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V.I. Code tit. 27, § 502 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 502. License required

 It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on the business, trade, or occupation of a locksmith, or a keymaker, or for any person to perform the duties of a locksmith or a keymaker, without a license therefor.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 503 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 503. License fees; term

 (a) The fee for a locksmith's license shall be $70.00, and for a keymaker's license, $50.00. (b) Licenses for locksmiths and keymakers shall expire on the 31st day of December next succeeding the date of issuance.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 504 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 504. Regulations

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed locksmith or the owner or tenant of the premises to open any lock for which a key or combination may have been lost; or to make repairs to, or change in, the mechanical adjustment or combination of any lock; or to make any original key or any other device or contraption to open a lock. (b) Licensed keymakers shall be authorized to make duplicate keys only, and shall perform none of the other duties reserved for licensed locksmiths in subsection (a) of this section. (c) Every licensed locksmith and keymaker shall keep a book in which the following information shall be entered: (1) the name and address of every person ordering master keys, ordering keys by number, or ordering the opening of a locked item. (2) the date and time such work was done. Such book shall be open at all reasonable times for inspection by the Commissioner of Public Safety or his authorized designee.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 505 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 505. Equipment to be listed

 Each manufacturer or jobber of devices aiding locksmiths in their trade shall file a list of his equipment with the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.), enumerating in such list all master key blanks, code books, machinery, skeleton keys that open and operate more than one lock and known to the trade as pressure keys, key sets for automobiles, vibrating lockpickers, and all similar equipment to any person other than a licensed locksmith.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 506 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 506. Keys to be marked

 All keys made by a licensed locksmith or keymaker shall be stamped with the license number issued to him by the Police Commissioner. All master keys in addition, shall bear the word “master” and duplicates shall be made only upon the signed order of the owner of the locks which such keys are designed to operate or his authorized agent. Master keys shall be made only by a licensed locksmith.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 507 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 507. License to be displayed

 Every licensed locksmith or keymaker shall display the license issued thereunder in a conspicuous place where it can be readily seen by anyone entering the premises where the business is conducted. Where the licensed locksmith or keymaker is not in business for himself, but is employed by another, it shall be incumbent upon the licensee and his employer to display the license hereunder in a conspicuous place where it can be readily seen by anyone entering the premises wherein the business is conducted.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 508 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 508. Violations

 Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than three months or both, and shall, in addition, if licensed as a locksmith or keymaker, suffer a suspension or revocation of his license.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 509 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 509. Proof of qualifications

 (a) The Police Commissioner shall require any applicant for a locksmith's license to furnish documentary proof that he is a qualified locksmith, and if such evidence is not satisfactory to the Commissioner, he may require the applicant to submit to an examination by at least two licensed locksmiths to be named by the Commissioner, and such licensed locksmiths, after examining the applicant shall certify in writing to the Commissioner whether or not the applicant in their opinion is sufficiently qualified to be licensed as a locksmith. (b) Once licensed under the provisions of this chapter, the license shall be renewed annually without examination upon payment of the prescribed fees.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 510 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 510. Exemptions

 (a) Virgin Islands' Government employees who are assigned to locksmith work, wholly within their respective departments or agencies, shall be exempt from payment of a license fee provided by section 503 of this chapter. (b) Those persons employed by a duly licensed locksmith as an apprentice or trainee.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 511 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 19 - Locksmiths and Keymakers|§ 511. Additional qualifications

 An applicant for a keymaker or locksmith license shall be 18 years of age or older, a resident of the Virgin Islands and of good moral character.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 531 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 531. Declaration of purpose

 Since the profession of social work profoundly affects the lives of the people of this territory, it is the purpose of this chapter to protect the public by setting standards of qualification, education, training, and experience for those who seek to engage in the practice of social work and by promoting high standards of professional performance of those engaged in the profession of social work.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 532 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 532. Definitions

 As used in this chapter: “Board” means the Board of Social Work Licensure established in this chapter. “Social work practice” means service and action to effect changes in human behavior, a person's or persons' emotional responses, and the social conditions of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities, which are influenced by the interaction of social, cultural, political, and economic systems. The practice of social work is guided by special knowledge of social resources, social systems, human capabilities, and the part that conscious and unconscious motivation play in determining behavior. The disciplined application of social work values, principles, and methods in a variety of ways includes but is not restricted to the following: (1) Counseling and the use of applied psychotherapy with individuals, families, and groups and other measures to help people modify behavior or to aid in personal and family adjustment; or (2) providing general assistance, information, and referral services and other supportive social services; or (3) explaining and interpreting the psychosocial aspects of a situation to individuals, families, or groups; or (4) helping organizations and communities analyze social problems and human needs and provide human services; or (5) helping organizations and communities organize for general neighborhood improvement or community development; or (6) improving social conditions through the application of social planning and social policy formulations; or (7) meeting basic human needs; or (8) assisting in problem-solving activities; or (9) resolving or managing conflict; or (10) bringing about changes in the system.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 533 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 533. Practice of social work

 (a) After one year from the effective date of this chapter, no person may engage in the practice of social work unless he is licensed under this chapter as a certified social worker, social worker, certified independent social worker, or social work associate. No social work associate may practice except under the supervision of a certified social worker or social worker. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent licensed physicians, surgeons, psychologists, psychotherapists, attorneys, court employees, marriage counselors, family counselors, child counselors, or members of the clergy from doing work within the standards and ethics of their respective professions and callings, provided they do not hold themselves out to the public by title or description of service as being engaged in the practice of social work. Any profession licensed under the laws of the Virgin Islands shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. Students enrolled in recognized programs of study leading to social work degrees may practice only under direct supervision of the certified social worker or a social worker licensed under this chapter. (c) The practice of social work without a license shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 534 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 534. Titles and qualifications for licenses

 The Board shall issue a license as a certified social worker, a social worker, social work associate, or certified independent social worker. (a) The Board shall issue a license as a “certified social worker” to an applicant who: (1) Has a doctorate or master's degree from a school of social work approved by the Board; and (2) Has satisfied the Board that he is a person who merits the public trust. (b) The Board shall issue a license as a “social worker” to an applicant who: (1) Has a baccalaureate degree in a social work or social welfare program approved by the Board from a college or university approved by the Board or a baccalaureate degree in another field, plus two years' experience in a social work capacity; and (2) Has satisfied the Board that he is a person who merits the public trust. (c) The Board shall issue a license as a “social work associate” to an applicant who: (1) Has a baccalaureate degree in a non-social work field or discipline or an associate of arts degree in the human services in a program approved by the Board from a junior college, college, or university approved by the Board or equivalent as determined by the Board; and (2) Has satisfied the Board that he is a person who merits the public trust. (d) The Board shall issue a license as a “certified independent social worker” to an applicant who: (1) Has a doctorate or master's degree from a school of social work approved by the Board; and (2) Has practiced for two years under appropriate supervision in the field of specialization in which the applicant will practice (e.g. psychotherapy, community organization, or planning).
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 535 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 535. Representation to the public

 (a) After one year from the effective date of this chapter, no person may represent himself as a social worker by using the titles “certified social worker”, “social worker”, “social work associate”, “certified independent social worker”, or any other title that includes such words or by adding the letters “CSW”, “SW”, “SWA” or “CISW” to his name, unless licensed under this chapter. (b) Violation of the foregoing shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 536 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 536. Exemption from requirements

 For one year after the effective date of this chapter an applicant shall be exempted from any academic qualifications required herein if he satisfies the Board that he is and has been actually engaged, for at least two years prior to the effective date of this chapter, in the practice for which the academic qualifications would otherwise be required. No new license shall be issued after that initial one year if the applicant does not meet the academic requirements of the Board.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 537 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 537. Bribery, fraud, misrepresentation and false statements

 The following shall be misdemeanors punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000: (a) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license, certificate, or renewal thereof by bribery or fraudulent representation. (b) Knowingly making a false statement in connection with any application under this chapter. (c) Knowingly making a false statement on any form promulgated by the Board in accordance with this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 538 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 538. Board of Social Work Licensure

 (a) There is established the Virgin Islands Board of Social Work Licensure within the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs. The Board shall consist of five members, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature. Not less than two members shall be licensed certified social workers or licensed certified independent social workers, one member shall be a licensed social worker, one member shall be a licensed social worker associate and there shall be one other member. Each of the three Virgin Islands shall be represented on the Board. Such appointment by the Governor is to be made no later than sixty days after the effective date of this chapter. (b) The term of office of each member of the Board shall be for three years; Provided, however, That of the members first appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of two years, two shall be appointed for terms of three years, and one shall be appointed for a term of four years. (c) Members of the Board may be removed by the Governor for cause. (d) The organization, meetings, and management of the Board shall be established in regulations promulgated by the Board.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 539 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 539. Duties of the Board

 In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in the chapter, the Board shall: (a) Annually publish a list of the names and addresses of all persons who are: (1) Licensed certified social workers under this chapter; (2) Licensed social workers under this chapter; (3) Licensed social work associates under this chapter; (4) Licensed to engage in the private, independent practice of social work under this chapter; (b) Promulgate rules and regulations that set standards for professional practice and continuing education requirements for certified independent social workers, certified social workers, social workers, and social work associates; (c) Promulgate rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary for the administration of this chapter and to carry out the purposes thereof; (d) Recommend modifications and amendments to this chapter to the Governor and the Legislature; (e) Recommend to the Virgin Islands Government, Division of Personnel, standards of professional practice for certified social workers, social workers, certified independent social workers, and social work associates. (f) Recommend prosecutions for violations of this chapter to the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands; and (g) Recommend to the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands the bringing of civil actions to seek injunctions and other relief against violations of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 540 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 540. Grounds for disciplinary proceedings

 The Board may refuse to renew, may suspend, or revoke any license issued under this chapter on proof after a hearing that the person: (a) is guilty of conduct defined as a misdemeanor in this chapter; or (b) has been convicted of a misdemeanor under this chapter; or (c) has been convicted in this territory or any state or other territory of any crime that is a felony in this territory; or (d) has been convicted of a felony in a federal court; or (e) is unable to perform the functions of his license by reason of: (1) mental illness, (2) extended physical illness, or (3) habitual intoxication or addiction to alcohol or controlled substances; or (f) has been grossly negligent in the practice of social work; or (g) has knowingly violated one or more of the rules and regulations of the Board.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 541 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 541. Disciplinary proceedings

 (a) Hearings are to be conducted by the Board. The decision will be determined by majority vote. (b) Reasonable notice (a minimum of twenty days) of charges shall be given and shall be served personally or by registered mail. (c) The accused shall have the right to counsel. (d) The accused shall have the right to cross-examination of witnesses. (e) There shall be a stenographic record of the proceedings. (f) The accused shall have the right to call witnesses on his own behalf. (g) The accused shall have the right to subpoena witnesses and documents. (h) Judicial review of the refusal to allow an examination, refusal to grant a license, and review of disciplinary hearings shall be in accordance with Virgin Islands statutes regulating judicial review of administrative action.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 542 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 542. Renewal of licenses

 (a) All licenses shall be effective when issued by the Board. (b) The license of certified social worker, social worker, social work associate and certified independent social worker shall expire on the last day of the month in the calendar year that is exactly two years from the calendar year and month in which the license is issued. (c) A license may be renewed by the payment of the renewal fee as set by the Board in accordance with section 544 of this chapter and by the completion and submission—on a form provided by the Board—of a sworn statement by the applicant that his license has been neither revoked nor is currently suspended. (d) The application for renewal may be made within one year of the expiration of the license. (e) At the time of license renewal, each applicant shall present satisfactory evidence that in the period since the license was issued, he has completed the continuing education requirements specified by the Board.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 543 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 543. Fees

 Fees shall be established and published by the Board. The Board shall file an annual report of its activities with the Governor of the Virgin Islands and such report shall include a statement of all receipts and disbursements.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 544 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 544. Confidentiality

 (a) No licensed certified social worker, social worker, certified independent social worker, or social work associate or his employee may disclose any information he may have acquired from persons consulting him in his professional capacity except: (1) With the written consent of the person or persons or, in the case of death or disability, of his own personal representative, or other person authorized to sue on his behalf; (2) That a licensed certified social worker, licensed social worker, licensed certified independent social worker, or licensed social work associate shall not be required to treat as confidential a communication that reveals the contemplation of a crime or of a harmful act; (3) When the person is a minor under the law of this territory and the information acquired by the licensed certified social worker, licensed social worker, licensed certified independent social worker, or the licensed social work associate indicates that the minor was the victim or subject of a crime, the certified social worker, the social worker, the certified independent social worker, or the social work associate may be required to testify fully in any examination, trial, or other proceeding in which the commission of such a crime is the subject of inquiry; (4) When the person waives the right of confidentiality by bringing charges against the licensed certified social worker, the social worker, the certified independent social worker, or the social work associate; or (5) Pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (b) Violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 545 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 20 - Social Workers|§ 545. Separability clause

 If any section of this chapter or any part thereof shall be judged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of any other section or part thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 1 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 1 - Estates in Property Generally|§ 1. Definitions

 As used in this title, unless otherwise provided or the context requires a different meaning— “conveyance” includes every instrument in writing except a last will and testament, whatever may be its form and by whatever name it may be known in law, by which any estate or interest in lands is created, aliened, assigned, or surrendered. “estate and interest in lands” includes every interest, freehold, and chattel, legal and equitable, present and future, vested and contingent. “lands” is coextensive in meaning with “lands, tenements, and hereditaments”.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 2 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 1 - Estates in Property Generally|§ 2. Interest conveyed; words of inheritance not required for fee simple

 An otherwise effective inter vivos or testamentary conveyance of real property transfers the entire interest which the conveyor has and has the power to convey unless an intent to transfer a less interest is effectively manifested. No words of inheritance or other special words such as “heirs” are necessary to create or transfer an estate in fee simple.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 3 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 1 - Estates in Property Generally|§ 3. Quitclaim

 A deed of quitclaim and release shall be sufficient to pass all the real estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by a deed of bargain and sale.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 4 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 1 - Estates in Property Generally|§ 4. Purported conveyance of greater estate by tenant for life or years

 A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years purporting to grant a greater estate than he possesses or can lawfully convey does not work a forfeiture of his estate, but passes to the grantee all the estate which such tenant can lawfully convey.
V.I. Code tit. 28, § 5 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 28 - Property|Chapter 1 - Estates in Property Generally|§ 5. Conveyance, mortgage, or devise of property not in possession

 Any act which would be effective as a conveyance inter vivos or as a mortgage or as a testamentary disposition of property when the land or thing other than land is in the possession of the conveyor, is effective as a conveyance of the conveyor's interest therein, when the land or thing other than land is out of the conveyor's possession whether adversely held or not.