Title 14 — Crimes
77 chapters · 525 sections in this title.
14 V.I.C. § 2101 Buying, receiving or possessing stolen property
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(a) Any person who buys, receives or possesses any property which has been obtained in any unlawful manner, knowing or having cause to believe the property to have been so unlawfully obtained, or who conceals, sells, withholds or aids in concealing, selling, or withholding any su…
14 V.I.C. § 2102 Search for stolen property; inference of knowledge of theft
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(a) Every police and peace officer may stop, search and detain—(1) any vessel, boat, automobile, motor truck, cart, carriage or other vehicle, in or upon which there shall be reason to suspect that anything stolen or unlawfully obtained may be found; or(2) any person who may be r…
14 V.I.C. § 2103 Civil liability
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Any person who has been injured by a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action in which he shall be entitled to recover three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by him, plus costs of suit and reasonable attorney's fees.