Title 3, Executive
37 chapters · 589 sections in this title.
3 V.I.C. § 771 Appointment of notaries public by Lieutenant Governor
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(a) The Lieutenant Governor may appoint and commission not more than 600 notaries public for the Virgin Islands, exclusive of notaries public ex officio and members of the Virgin Islands Bar, who shall hold office for a period of four years. The Executive Secretary of the Legisla…
3 V.I.C. § 771a Special notaries
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(a) (1) In addition to the notaries public appointed under section 771, the Lieutenant Governor may authorize and empower, subject to section 831(b), special notaries, who are employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands to take acknowledgments of deeds and administer oaths …
3 V.I.C. § 777 Powers; limitations
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(a) Notaries public may take acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments, administer oaths and affirmations, and perform such other acts as may be authorized by law. (b) No notary public may serve as both a subscribing witness and the notary public on a deed or other document …
3 V.I.C. § 778 Fees; retention by notary
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(a) Each notary public may charge and retain a fee not to exceed $5.00 for each document notarized or for each time his or her seal is affixed to a document; but a notary public may not charge a fee that exceeds $15 for each document notarized or for each time the notary public’s…
3 V.I.C. § 810 Short title
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This subchapter may be cited as the Virgin Islands Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (2022).
3 V.I.C. § 811 Definitions
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(1) In this subchapter:(1) “Acknowledgment” means a declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record and, if the record is signed in a representative capacity, that the individual signed the record…
3 V.I.C. § 812 Applicability
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This subchapter applies to a notarial act performed on or after the effective date of this subchapter.
3 V.I.C. § 813 Authority to perform notarial acts
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(a) A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized by this subchapter or by other law. (b) A notarial officer may not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which the officer or the officer’s spouse, or civil partner, is a party or in which either of them ha…
3 V.I.C. § 814 Requirements for certain notarial acts
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(a) A notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the officer and making the acknowledgment has the identity claimed and that the…
3 V.I.C. § 815 Personal appearance required
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If a notarial act relates to a statement made in or a signature executed on a record, the individual making the statement or executing the signature shall appear personally before the notarial officer.
3 V.I.C. § 816 Identification of individual
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(a) A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the individual is personally known to the officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed. (b) A notaria…
3 V.I.C. § 817 Authority to refuse to perform notarial act
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(a) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the officer is not satisfied that:(1) the individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record; or(2) the individual’s signature is knowingly and voluntarily made. (1) the individual …
3 V.I.C. § 818 Signature of individual unable to sign
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If an individual is physically unable to sign a record, the individual may direct an individual other than the notarial officer to sign the individual’s name on the record. The notarial officer shall insert “Signature affixed by (name of other individual) at the direction of (nam…
3 V.I.C. § 819 Notarial act in the Virgin Islands
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(a) A notarial act may be performed in the Virgin Islands by:(1) a notary public of the Virgin Islands;(2) a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court of the Virgin Islands;(3) an individual licensed to practice law in the Virgin Islands; or(4) any other individual authorized to p…
3 V.I.C. § 820 Notarial act in another state
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(a) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of the Virgin Islands as if performed by a notarial officer of the Virgin Islands, if the act performed in that state is performed by:(1) a notary public of that state;(2) a judge, clerk, or deputy cl…
3 V.I.C. § 821 Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe
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(a) A notarial act performed under the authority and in the jurisdiction of a federally recognized Indian tribe has the same effect as if performed by a notarial officer of the Virgin Islands, if the act performed in the jurisdiction of the tribe is performed by:(1) a notary publ…
3 V.I.C. § 822 Notarial act under federal authority
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(a) A notarial act performed under federal law has the same effect under territorial law as if performed by a notarial officer of the Territory, if the act performed under federal law is performed by:(1) a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court;(2) an individual in military ser…
3 V.I.C. § 823 Foreign notarial act
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(a) In this section, “foreign state” means a government other than the United States, a state, or a federally recognized Indian tribe. (b) If a notarial act is performed under authority and in the jurisdiction of a foreign state or constituent unit of the foreign state or is perf…
3 V.I.C. § 824 Notarial act performed for remotely located individual
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(a) In this section:(1) “Communication technology” means an electronic device or process that:(A) allows a notary public and a remotely located individual to communicate with each other simultaneously by sight and sound; and(B) when necessary and consistent with other applicable …
3 V.I.C. § 825 Certificate of notarial act
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(a) A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate. The certificate must:(1) be executed contemporaneously with the performance of the notarial act;(2) be signed and dated by the notarial officer and, if the notarial officer is a notary public, be signed in the same manner as …
3 V.I.C. § 826 Short form certificates
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(1) The following short form certificates of notarial acts are sufficient for the purposes indicated, if completed with the information required by section 825(a) and (b):(1) For an acknowledgment in an individual capacity:State of [County] of This record was acknowledged before …
3 V.I.C. § 827 Official stamp
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(1) The official stamp of a notary public must:(1) include the notary public’s name, jurisdiction, commission expiration date, and other information required by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; and(2) be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixe…
3 V.I.C. § 828 Stamping device
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(a) A notary public is responsible for the security of the notary public’s stamping device and may not allow another individual to use the device to perform a notarial act. (b) (1) Upon the suspension of a notary public’s commission, the notary public shall deposit the notary pub…
3 V.I.C. § 829 Journal
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(a) A notary public, other than an individual licensed to practice law in the Virgin Islands, shall maintain a journal in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs. The notary public shall retain the journal for 10 years after the perfor…
3 V.I.C. § 830 Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record; selection of technology; acceptance of tangible copy of electronic record
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(a) A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records. A person may not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary public has…
3 V.I.C. § 831 Commission as notary public; qualifications; no immunity or benefit
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(a) An individual qualified under subsection (b) may apply to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for a commission as a notary public. The applicant shall comply with and provide the information required by regulations established by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and pa…
3 V.I.C. § 832 Grounds to deny; refuse to renew; revoke; suspend; or conditioned commission of notary public
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(a) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or impose a condition on a commission as notary public for any act or omission that demonstrates the individual lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability to act as a notary public…
3 V.I.C. § 833 Database of notaries public
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(1) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall maintain an electronic database of notaries public:(1) through which a person may verify the authority of a notary public to perform notarial acts; and(2) which indicates whether a notary public has notified the Office of the Lieute…
3 V.I.C. § 834 Prohibited acts
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(a) A commission as a notary public does not authorize an individual to:(1) assist persons in drafting legal records, give legal advice, or otherwise practice law;(2) act as an immigration consultant or an expert on immigration matters;(3) represent a person in a judicial or admi…
3 V.I.C. § 835 Validity of notarial acts
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Except as otherwise provided in section 813(b), the failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this subchapter does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer. The validity of a notarial act under this subchapter does n…
3 V.I.C. § 836 Regulations
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(a) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor may adopt regulations to implement this subchapter. Regulations adopted regarding the performance of notarial acts with respect to electronic records may not require, or accord greater legal status or effect to, the implementation or appl…
3 V.I.C. § 837 Notary public commission in effect
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A commission as a notary public in effect on the effective date of this subchapter continues until its date of expiration. A notary public who applies to renew a commission as a notary public on or after the effective date of this subchapter is subject to and shall comply with th…
3 V.I.C. § 838 Savings clause
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This subchapter does not affect the validity or effect of a notarial act performed before the applicability date of this subchapter.
3 V.I.C. § 839 Uniformity of application and construction
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In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
3 V.I.C. § 840 Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
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This subchapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any …