(a) Information gathered by an automated license plate reader system is not a public record and not subject to disclosure under the Virgin Islands Public Records Act, 3 V.I.C. § 881 et seq.
(b) Captured plate images and data may not be used or shared for any other purpose other than the purposes described in § 523(a).
(c) A party in a criminal or civil case requesting captured plate images or data must submit a court order or subpoena that:(1) Requests the Department to preserve the captured plate image or data;(2) Identifies the camera or cameras for which captured images or plate data must be preserved, the license plate for which captured plate images or data must be preserved; and the dates and time frames for which captured images or plate data must be preserved;(3) Notifies the Department that the party in the civil or criminal case is applying for a court order for disclosure of the captured images or plate data.
(1) Requests the Department to preserve the captured plate image or data;
(2) Identifies the camera or cameras for which captured images or plate data must be preserved, the license plate for which captured plate images or data must be preserved; and the dates and time frames for which captured images or plate data must be preserved;
(3) Notifies the Department that the party in the civil or criminal case is applying for a court order for disclosure of the captured images or plate data.
(d) A court of competent jurisdiction shall issue a court order requiring the disclosure of captured plate data if the requesting party offers specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the captured images or plate data is relevant and material to the ongoing case.
(e) The Department shall release the captured images or plate data requested in subsection (c) upon the receipt of a court order requiring the disclosure of the data.
(f) A law enforcement agency or governmental entity requesting captured plate data shall submit a written request to the Department or the Bureau identifying the purpose consistent with section 523.
(g) Captured images or plate data that are the subject of an application for a disclosure order under this section must be destroyed at the later of the date that an application is denied, and any appeal exhausted; or the end of the period described in section 522(d).
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a governmental entity may preserve and disclose aggregate captured images or plate data for planning and statistical purposes, if the information identifying a specific license plate is not preserved or disclosed.
(i) A governmental entity that is authorized to use an automated license plate reader system may not sell captured plate images or data for any purpose.