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V.I. Code tit. 5, § 421 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 41 - Judgments Generally|§ 421. Confession of judgment in pending action

 (a) On the confession of the defendant, with the assent of the plaintiff of his attorney, judgment may be given against the defendant in any action, before or after answer, for any amount or relief not exceeding or different from that demanded in the complaint. (b) When the action is against a public corporation or a private corporation, the confession shall be made by the person who at the time sustains the relation to such corporation as would authorize the service of a summons upon him. In all other cases the confession shall be made by the defendant in person. (c) When the action is upon a contract, and against one or more defendants jointly liable, judgment may be given on the confession of one or more defendants against all the defendants thus jointly liable, whether such defendants have been served with the summons or not, to be enforced only against their joint property and against the joint and separate property of the defendant making the confession. (d) The confession and assent thereto shall be in writing, and subscribed by the parties or their attorneys making the same, and acknowledged by each before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, but the acknowledgment is not required if the parties or their attorney appear in court when the judgment is given. In all cases the confession and assent thereto and the acknowledgment, if any, shall be filed with the clerk.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 422 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 41 - Judgments Generally|§ 422. Confession of judgment without action

 (a) On the confession of any person capable of being made a party defendant to an action, judgment may be given against such person without action, in favor of anyone, either for money due or to become due, or to secure any person against contingent liability on behalf of the defendant in such judgment, or both, if it is in favor of the same person. (b) The confession shall be made, assented to and acknowledged, and judgment given in the same manner as a confession in an action pending. The confession shall be verified by the oath of the party making it, and shall authorize a judgment to be given for a particular sum. If it is for money due or to become due it shall state plainly and concisely the facts out of which such indebtedness arose, and shall show that the sum confessed therefor is justly due or to become due. (c) If it is for the purpose of securing the plaintiff in the judgment against a contingent liability, it shall state plainly and concisely the facts constituting such liability and shall show that the sum confessed therefor does not exceed the same. When judgment is given so as to be payable in installments, executions may issue to enforce the payment of such installments, as they become due.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 423 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 41 - Judgments Generally|§ 423. Submission of controversy without action

 (a) Parties to a question in controversy, which might be the subject of an action in a court of record may submit the same to the determination of such court without action, as provided in this section. (b) The parties as plaintiff and defendant shall state, in writing, a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and subscribe the same in person or by their attorneys. Such statement shall be verified by the oaths of the parties, or, where there is more than one plaintiff or defendant, by at least one of each, to the effect that the controversy is real, and the proceeding is taken in good faith to determine the rights of the parties. Where either party to the controversy is a public or private corporation, the statement of the case may be subscribed and verified by any person who at the time sustains the relation to such corporation as would authorize the service of a summons upon him. (c) The statement shall be filed with the clerk of the court and from the date of the filing the court shall have jurisdiction of the controversy as if the same were an action pending after a special verdict found, and shall proceed to hear and determine it accordingly.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 424 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 41 - Judgments Generally|§ 424. Judgment in action to recover possession of personal property

 In an action to recover the possession of personal property judgment for the plaintiff may be for the possession, or the value thereof in case a delivery cannot be had, and damages for the detention thereof. If the property has been delivered to the plaintiff and defendant claims a return thereof, judgment for the defendant may be for a return of the property, or the value thereof in case a return cannot be had, and damages for taking and withholding the same.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 425 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 41 - Judgments Generally|§ 425. Judgment lien

 (a) At any time after the entry of judgment, while an execution may issue upon such judgment, and the same remains unsatisfied in whole or in part, the judgment creditor, or his representative in case of his death, may file a certified transcript of the judgment in the office of the recorder of deeds in either or both of the judicial divisions of the Virgin Islands. (b) Upon the filing of such transcript, the recorder shall docket the same in the judgment docket of his office and note the same in the property register against such property or properties of the judgment debtor situate in the judicial division as may be requested by the judgment creditor in writing, which shall be filed with the transcript of the judgment. Such judgment may be noted against all after acquired property of the judgment debtor with like effect, upon the request of the judgment creditor. (c) From the date of docketing the transcript of a judgment, such judgment shall be a lien against the judgment debtor's real property against which it is noted as provided in this section. A conveyance of real property or any portion thereof or interest therein shall be subject to the lien of a judgment unless such conveyance has been recorded at the time of docketing the transcript of such judgment. (d) Whenever a period of ten years elapses after the entry of judgment without an execution being issued on such judgment, the lien thereof shall expire. (e) The term “judgment” as used in the section shall include any determination by a court or the hearing officer (as defined in Title 16, section 341 of this Code) that a person's child support obligation is overdue. Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (d) of this section, a judgment for overdue child support shall not expire.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 426 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 41 - Judgments Generally|§ 426. Interest on money judgments and decrees

 (a) The rate of interest on judgments and decrees for the payment of money shall be 4 percent per annum. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 11, section 951(a)(1) and title 33, section 3408(a), of this code, or any other law, pre-judgment interest shall not be charged against the Government of the Virgin Islands on any judgment or decree for the payment of money by the Government.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 427 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 41 - Judgments Generally|§ 427. Collateral source rule limitation

 In any cause of action alleging damages for medical expenses or lost income sustained by or on behalf of a party, including, without limitation, actions alleging damages for bodily injury, death or property damage, or any combination thereof, the collateral source rule shall not be applied. Any party may introduce evidence that the other party who is claiming damages for medical expenses or lost income has received, or is entitled to receive, other compensation for such damages, including, but not limited to benefits from workmen's compensation, medical and hospital insurance, prepaid health care, social security, retirement or pension, and any employer paid program, such as wage continuation and disability benefits programs. Nothing in this section shall be construed to reduce any award where there is a statutory lien against the judgment as a result of a third party payment.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 471 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 471. Right to execution

 Subject to the provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the person in whose favor a judgment is given in the district court or the Superior Court which requires the payment of money, the delivery of real or personal property, or either of them, may have a writ of execution issued for its enforcement, as provided in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 472 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 472. Kinds of executions

 There shall be three kinds of executions: One against the property of the judgment debtor, another against his person, and the third for the delivery of the possession of real or personal property, or such delivery with damages for withholding the same.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 473 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 473. Issuance and form of writ of execution

 The writ of execution shall be issued by the clerk and directed to the marshal. It shall contain the name of the court, the names of the parties to the action, and the title thereof. It shall substantially describe the judgment, and if it is for money, shall state the amount actually due thereon and shall require the marshal substantially as follows: (1) If it is against the property of the judgment debtor and the judgment directs particular property to be sold, it shall require the marshal to sell such property and apply the proceeds as directed by the judgment; otherwise it shall require the marshal to satisfy the judgment, with interest, out of the personal property of such debtor, and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, then out of the real property belonging to him on which the judgment has become a lien as provided in section 425 of this title; (2) If it is issued after the death of the judgment debtor and is against real or personal property, it shall require the marshal to satisfy the judgment, with interest, out of any property belonging to the deceased debtor in the hands of the debtor's personal representatives, heirs, devisees, legatees, tenants of real property, or trustees as such; (3) If it is against the person of the judgment debtor, it shall require the marshal to arrest such debtor and commit him to jail until he pays the judgment, with interest, or is discharged according to law; (4) If it is for the delivery of the possession of real or personal property, it shall require the marshal to deliver the possession of the same, particularly describing it, to the party entitled thereto and may at the same time require the marshal to satisfy any costs, damages, charges, or rents, and profits recovered by the same judgment out of the personal property of the party against whom it was rendered, and the value of the property for which the judgment was recovered to be specified therein, if a delivery thereof cannot be had; and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, then out of the real property as provided in the first subdivision of this section, and in that respect it is to be deemed an execution against property.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 474 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 474. Indorsement, execution, and return of writ

 The marshal shall endorse upon the writ of execution the time when he received the same, and such writ shall be promptly executed by the marshal and shall be returnable, within sixty days after its receipt by the marshal, to the clerk's office from which it is issued.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 475 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 475. Execution against the person; arrest

 If the action is one in which the defendant might have been arrested, as provided by section 172 of this title, an execution against the person of the judgment debtor may be issued after the return of the execution against his property unsatisfied in whole or in part as follows: (1) When it appears from the record that the cause of action is also a cause for arrest, as prescribed in said section 172, such execution may issue of course; (2) When no such cause of arrest appears from the record, such execution may issue for any of the causes prescribed in said section 172 that may exist at the time of the application therefor upon leave of the court or judge thereof; (3) When the defendant has been provisionally arrested in the action, or an order has been made allowing such arrest, and in either case the order has not been vacated, such execution may issue of course; (4) When execution is issued against the person of the defendant by leave of the court, it shall be applied for and allowed in the manner provided in section 173 of this title, for allowing a writ of arrest, except that the undertaking need not be for an amount exceeding the judgment. A defendant arrested on execution, who has not been arrested provisionally, may at any time be discharged from such arrest for the causes and in the manner provided in sections 184 and 185 of this title for the discharge of a defendant who has been provisionally arrested.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 476 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 476. Length of imprisonment; expenses

 A person arrested on execution shall be imprisoned in jail, and kept at his own expense until satisfaction of the execution, or his legal discharge, but the judgment creditor shall be liable in the first instance for such expense, as in other cases of arrest, in the same manner and to the same extent as prescribed in section 184 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 477 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 477. Death of judgment debtor

 Notwithstanding the death of a party after judgment, execution thereon against his property or for the delivery of real or personal property may be issued, and executed in the same manner and with the same effect as if he were still living, but such execution shall not issue within six months from the granting of letters testamentary or of administration upon the estate of such party without leave of the court having authority to issue letters testamentary or of administration upon said estate.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 478 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 478. Exemption of homestead

 (a) The homestead of any family, or the proceeds thereof, shall be exempt from judicial sale for the satisfaction of any liability hereafter contracted or for the satisfaction of any judgment hereafter obtained on such debt. Such homestead must be the actual abode of and owned by such family or some members thereof. It shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars in value, nor exceed five acres in extent if not located in a town laid off into blocks or lots, or if located in any such town, then it shall not exceed one-fourth of one acre. (b) When any officer levies upon such homestead, the owner thereof, or the wife, husband, agent, or attorney of such owner, may notify such officer that he claims such premises as his homestead, describing the same by metes and bounds, lot or block, whereupon such officer shall notify the creditor of such claim, and if such homestead exceeds the maximum in this section, and he deems it of greater value than three hundred thousand dollars, then he may direct the marshal to sell such property and pay to the creditor such amount received in excess of thirty thousand dollars after first defraying the costs. (c) This section does not apply to decrees for the foreclosure of any mortgage properly executed, but if the owners of the homestead are married, it does apply unless the mortgage is executed by husband and wife.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 479 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 479. Exemption of other property from execution

 (a) All property other than the homestead, including franchises or rights or interests therein, of the judgment debtor shall be liable to an execution, except as in this section provided. The following property shall be exempt from execution if selected and reserved by the judgment debtor or his agent at the time of the levy, or as soon thereafter before sale thereof as the same shall be known to him, and not otherwise. (1) Necessary wearing apparel owned by any person for the use of himself or his family, except that watches or jewelry shall not be exempt by virtue of this subdivision. (2) The tools, implements, apparatus or library necessary to enable any artisan, mechanic or professional person to carry on the trade, occupation or profession by which such person habitually earns his living. (3) The following property, if owned by the head of a family and in actual use or kept for use by and for his family, or when being removed from one habitation to another on a change of residence: Household goods, furniture, and utensils to the value of three thousand dollars. (4) All property of any public corporation or the government of the Virgin Islands. (b) No article of property or if the same has been sold or exchanged, then neither the proceeds of such sale nor the articles received in exchange therefor, shall be exempt from execution issued on a judgment recovered for its price.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 480 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 480. Levy on property

 When a writ of execution is against the property of the judgment debtor, it shall be executed by the marshal as follows: (1) If property has been attached, he shall indorse on the execution, and pay to the clerk forthwith the amount, if any, of the proceeds of sales of perishable property, or debts due the defendant received by him, sufficient to satisfy the judgment. (2) If the judgment is not then satisfied and property has been attached and remains in his custody he shall sell the same or sufficient thereof to satisfy the judgment. (3) If then any portion of the judgment remains unsatisfied, or if no property has been attached, or the same has been discharged, he shall levy on the property of the judgment debtor sufficient to satisfy the judgment. (4) Property shall be levied on in like manner and with like effect as similar property is attached, as provided in sections 256, 257, and 265 of this title, omitting the filing of the certificate provided for in section 258 of this title. (5) Until a levy, property shall not be affected by the execution. When property has been sold or payments received by the marshal on execution, he shall pay the proceeds thereof, or sufficient to satisfy the judgment, to the clerk by the day on which the writ is returnable and the clerk shall pay such proceeds to the judgment creditor for whose benefit the property was sold. (6) When property has been attached, and it is probable that such property will not be sufficient to satisfy the judgment, the execution may be levied on other property of the judgment debtor without delay. If after satisfying the judgment any property or the proceeds remain in the custody of the marshal he shall deliver the same to the judgment debtor.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 481 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 481. Property in possession of garnishee

 In the case of property in the possession of or owing from any garnishee mentioned in section 265 of this title, the marshal shall proceed as follows: (1) If it appears from the certificate of the garnishee that he owes a debt to the judgment debtor, which is then due, if such debt is not paid by such garnishee to the marshal on demand, he shall levy on the property of the garnishee for the amount thereof, in all respects as if the execution was against the property of the garnishee. But if such debt is not then due, the marshal shall sell the same according to the certificate, as other property. (2) If in like manner it appears that the judgment debtor has rights or shares in the stock of the garnishee, as provided in section 265 of this title, the marshal shall sell the same according to the certificate as other property. (3) If in like manner it appears that the garnishee has other personal property of the judgment debtor in his possession, and the same has not been bailed to such garnishee for a period then unexpired, unless the same is delivered to the marshal on demand he shall levy upon the same wherever he may find it. But if such property is in the possession of such garnishee, upon a bailment then unexpired, the marshal shall sell the same, or the interest of the judgment debtor therein, according to the certificate, as other property.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 482 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 482. Certificate by garnishee; delivery of property

 When a marshal with an execution levies upon any of the personal property mentioned in paragraph (3) of section 256 of this title, and if the same is not delivered, paid, or transferred to him at the time, and the garnishee furnishes him the certificate required in section 265 of this title, he shall proceed thereafter in reference to such property as provided in section 480 of this title. Such property may be delivered, paid, or transferred to the marshal at the time of levy or sufficient thereof to satisfy the execution and the marshal's receipt to the person, association, or corporation, as the case may be, shall be a sufficient discharge therefor.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 483 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 1 - Civil Procedure|Part IV - Judgment|Chapter 43 - Enforcement of Judgments|§ 483. Retention of possession by judgment debtor; undertaking

 When the marshal levies upon personal property by virtue of an execution, he may permit the judgment debtor to retain the same or any part thereof in his possession until the day of sale upon the defendant executing a written undertaking to the marshal with sufficient surety in double the value of such property to the effect that it shall be delivered to the marshal at the time and place of sale. For nondelivery of the property, the marshal or the judgment creditor may enforce the liability of the judgment debtor and sureties on the undertaking by motion as provided in section 176 of this title, but the marshal shall not thereby be discharged from his liability to the plaintiff for such property.