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V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3864 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 333 - Securing the Attendance of Witnesses From Without a State in Criminal Proceedings|§ 3864. Exemption from arrest and service of process

 If a person comes into the Virgin Islands in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in the Virgin Islands he shall not while in the Virgin Islands pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into the Virgin Islands under the summons. If a person passes through the Virgin Islands while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through the Virgin Islands be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into the Virgin Islands under the summons.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3865 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 333 - Securing the Attendance of Witnesses From Without a State in Criminal Proceedings|§ 3865. Uniformity of interpretation

 This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those jurisdictions which enact it.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3901 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 335 - Search and Seizure|§ 3901. Authority to issue warrant; application of Federal Rule

 (a) A search warrant authorized by this chapter may be issued by a judge of a court of record, directed to a peace officer. (b) Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure shall apply to proceedings under this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3902 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 335 - Search and Seizure|§ 3902. Grounds for issuance

 A warrant may be issued to search for and seize any property upon any of the following grounds: (1) When the property was stolen or embezzled; in which case it may be taken on the warrant from the place in which it is concealed, or from the possession of the person by whom it was stolen or embezzled or from any person in whose possession it may be found. (2) When it was used as the means of committing a criminal offense; in which case it may be taken on the warrant from the place in which it is concealed, or from the possession of the person by whom it was used in the commission of the offense, or from any person in whose possession it may be. (3) When it is in the possession of any person with the intent to use it as a means of committing a criminal offense or in the possession of another to whom he may have delivered it for the purpose of concealing it or preventing its being discovered; in which case it may be taken on the warrant from such person, or from any place occupied by him or under his control, or from the possession of the person to whom he may have so delivered it. (4) When the property is a cask, keg, bottle, vessel, siphon, can, case, or other package, bearing printed, branded, stamped, engraved, attached, blown, or otherwise attached or produced thereon the duly filed trademark or name of the person by whom, or in whose behalf the search warrant is applied for, in the possession of any person except the owner thereof with intent to sell or traffic in the same, or refill the same with intent to defraud the owner thereof, with such intent, and without such owner's consent thereof; in which case it may be taken on the warrant from such person or from any place occupied by him, or under his control or from the possession of the person to whom he may have delivered it.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3903 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 335 - Search and Seizure|§ 3903. Persons authorized to serve search warrant

 A search warrant may in all cases be served by any of the officers mentioned in its direction or by an officer authorized by law to serve such warrant, but by no other person, except in aid of the officer on his requiring it, he being present and acting in its execution.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3904 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 335 - Search and Seizure|§ 3904. Breaking doors or windows for entry or exit

 The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house, or anything therein, to execute a search warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance or when necessary to liberate himself or a person aiding him in the execution of the warrant.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3905 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 335 - Search and Seizure|§ 3905. Disposition of property

 When the property is delivered to the judge, he must, if it was stolen or embezzled, dispose of it as provided in chapter 337 of this title. If it was taken on a warrant issued on the grounds stated in section 3902 of this title he must retain it in his possession, subject to the order of the court to which he is required to return the proceedings before him, or of any other court in which the offenses in respect to which the property taken is triable.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3906 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 335 - Search and Seizure|§ 3906. Search of defendant at preliminary examination

 When a person charged with a felony is supposed by the judge, before whom he is brought to have on his person a dangerous weapon, or anything which may be used as evidence of the commission of the offense, the judge may direct him to be searched in his presence, and the weapon or other thing to be retained subject to his order, or to the order of the court in which the defendant may be tried.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3910 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 335 - Search and Seizure|§ 3910. Purpose; HIV testing; and inadmissibility of test results

 (a) For purposes of this chapter: (1) “HIV” means Human Immunodeficiency Virus identified as the causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (“AIDS”), a condition in which the body's immune system fails and life threatening illnesses develop. (2) “Sexual offense” means: (A) unlawful sexual contact between: (i) the penis and vulva, or the penis and the anus, and for purposes of this section contact involving the penis occurs upon penetration, however slight; or (ii) the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the vulva, or the mouth and the anus; and (B) the perpetration of any of the sexual offenses proscribed by Title 14, Virgin Islands Code. (3) “Victim” includes the person upon whom a sexual offense has been perpetrated, the legal guardian or the parent of such person if the victim is a minor, or the legal guardian or the parent of such person if the victim is mentally retarded or mentally incapacitated. (4) “Convicted” means a person who has entered a plea of guilty to a sexual offense, as well as a person found guilty following a jury trial or a bench trial. It also includes a person who is adjudicated under juvenile proceedings. (5) “Chief Public Health Officer” means the Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Health. (6) “Public Health Official” means a designated representative by the Chief Public Health Officer. (b) The primary purpose of the testing and disclosure provided for in this section is to benefit the victim of a sexual offense by informing the victim whether the individual convicted of a sexual offense is infected with the AIDS virus. However, in enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends to promote the public health objectives of stemming the spread of HIV infection and protecting the health of both the victim of a sexual offense and those convicted of committing such offenses. This section may not be construed to authorize disclosure of the results for the purpose of a charging decision by the prosecutor. (c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the victim from requesting that an HIV test be required of a person charged with committing a sexual offense. Such test shall be ordered and the results disseminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 3911 if, in the opinion of a judge, there exists probable cause to conduct such testing.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3912 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 335 - Search and Seizure|§ 3912. Testing during incarceration and disclosure of HIV test results

 Except as otherwise requested by the victim, if the initial HIV test is conducted within the first two years of a convicted perpetrator's imprisonment, the request for disclosure is considered a standing request for any subsequent HIV test results obtained within two years after the initial HIV test is performed, and such request need not be repeated for each HIV test administered. If the HIV test is performed by any agency, private physician or private laboratory other than the Department of Health, that instrumentality shall be responsible for forwarding the test result to the Department of Health for disclosure to the person requesting the test result pursuant to this chapter. The HIV test result may not be disclosed to any other person except as expressly authorized by law or court order.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3941 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 337 - Disposal of Property Stolen or Embezzled|§ 3941. Custody by peace officer

 When property alleged to have been stolen or embezzled comes into the custody of a peace officer, he shall hold it subject to the order of the court as provided in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3942 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 337 - Disposal of Property Stolen or Embezzled|§ 3942. Delivery to owner

 On satisfactory proof of title of the owner of the property, the court which hears the charge must order it to be delivered to the owner or his duly authorized agent, on his paying the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in its preservation, to be ascertained and certified by the court.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3943 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 337 - Disposal of Property Stolen or Embezzled|§ 3943. Failure to file charge

 If no charge is filed against any person in relation to property alleged to have been stolen or embezzled, the judge who examines the charge against the person accused of the crime shall order it to be delivered to the owner or his duly authorized agent on like proof and condition as in section 3942 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3944 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 337 - Disposal of Property Stolen or Embezzled|§ 3944. Scope of order; rights of third persons

 The order provided for in sections 3942 and 3943 of this title entitles the owner or his agent to demand and receive the possession of the property from the officer having it in custody, and authorizes such officer to deliver it accordingly, but does not affect the rights of third persons.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3945 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 337 - Disposal of Property Stolen or Embezzled|§ 3945. Money or property taken from arrested person

 When money or other property is taken from a person arrested upon a charge of crime, the officer taking it shall at the time give duplicate receipts therefor, specifying particularly the amount of money or kind of property taken, one of which receipts he shall deliver to the person arrested and the other to the judge who examines the charge; or if the arrest is made after an information has been filed then to the clerk of the district court.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 3946 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 337 - Disposal of Property Stolen or Embezzled|§ 3946. Unclaimed property

 If the property stolen or embezzled is not claimed by the owner before the expiration of one year from the conviction of the person for stealing or embezzling it, and after publication, the officer having it in custody shall, if it is money, pay it to the clerk of the district court, or if it is property, sell it as upon execution, and after paying the expenses of the sale and preservation of the property to be ascertained and certified by the clerk of the district court pay the proceeds to the clerk of the district court, to be deposited by him as in case of moneys collected upon judgments in favor of the government of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4051 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 341 - Compromising Crimes|§ 4051. Crimes which may be compromised

 (a) No crime may be compromised, nor any proceeding for the prosecution or punishment therefor stayed upon a compromise, except as provided in this chapter or other law. (b) When an information charges a misdemeanor, for which the person injured by the act constituting the crime has a civil action, the crime may be compromised except when it was committed — (1) by or upon an officer of the peace while in the execution of the duties of his office; or (2) riotously; or (3) with intent to commit a felony.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4052 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 341 - Compromising Crimes|§ 4052. Procedure for compromise

 For a compromise to be effected, the party injured shall appear before the court in which the complaint or information is filed at any time before trial and acknowledge in writing that he has received satisfaction for the injury. The court may then in its discretion, on payment of the costs and expenses incurred, order all further proceedings upon the prosecution to be stayed and the defendant to be discharged therefrom. The order and reason therefor shall be entered in the journal, and such order is a bar to another prosecution for the same crime.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 343 - Electronic Surveillance|§ 4103. Authorization for disclosure and use of intercepted wire or oral communications

 (a) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom may disclose such contents to another investigative or law enforcement officer to the extent that such disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official duties of the officer making or receiving the disclosure. (b) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom, may use such contents to the extent such use is appropriate to the proper performance of his official duties. (c) Any person who has received, by any means authorized by this chapter, any information concerning a wire or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, intercepted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, may disclose the contents of that communication or such derivative evidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in any criminal proceeding in the Superior Court or any court of the United States. (d) No otherwise privileged wire or oral communication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, the provisions of this chapter shall lose its privileged character by virtue of enactment of this chapter. (e) When an investigative or law enforcement officer, while engaged in intercepting wire or oral communication in the manner authorized herein, intercepts wire or oral communications relating to offenses for which an order or authorization or approval could have been secured pursuant to section 4102 of this title, but which is not specified in the actual order or authorization or approval, the contents thereof and evidence derived therefrom may be disclosed or used as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, and may be used under subsection (c) of this section, when authorized or approved by a court of competent jurisdiction which finds, upon subsequent application, that the contents were otherwise intercepted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such subsequent application shall be made as soon as practicable.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4104 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 343 - Electronic Surveillance|§ 4104. Procedure for interception of wire or oral communications

 Each application for an order authorizing or approving the interception of a wire or oral communication shall be made in writing, upon oath or affirmation, to a Judge of the Superior Court or of the District Court, and shall state the applicant's authority to make such application. Each application shall include the following information: (1) the identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer making the application and of the officer authorizing the application; (2) a full and complete statement of the facts and circumstances relied upon by the applicant to justify his belief that an order should be issued, including details as to the particular offense that has been, is being or is about to be committed, a particular description of the nature and location of the facilities from which, or the place where, the communications are to be intercepted, a particular description of the type of communications sought to be intercepted and the identity of the person, if known, or believed to be committing the offense and whose communications are to be intercepted; (3) a full and complete statement as to whether or not other investigative procedures have been tried and have failed or why they reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed if tried or are too dangerous to be tried; (4) a statement of the period of time for which the interception is required to be maintained and, if the nature of the investigation is such that the authorization for interception should not automatically terminate when the described type of communication has been first obtained, a particular description or statement of facts establishing probable cause to believe that additional communications of the same type will occur thereafter; (5) a full and complete statement of the facts concerning all previous applications known to the individual authorizing and making the application made to any Judge for authorization to intercept, or for approval of interceptions of, wire or oral communications involving any of the same persons, facilities, or places specified in the application, and the action taken by the Judge on each such application; and (6) when the application is for the extension of an order, a statement setting forth the results thus for obtained from the interception or a reasonable explanation of the failure to obtain such results.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4106 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 343 - Electronic Surveillance|§ 4106. Unlawful to publish names of parties to intercepted communications; penalty

 (a) No person shall print, publish, or broadcast, or cause to be printed, published, or broadcast, in any newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other publication or from any television or radio broadcasting station, the name or identity of any person served with, or to be served with, an inventory or notification of interception of wire or oral communications pursuant to section 4105 of this title, subsection (f)(5) until said person has been informed against by the appropriate prosecuting authority. (b) Whoever is convicted of a violation of any provision of this section is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000, or imprisonment of up to 5 years, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4107 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 343 - Electronic Surveillance|§ 4107. Recovery of civil damages authorized

 (a) Any person whose wire or oral communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used, in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses or uses, or procures any other person to intercept, disclose, or use, such communications and shall be entitled to recover from any such person: (1) actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of $100 for each day of violation or $1,000, whichever is higher; (2) punitive damages; and (3) a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred. (b) A good faith reliance on a court order or legislative authorization, as provided in this chapter, shall constitute a complete defense to any civil or criminal action under the laws of this Territory.