall be under the control of the Commissioner of Police for registration of firearms or ammunition and shall install at each port appropriate signage notifying all persons of the requirements of section 470.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 471 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 471. Report of loss of firearm

 Every person possessing or having under his control a firearm, and who loses the same or finds that it has disappeared, shall report the same to the Commissioner within 10 days, following his discovery of such loss or disappearance, and in the event of his failing to do so such person shall be fined not more than $100.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 472 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 472. Appeals

 Any applicant aggrieved by the denial of his application for a license hereunder or any person whose license has been revoked, shall be entitled to judicial review thereof by filing an appeal with the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands within 15 days after the date of the action complained of. Upon such appeal the determinations of the Commissioner as to questions of fact shall be deemed final in the absence of conclusive showing to the Court of fraud or misrepresentation. An appeal hereunder shall not operate to stay the action of the Commissioner. A judgment sustaining a refusal to grant a license shall not bar after one (1) year, a new application; nor shall a judgment in favor of the petitioner prevent the Commissioner from thereafter revoking or refusing to renew such license for any proper cause which may thereafter occur.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 473 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 473. Firearms Register

 (a) The Commissioner shall establish a Firearms Register within the Department and maintain the same in a systematic and orderly manner, so that the names of the persons licensed as dealers in firearms, gunsmiths or to carry firearms in the Virgin Islands as well as the essential details concerning the firearms registered, may be easily found. (b) Every firearm authorized to be licensed under section 454 which is duly licensed after this chapter takes effect, shall be registered in the Firearms Register provided for in the preceding subsection. If such firearm does not bear a serial number, or if the same is illegible, a nongovernmental licensee shall have his full name engraved on the butt or the stock of the weapon, and shall so set forth in his declaration. The Commissioner shall deliver to the declarant a record of such registration. (c) The firearms authorized to be had, possessed, or carried under paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) of section 453 and under subparagraph (1) of section 454 of this chapter, shall also be registered in the Firearms Register above provided for.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 474 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 474. Death of licensee

 Upon the death of a person leaving in his estate a firearm it shall be the duty of his administrator, executor or any other person legally authorized to represent the estate to report to the Commissioner the brand, caliber and serial number if any, of the firearm in question. Upon such report, or upon information otherwise verified, the Commissioner shall make the necessary provisions for the custody of said firearm by any interested party or by its deposit with the Department, pending the settlement of the estate. If the firearm is assigned to an heir or distributee who is eligible to obtain a license for a firearm, and such license is issued, said firearm shall be delivered to such heir or distributee. If the heir or distributee is not eligible for a firearms license, then the firearm shall be disposed of as part of the estate through public or private sale as the District Court of the Virgin Islands may direct; provided that the firearm may be acquired only by a duly licensed dealer, a person eligible for a license to possess or carry firearms in the Virgin Islands, or a nonresident of the Virgin Islands in compliance with the laws of the buyer's state.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 475 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 475. Deposit of firearms in Department of Public Safety, disposition

 (a) All firearms surrendered, seized or confiscated under the provisions of this chapter, shall be disposed of as provided in this section. (b) Any firearm unlawfully borne, possessed, transported or carried, is hereby declared a public nuisance and when any such weapon or instrument is seized by the police the same shall be delivered to the Commissioner. In the cases where criminal actions are filed, the judgment convicting the defendant shall, in addition to the penalties herein prescribed, carry with it the forfeiture in favor of the Government of the Virgin Islands of the firearm seized, and it shall be the duty of the court or judge to deliver the firearm so forfeited to the Commissioner who shall direct the disposition thereof. (c) Those firearms which are in good condition may be preserved by the Commissioner for governmental uses. (d) The Commissioner shall, whenever he may deem it advisable, and at least once a year, destroy and render completely unserviceable the firearms delivered to him under the provisions of this section, except when a certification is presented to him from a court, or the United States Attorney or the Attorney General to the effect that the preservation thereof, or of any of them, is necessary or indispensable for the ends of justice, and except when the Commissioner himself directs that they, or any of them, be retained in any police or detective laboratory to the end that they may be examined, compared, identified, or be the object of any other experiment tending to discover or prevent crime. (e) Before disposing of a firearm, as provided in this section, the Commissioner shall direct that the class, make, number and caliber of such firearms be carefully recorded and filed.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 476 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 5 - Control of Firearms and Ammunition|§ 476. Collections of antique firearms; certificates of uselessness

 No provision hereof shall prevent that private collections of antique firearms, which may not be used as weapons, be preserved and maintained and that their owners possess them as ornaments or as matters of curiosity, nor the collections of firearms kept as relics, but for the preservation of any weapon of those included in this section the prior inspection thereof and approval therefor by the Commissioner shall be necessary and he shall render such firearms useless, so that the same may not be used as such. The Commissioner shall issue a certificate of uselessness of all the weapons possessed under the provisions of this section, and the possession of any firearm not included in said certificate shall be subject to all the provisions hereof.