Title 11 — Commerce, Technology and Trade
12 chapters · 142 sections in this title.
11 V.I.C. § 1201 Registration of business name by person, partnerships and associations
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A person doing business in the United States Virgin Islands under any name other than his own, and every copartnership or association of individuals, except corporations, doing business in the United States Virgin Islands, resident or nonresident, shall file in the office of the …
11 V.I.C. § 1202 Registration by legal representative of decedent
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If a person who was required by the provisions of section 1201 of this title to register with the office of the Lieutenant Governor fails to do so and dies, the legal representative of such deceased person may register under such section in the name of the estate of such decedent…
11 V.I.C. § 1203 Registration by corporations
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(a) A corporation doing business in the Virgin Islands under any name other than that of the corporation as set forth in the articles of incorporation or amendments thereto shall be subject to all the provisions of this chapter; and shall file a certificate setting forth the desi…
11 V.I.C. § 1204 Similar trade names prohibited
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A trade name registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall not be the same as, nor so similar as to cause confusion with, the trade name of any person, partnership, association or corporation, foreign or domestic, doing business under such trade name in the U…
11 V.I.C. § 1205 Forms
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The Lieutenant Governor shall prepare forms for the certificate and shall, upon request, furnish forms by mail or otherwise to persons, copartnerships, associations and corporations subject to the provisions of this chapter.
11 V.I.C. § 1206 Fees
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A person, copartnership, association or corporation required by the provisions of this chapter to file a certificate shall, at the time of filing thereof as hereinbefore provided, pay a registration fee of $25 to the Lieutenant Governor.
11 V.I.C. § 1207 Enjoining noncompliance
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If a person, copartnership, association, or corporation carrying on business in the United States Virgin Islands shall fail or refuse to file the certificate required by this chapter, the Lieutenant Governor shall refer the matter to the Attorney General who may institute an acti…
11 V.I.C. § 1208 Service of process
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Service of process hereunder may be made by delivering within the United States Virgin Islands a copy thereof to any person so doing business or any servant or agent of such person, copartnership or association or corporation, or in any manner otherwise provided by law.
11 V.I.C. § 1209 Certificate of cessation of business; penalty
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(a) When a person, copartnership, association or corporation subject to the provisions of this chapter shall cease to do business in the United States Virgin Islands, a certificate setting forth such fact and the date whereon it so ceased shall be filed with the Lieutenant Govern…
11 V.I.C. § 1210 Registration by nonresidents; appointment of agent for process
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Each nonresident doing business in the United States Virgin Islands in his individual capacity, or as copartner or member of a copartnership or association required by sections 1201 and 1203 of this title to file certificates therein specified, or under any name other than his ow…
11 V.I.C. § 1211 Appointment of new agent; service on Lieutenant Governor
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When a person appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 1210 of this title dies or removes from the United States Virgin Islands, another person residing in the United States Virgin Islands and having therein an office or place of business shall, within thirty days from the…
11 V.I.C. § 1212 Effect of failure and neglect
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A person, copartnership, association or corporation required by the provisions of this chapter, to file a certificate and pay a registration fee, and failing to do so may not commence or maintain any action in any court of the United States Virgin Islands for the enforcement of a…
11 V.I.C. § 1213 Renewal registrations of tradenames; failure to renew
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Every person, partnership, copartnership, association, company, or corporation doing business in the United States Virgin Islands under a trade name pursuant to this chapter shall file an application to renew its tradename every two, six, or ten years and pay a fee of $100 for a …