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V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2017 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 59B - Cemeteries|Subchapter II - Private Cemeteries|§ 2017. Trust Fund; financial reports

 Within ninety (90) days after the end of the calendar or fiscal year of the cemetery company, the trustee shall furnish adequate financial reports with respect to the care fund on forms provided by the Commissioner; Provided, however, the Commissioner may require the trustee to make such additional financial reports as he may deem advisable.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2018 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 59B - Cemeteries|Subchapter II - Private Cemeteries|§ 2018. Financial report of company affairs

 The Commissioner shall require each cemetery company to submit a report of its condition, on forms provided by the Commissioner, as of such date as he may fix, at least once each calendar or fiscal year, or as often as he may order, and such report shall be submitted within ninety (90) days after the end of the calendar or fiscal year or other reporting period as the case may be. Should the report not be received within the stipulated time, the Commissioner shall collect a penalty of five dollars per day for each day of delinquency; Provided, That upon application to the Commissioner prior to the expiration of the ninety (90) days, and for good cause shown, the Commissioner may grant a reasonable extension of the ninety (90) day period.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2019 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 59B - Cemeteries|Subchapter II - Private Cemeteries|§ 2019. License fee

 The Commissioner shall collect from every cemetery company operating under the provisions of this chapter, an annual license fee based on receipts from the sale of cemetery spaces during the preceding twelve month fiscal period. On receipts under $25,000 the fee shall be $50 per annum; at least $25,000 but under $100,000 the fee shall be $100 per annum; $100,000 and over the fee shall be $150 per annum. Applications for such license must be submitted on or before December 31 each and every year in the case of an existing cemetery company and before any sale of cemetery property in the case of a new cemetery company or a change of ownership or control as indicated in section 2009.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2020 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 59B - Cemeteries|Subchapter II - Private Cemeteries|§ 2020. License not assignable or transferable

 No license issued under section 2019 of this subchapter shall be transferable or assignable and no licensee shall develop or operate any cemetery authorized by this subchapter under any name or at any location other than that contained in the application for such license.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2021 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 59B - Cemeteries|Subchapter II - Private Cemeteries|§ 2021. Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands

 (a) Each licensee shall set aside a minimum of five (5) acres of land for use by said licensee as a cemetery, and shall not sell, mortgage, lease or encumber the same without prior written approval of the Commissioner. (b) The fee simple title, or lesser estate, in any lands owned by licensee and dedicated for use by it as a cemetery, which are contiguous, adjoining or adjacent to the minimum of five (5) acres described in subsection (1) may be sold, conveyed, or disposed of, or any part thereof, by the licensee, for use by the new owner for other purposes than as a cemetery; Provided, That all of the bodies which have been previously interred therein have been removed from the lands so proposed to be sold, conveyed, or disposed of; And provided further, That any and all titles, interests, or burial rights, which may have been sold or contracted to be sold in such lands which are the subject of such sale, shall be conveyed to and re-vested in the licensee prior to consummation of any such sale, conveyance, or disposition. (c) Any licensee may convey and transfer to the Government its real and personal property, together with moneys deposited with the trustee; Provided the Government will accept responsibility for maintenance thereof, and prior written approval of the Commissioner is first obtained.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2022 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 59B - Cemeteries|Subchapter II - Private Cemeteries|§ 2022. Bond requirement

 (a) A bond shall be required of every licensee after ninety (90) days under the following circumstances: (1) Where, after an official examination of said licensee, a deficit in the care and maintenance trust fund, as required by section 2014 of this subchapter was established by the Commissioner or his authorized representative, and the deficit in the trust fund has not been corrected and approved by the Commissioner within 30 days after the Commissioner has notified the cemetery company of said deficit. (2) Upon the transfer of control of any licensee cemetery company in compliance with section 2009 of this subchapter; Provided, however, should the Commissioner required investigation reveal that a change of control is to one or a majority of existing officers or stockholders, and the operation of the licensee cemetery company has been operating in compliance with this chapter, the Commissioner in his discretion may waive the necessity for such bond. (3) Upon the licensing of a new licensee cemetery company under this subchapter and for a period of five years after commencing operations, a bond in the amount of $5,000.00. The Legislature intent being to insure the required contributions into the care and maintenance trust fund until such time as the licensee has developed into an operating concern. (b) Where a bond is required in accordance with this subchapter the amount of said bond shall be based on ten (10) percent of the gross sales from the sale of cemetery spaces in the preceding year, but in no event shall the amount of the bond exceed $25,000.00 except as herein provided. (c) The bond shall run for one year and be renewed on the 31st day of December.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2024 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VI - Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health|Chapter 59B - Cemeteries|Subchapter II - Private Cemeteries|§ 2024. Penalties

 Any person violating a provision of the subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or both, such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and each violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2601 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter I - General|§ 2601. Declaration of policy

 The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (1) that animals straying on public highways and other places private or public, constitute a danger to the public health, safety and convenience, are destructive of property, increase traffic hazards and expose such animals to inhumane suffering; (2) that the general public welfare dictates the exercise of the police power through the application of effective measures for the control of stray animals, consistent with considerations of public health, safety and convenience and with the humane protection of such animals.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2603 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter I - General|§ 2603. Administration of laws relating to control of animals; powers of the Commissioner

 Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all laws relating to the control of animals running at large shall be administered by the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall have and may exercise all such powers as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the power to (1) assist and cooperate with humane societies or others engaged or interested in activities for the control and protection of animals; (2) subject to the availability of funds appropriated for such purpose, and with the approval of the Governor, to enter into contracts with humane societies with respect to the seizure, impoundment, shelter and reclaiming or other disposition of animals running at large.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2604 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter I - General|§ 2604. Animal wardens

 (a) In exercise of his powers and duties hereunder, the Commissioner may designate agents or employees of the Department of Agriculture, or agents or employees of a humane society, to act as animal wardens for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter or of any provision law relating to the prevention or prohibition of cruelty to animals. For the purposes of this chapter, or any other applicable provisions of this code, such animal wardens shall be deemed to be peace officers of the Virgin Islands. (b) An animal warden is authorized to interfere to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty upon any animal and may use such force as is necessary to prevent the same, and to this end may summon to his aid any bystanders and may make arrests; Provided, That in all cases when acting under the authority of this such subsection, the animal warden must exhibit and expose a suitable badge of such authority, which badge shall be issued by the Commissioner.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2605 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2605. Licensing of dogs

 (a) No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog, three months old or over, unless licensed as provided in this chapter. Written application for such license shall be made to the Commissioner on a form prescribed and furnished by said Commissioner. The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color, and marking of such dog, and the name and address of the applicant; and shall be accompanied by a license fee of five dollars ($5). All licenses shall be void upon the thirtieth day of January of the following year. The Commissioner shall issue with each license a metallic tag. Such tag shall be affixed to a substantial collar. The collar shall be furnished by the owner and with the tag attached, shall at all times be kept on the dog for which the license is issued. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person, except the owner or his authorized agent, animal warden or any other authorized agent of the Department of Agriculture to remove any license tag from a dog collar, or to remove any collar with a license tag attached thereto. (c) In the event that the metallic license tag issued for a dog shall be lost, the owner may obtain a duplicate tag upon production of such license certificate and the payment of a fee of one dollar. (d) Any person becoming the owner, after the thirtieth day of January of any year of any dog three months old or over, which has not already been licensed, or any person owning or keeping a dog which becomes three months old at time after the thirtieth day of January of any year, shall forthwith apply for and secure from the Commissioner a license for such dog in the same manner as the annual license is obtained under the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2606 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2606. Transfer of licenses

 It is unlawful to transfer a license or license tag issued for one dog to another. Whenever the ownership or possession of any dog is permanently transferred from one person to another the license of such dog may be likewise transferred, upon notice given to the Department of Agriculture and upon the payment of a transfer fee of one dollar.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2607 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2607. Kennel certificates; fees; metal tags issued with kennel certificates

 Any person who keeps or operates a kennel, may, in lieu of the license for each dog required by this chapter, obtain licenses under a kennel certificate. Upon information supplied by such person, the Commissioner shall prepare a certificate describing the premises where the kennel is located and the actual number of dogs, three months or older, which are to be kept within the kennel. Such certificates shall be issued by the Commissioner upon payment of a fee of $25. With each kennel certificate the Commissioner shall issue a number of metallic tags equal to the number of dogs to be kept in the kennel. All such tags shall bear the number of kennel certificate and shall be readily distinguishable from the individual license tags for the same year.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2608 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2608. Tags kept attached to collar; transfer; confinement of dogs; permanent records

 The owner of a kennel shall keep one of such tags attached to a collar on each dog three months old or over, kept by him under a kennel certificate, when and during such time as such dog is without the kennel. Such tags may be transferred from one dog to another whenever any dog is removed from the kennel. No dog kept under a kennel certificate shall be permitted to stray or to be taken anywhere outside the limits of the kennel, except in leash or crate. Every keeper of a kennel shall keep a permanent record of each dog at any time kept in the kennel. Such record shall show: (1) the breed, color, markings, sex and age of each dog; (2) the date on which each dog entered the kennel; (3) where it came from; (4) to whom it belongs; (5) for what purpose each dog is kept in the kennel; (6) the date on which each dog leaves the kennel; (7) how and to whom it is disposed. Such record shall be open to inspection by any police officer, animal warden, or other duly authorized agent of the Department of Agriculture.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2609 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2609. Guide dogs for the blind

 The provisions of this subchapter relating to the payment of fees and other charges shall not apply to any blind person owning a guide dog. License tags for guide dogs shall be issued without charge.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2610 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2610. Failure to obtain license, penalty

 Whoever fails to obtain a proper license tag as provided in this subchapter shall be fined not less than $10 and not more than $50.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2611 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2611. Guard dogs

 Dogs kept for the purpose of guarding warehouses, wharves or similar places, at night shall be confined so that they cannot get out.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2612 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2612. Liability of owners

 (a) Owners of dogs shall be liable for any damage done by their dogs. (b) The owners of any dogs which shall bite any person, while such person is on or in a public place, or lawfully on or in a private place, including the place of the owner of such dogs, shall be liable for such damages as may be suffered by persons bitten, regardless of the former viciousness of such dog or the owners' knowledge of such viciousness. A person is lawfully upon private property of such owner within the meaning of this section when he is on such property in the performance of any duty imposed by the laws of the Virgin Islands or by the laws or regulations of the United States, or when he is on such property upon invitation, expressed or implied, of the owner thereof; provided, however, no owner of any dog shall be liable for any damages to any person or his property when such person shall mischievously or carelessly provoke or aggravate the dog inflicting such damages; nor shall any such owner be so liable if at the time of any such injury he had displayed in a prominent place on his premises a sign easily readable including the words “Bad Dog” or “Beware of Dog”.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2613 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2613. Inciting dog to attack; personal or property damages; penalty

 Whoever— (1) incites a dog to attack, or, being the owner does not take measures to prevent his dog from doing so, or (2) owns a dog that damages property or injures any persons— shall be fined not less than $10 and not more than $100.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2614 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2614. Dogs injuring stock

 It shall be lawful for any person who shall see any dog or dogs chasing, biting, injuring or killing any sheep, goat, swine or other domestic animal, including poultry, belonging to such person, on any real property owned or leased by, or under the control of, such person, or on any public highway, to kill such dog or dogs, and it shall be the duty of the owner or keeper of any dog or dogs so found chasing, biting or injuring any domestic animal, including poultry, upon being notified of that fact by the owner of such domestic animal or poultry, to thereafter keep such dog or dogs on leash, or confined upon the premises of the owner or keeper thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2615 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2615. Dogs running at large

 Any unlicensed dog or any dog bearing a proper license tag found running at large may be seized, impounded and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of subchapter III of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2615a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2615a. Dog bites; quarantine; penalty for obstructing

 Any dog which bites any person may, upon notice to the Commissioner or any animal warden, be seized by the Commissioner or said animal warden, impounded and quarantined for the purpose of determining the existence of rabies. Any owner or other person who prevents or obstructs the Commissioner, any animal warden, or their authorized representatives, from seizing for impoundment and quarantine, any dog who has bitten a person, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2615b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter II - Dogs|§ 2615b. Dogs prohibited in Virgin Islands Public Housing Projects

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any occupant or tenant in any Virgin Islands Public Housing Project to own, breed or house any dog or dangerous pet, except seeing eye dogs, within such project. (b) Any occupant or tenant who is found in violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not less than $50 and not more than $250. (c) Any dog or dangerous pet, except seeing eye dogs, found in any Virgin Islands Public Project shall be immediately removed, at the owner's expense, by the Police Department, with the assistance of the Virgin Islands Housing Authority, Humane Society or licensed veterinarian if requested.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2616 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter III - Animals Running at Large|§ 2616. Registering of animals, transferring ownership

 (a) No person shall own, keep, or harbor any donkey, horse, mule, sheep, cattle, hog, or goat, two months old or older, unless registered as provided for in this chapter. Written application for such registration shall be made to the Commissioner on a form prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner. The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color, brand and markings of such animal and the name and address of the applicant. (b) Whenever the ownership or possession of any of the animals listed in subsection (a) of this section above is permanently transferred from one person to another, the registration of such animal shall be likewise transferred, upon notice given to the Department. (c) Any person found in violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not less than $50 and not more than $250. (d) Failure to transfer registration at the time of transferring ownership will subject the last registered owner to all fines and penalties applicable under this chapter up to and until the registration is properly transferred.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 2616a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part VII - Veterinary and Related Services|Chapter 66 - Animal Protection and Control|Subchapter III - Animals Running at Large|§ 2616a. Branding or marking of animals

 (a) No person shall own, keep or harbor any donkey, horse, mule, sheep, cattle, hog, or goat, two months old or older, unless such animal is branded, tagged or tattooed on a conspicuous part of the body with an identification or marking. (b) An owner of any donkey, horse, mule, sheep, cattle, hog, or goat may request in writing that the Commissioner, or his designated agent, brand, tag, or tattoo his animal. For such service, the Commissioner, or his designated agent, shall charge each owner five dollars ($5.00) for the first ten (10) animals branded, tagged or tattooed. (c) Any person found in violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not less than $50 and not more than $250.