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V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2171 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 109 - Trade-Marks, Labels and Brands|Subchapter I - Trade-Marks and Labels|§ 2171. Definitions

 As used in this chapter— “Trade-mark” means a mark used to indicate the maker, owner or seller of an article of merchandise and includes, among other things, any name of a person or corporation, or any letter, word, device, emblem, figure, seal, stamp, diagram, brand, wrapper, ticket, stopper, label or other mark, lawfully adopted by him and usually affixed to an article of merchandise to denote that the same was imported, manufactured, produced, sold, compounded, bottled, packed or otherwise prepared by him, and also any signature or mark, used or commonly placed by a painter, sculptor or other artist upon a painting, drawing, engraving, statue or other work of art, to indicate that the same was designed or executed by him; “Article of merchandise” means any goods, wares, work of art, commodity, compound, mixture or other preparation or thing, which may be lawfully kept or offered for sale; “Imitation of a trade-mark” means that which so far resembles a genuine trade-mark as to be likely to induce the belief that it is genuine, whether by the use of words or letters, similar in appearance or in sound, or by any sign, device or other means whatsoever; and “Affixed” means placed in any manner in or upon— (1) the article itself; or (2) a box, bale, barrel, bottle, case, cask, platter or other vessel or package, or a cover, wrapper, stopper, brand, label or other thing in, by or with which the goods are packed, inclosed or otherwise prepared for sale or disposition.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2172 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 109 - Trade-Marks, Labels and Brands|Subchapter I - Trade-Marks and Labels|§ 2172. Wrongful use of trade-marks

 Whoever— (1) falsely makes or counterfeits a trade-mark; (2) affixes to any article of merchandise— (A) a false or counterfeit trade-mark, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit; or (B) the genuine trade-mark or an imitation of the trade-mark of another, without the latter's consent; (3) knowingly sells, or keeps or offers for sale, an article of merchandise to which is affixed a false or counterfeit trade-mark or the genuine trade-mark or an imitation of the trade-mark of another, without the latter's consent; (4) has in his possession a counterfeit trade-mark, knowing it to be counterfeit, or a die, plate, brand or other thing for the purpose of falsely making or counterfeiting a trade-mark; (5) makes or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, an article of merchandise with such a trade-mark or label as to appear to indicate the quantity, quality, character, place of manufacture or production, or persons manufacturing, packing, bottling, boxing or producing the article, but not indicating it truly; (6) knowingly sells, offers or exposes for sale, any goods which are represented in any manner, by word or deed, to be the manufacture, packing, bottling, boxing or product of any person other than himself, unless such goods are contained in the original packages, box or bottle and under the labels, marks or names placed thereon by the manufacturer who is entitled to use such marks, names, brands, or trade-marks; (7) sells, or exposes for sale any goods in bulk, to which no label or trade-mark is attached, and by representation, name or mark written or printed thereon, represents that such goods are the production or manufacture of a person who is not the manufacturer; or (8) knowingly sells, offers or exposes for sale any article of merchandise and orally or by representation, name or mark written or printed thereon, attached thereto or used in connection therewith or by advertisement, or by any other manner whatsoever— (A) makes any false representation as to the person by whom such article of merchandise or the material thereof was made, or was in whole or in part produced, manufactured, finished, processed, treated, marketed, packed, bottled or boxed; or (B) falsely represents that such article of merchandise or the material or any part thereof has or may properly have any trade-mark attached to it or used in connection with it, or is, or is or may properly be indicated or identified by any trade-mark— shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2191 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 109 - Trade-Marks, Labels and Brands|Subchapter II - Livestock Brands|§ 2191. Altering livestock brands

 Whoever willfully marks or brands, or alters or defaces the brand of any animal belonging to another, shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2200 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2200. Short title

 This subchapter may be cited as “The Identity Theft Prevention Act.”
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2201 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2201. Definitions

 In this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Personal identification document” means a birth certificate, a drivers license, a state identification card, a public, government, or private employment identification card, a Social Security card, a firearm owner's identification card, a credit card, a debit card, or a passport issued to or on behalf of a person other than the offender, or any document made or issued, or falsely purported to have been made or issued, by or under the authority of the United States Government, the Government of the Virgin Islands, or any other state political subdivision of any state or territory, or any other governmental or quasi-governmental organization that is of a type intended for the purpose of identification of an individual, or any such document made or altered in a manner that it falsely purports to have been made on behalf of or issued to another person or by the authority of one who did not give that authority. (b) “Personal identifying information” means any of the following information: (1) A person's name; (2) A person's address; (3) A person's date of birth; (4) A person's telephone number; (5) A person's drivers license number or identification card as assigned by the Virgin Islands Police Department or a similar agency of another state or territory; (6) A person's Social Security number; (7) A person's public, private, or government employer, place of employment, or employment identification number; (8) The maiden name of a person's mother (9) The number assigned to a person's depository account, savings account, or brokerage account; (10) The number assigned to a person's credit or debit card, commonly known as a “Visa Card”, “Master Card”, “American Express Card”, “Discover Card”, or other similar cards, whether issued by a financial institution, corporation, or business entity; (11) Personal identification numbers; (12) Electronic identification numbers; (13) Digital signals; (14) Any other numbers or information that can be used to access a person's financial resources, or to identify a specific individual. (c) “Document-making implement” means any implement, impression, template, computer file, computer disc, electronic device, computer hardware, computer software, instrument, or device that is used to make a real or fictitious or fraudulent personal identification document.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2203 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2203. Aggravated identity theft

 A person commits the offense of aggravated identity theft when the person commits the offense of identity theft as; set forth in section 2202, subsection (a) against: (1) A person who is 60 years of age or older; (2) A dependent adult, as defined in 34 V.I.C. § 452; or (3) A person who is less than 18 years of age. (b) Knowledge shall be determined by an evaluation of all circumstances surrounding the use of the other person's identifying information or document. (c) A defense to aggravated identity theft: (1) as set forth in subsection (a)(l) of this section does not exist merely because the accused reasonably believed the victim to be a person less than 60 years of age; or (2) as set forth in subsection (a)(2) of this section does not exist merely because the accused reasonably believed that the victim was not a dependent adult; or (3) as set forth in subsection (a)(3) does not exist merely because the accused reasonably believed the victim to be a person over the age of 18. (d) Sentence. Aggravated identity theft of any amount is a felony punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and by a term of imprisonment of up to 15 years for the first conviction: A person who has been previously convicted of aggravated identity theft, who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense of aggravated identity theft, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years but not more than 30 years.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2204 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2204. Civil remedies

 A person who is convicted of identity theft or aggravated identity theft is liable in a civil action to the person who suffered damages as a result of the violation. The person suffering damages may recover court costs, attorney's fees, lost wages, and actual damages.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2205 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2205. Offenders interest in the property

 It is no defense to a charge of identity theft or aggravated identity theft that the offender has an interest in the credit, money, goods, services, or other property.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2206 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2206. Mandating law enforcement agencies to accept and provide reports; judicial factual determination

 (a) A person who has learned or reasonably suspects that his or her personal identifying information has been unlawfully used by another may initiate a law enforcement investigation by contacting the Virgin Islands Police Department, which shall take a police report of the matter, provide the complainant with a copy of that report, and begin an investigation of the facts or, if the suspected crime was committed in a different jurisdiction, refer the matter to the law enforcement agency where the suspected crime was committed for an investigation of the facts. (b) A person who reasonably believes that he or she is the victim of financial identity theft may petition a court, on its own motion or upon application of the prosecuting attorney, may move for an expedited judicial determination of his or her factual innocence, where the perpetrator of the financial identity theft was arrested for, cited for, or convicted of a crime under the victim's identity, or where a criminal complaint has been filed against the perpetrator in the victim's name, or where the victim's identity has been mistakenly associated with a criminal conviction. Any judicial determination of factual innocence made pursuant to this subsection (b) may be heard and determined upon declarations, affidavits, police reports, or other material, relevant, and reliable information submitted by the parties or ordered to be part of the record by the court. If the court determines that the petition or motion is meritorious and that there is no reasonable cause to believe that the victim committed the offense for which the perpetrator of the identity theft was arrested, cited, convicted, or subject to a criminal complaint in the victim's name, or that the victim's identity has been mistakenly associated with a record of criminal conviction, the court shall find the victim factually innocent of that offense. If the victim is found factually innocent, the court shall issue an order certifying this determination. (c) After a court has issued a determination of factual innocence under this section, the court may order the name and associated personal identifying information contained in the court records, files, and indexes accessible by the public sealed, deleted, or labeled to show that the data is impersonated and does not reflect the defendant's identity. (d) A court that has issued a determination of factual innocence under this section may at any time vacate that determination if the petition, or any information submitted in support of the petition, is found to contain any material misrepresentation or fraud.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2207 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2207. Chapter not exclusive

 This chapter shall not be construed to preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of the Virgin Islands which presently applies or may in the future apply to any transaction that violates this chapter, unless such provision is inconsistent with the terms of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2210 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2210. Waiver unenforceable

 Any waiver of the provisions of this title is contrary to public policy, and is void and unenforceable.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2211 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2211. Remedies

 (a) Any customer injured by a violation of this title may commence a civil action to recover damages. (b) Any business that violates, proposes to violate, or has violated this title may be enjoined. (c) The rights and remedies available under this section are cumulative to each other and to any other rights and remedies available under law.
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2212 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 14 - Crimes|Chapter 110 - Theft|Subchapter I - Identity Theft|§ 2212. Severability

 If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 1. Definitions

 When used in a statute, in a will or in any other written instrument prescribing the devolution of property rights and unless the statute, the will or the instrument expressly or impliedly declares otherwise, the terms “heirs”, or “heirs at law”, “next of kin” and “distributees” and any terms of like import shall be construed to mean the distributees, including a surviving spouse, who are defined in section 84 of the title.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 2 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 2. Capacity to devise

 All persons, except idiots, persons of unsound mind and persons under eighteen years of age, may devise their real property, by last will and testament, duly executed, according to the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 3 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 3. Real property which may be devised

 Every estate and interest in real property descendible to heirs, may be devised as provided in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 4 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 4. Capacity to take real property by devise

 A devise of real property may be made to every person capable by law of holding real estate; but no devise to a corporation shall be valid, unless such corporation is expressly authorized by its charter, or by statute, to take by devise.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 5 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 5. Statutory power to take possession, and to sell, mortgage or lease real property in absence of valid power in will

 (a) Notwithstanding the absence of a valid power therein, every will of a person dying after the effective date of this Code, shall be construed to give to the executor or trustee, who has duly qualified, the power to take possession, collect the rents, and manage, and to sell, mortgage and lease, all of the real property, and any interest in any real property, owned by the decedent at the time of his death, and such power may be exercised by the executor or executors, or by any administrator with the will annexed, or by a successor or substituted trustee, subject to the limitations stated in subsection (b) of this section. (b) The power to take possession, collect rent, and manage, and to sell, mortgage or lease, referred to in subsection (a) of this section, shall not be exercised, however, (1) where the will expressly prohibits the exercise thereof; (2) or as to such real property as the will expressly provides shall not be sold, mortgaged or leased; (3) and shall not be deemed to include such real property as has been specifically devised to any one person not under disability at the time the sale, mortgage or lease takes effect, or to any one corporation capable of taking the same; (4) except that the power to take possession, collect the rents, and manage, and to sell, mortgage or lease, may be exercised, in the case of property devised and within clauses (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection, where such power is necessary for the payment of administration expenses, funeral expenses, debts or transfer or estate tax, upon approval by the district court. (c) This additional grant of power to sell, mortgage and lease shall not be deemed to affect any existing authorization or judicial proceeding or action for the sale, mortgage or lease of real estate pursuant to the provisions of Title 28.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 6 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 6. Construction of will of real estate

 Every will that shall be made by a testator devising, in express terms, all his real property, or in any other terms denoting his intent to devise all his real property, shall be construed to pass all the real estate, which he was entitled to devise, at the time of his death.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 7 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 7. Capacity to make wills of personal estate

 Every person of the age of eighteen years or upwards, of sound mind and memory, and no others, may give and bequeath his personal estate, by will in writing.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 8 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 8. Nuncupative or holographic wills

 No nuncupative or unwritten or holographic will, bequeathing or devising personal or real estate, shall be valid, unless made by a soldier or sailor while in actual military or naval service, or by a mariner while at sea and when made in the following manner— (1) a nuncupative oral will made within the hearing of two persons and the execution and the tenor thereof proved by at least two witnesses; or (2) a holographic will when written entirely in the handwriting of the maker even though the same be unattested. Any such disposition of property by a soldier or sailor shall become invalid and unenforceable upon the expiration of one year following his discharge from military or naval service provided he possesses testamentary capacity at the time of such expiration. If, however, he shall lack testamentary capacity at the expiration of one year from the date of such discharge, it shall continue to be valid and enforceable until the expiration of one year from the time he shall have regained testamentary capacity.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 9 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 9. Devise or bequest to certain societies, associations, corporations or purposes

 No person having a husband, wife, child, or descendant or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious or missionary society, association, corporation or purpose, in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more. The validity of a devise or bequest for more than such one-half may be contested only by a surviving husband, wife, child, descendant or parent. When payment of a devise or bequest to such society, association, corporation or purpose is postponed, in computing its one-half part, no allowance may be made for such postponement or for any interest or gains or losses which may accrue after the testator's death. The value of an annuity or life estate, legal or equitable, shall not be computed upon the actual duration of the life, but shall be computed upon the actuarial value according to the American Experience Table of Mortality at the rate of four per centum per annum. Such value shall be deducted from the fund or property, which is subject to the annuity or life estate, in order to ascertain the value of a future estate or remainder interest passing to such society, association, corporation or purpose.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 12 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 12. Mortgages and liens on or pledges of personal property specifically bequeathed

 Where personal property subject to any lien, mortgage or pledge is specifically bequeathed by will, the legatee must satisfy the lien, mortgage or pledge out of his own property without resorting to the executors of his testator unless there is in the will of such testator a direction, expressly or by necessary implication, that such mortgage, lien or pledge be otherwise paid. Where such personal property specifically bequeathed has been made subject to any lien, mortgage or pledge with other personal property, the specifically bequeathed property shall bear its proportionate share of the total lien, mortgage or pledge.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 13 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 13. Manner of execution of will

 Every last will and testament of real or personal property, or both, shall be executed and attested in the following manner: (1) It shall be subscribed by the testator at the end of the will. (2) Such subscription shall be made by the testator in the presence of each of the attesting witnesses, or shall be acknowledged by him, to have been so made, to each of the attesting witnesses. (3) The testator, at the time of making such subscription, or at the time of acknowledging the same, shall declare the instrument so subscribed, to be his last will and testament. (4) There shall be at least two attesting witnesses, each of whom shall sign his name as a witness, at the end of the will, at the request of the testator.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 14 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part I - Decedents' Estates|Chapter 1 - Wills|§ 14. Witnesses to will to write names and places of residence

 The witnesses to any will shall write opposite to their names their respective places of residence; and every person who shall sign the testator's name to any will by his direction shall write his own name as a witness to the will. Omission to comply with either of these provisions shall not affect the validity of any will; nor shall any person be excused or incapacitated on account of such an omission from testifying respecting the execution of such will.