Title 28 — Property
25 chapters · 384 sections in this title.
28 V.I.C. § 41 Manner of executing conveyance
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A conveyance of lands, or of any estate or interest therein, may be made by deed, signed by the person from whom the estate or interest is intended to pass, being of lawful age, or by his lawful agent or attorney and acknowledged or proved, and recorded as directed in this title,…
28 V.I.C. § 42 Execution and acknowledgment of deeds
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(a) Deeds executed within the Virgin Islands of lands or any interest in lands therein shall be executed in the presence of two witnesses, who shall subscribe their names to the same as such; and the persons executing such deeds may acknowledge the execution thereof as provided i…
28 V.I.C. § 43 Proof by subscribing witness of execution of conveyance
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Proof of the execution of any conveyance may be made before any officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds and shall be made by a subscribing witness thereto who shall state his own place of residence and that he knows the person described in and who executed the conveyan…
28 V.I.C. § 44 Compelling attendance of witness to prove execution of conveyance
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(a) Upon the application to the district court of any grantee, or of any person claiming under him, verified by the oath of the applicant, setting forth that the grantor is dead, out of the Virgin Islands, or refuses to acknowledge his deed, and that any witness to such conveyanc…
28 V.I.C. § 45 Proof of deed by proving handwriting
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When any grantor is dead, out of the Virgin Islands, or refuses to acknowledge his deed, and all the subscribing witnesses to such deed are also dead or reside out of the Virgin Islands, the deed may be proved before the district court, by proving the handwriting of the grantor a…
28 V.I.C. § 46 Certificate of court as to proof of conveyance
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Whenever the district court takes proof of any conveyance it shall issue a certificate, on the deed, over the signature of the judge thereof and the seal of the court, which shall set forth the things hereinbefore required to be done, known, or proved, together with the names of …
28 V.I.C. § 47 Construction of conveyance; description of property
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(1) The following are the rules for construing the descriptive part of a conveyance of real property when the construction is doubtful and there are no other sufficient circumstances to determine it:(1) Where there are certain definite and ascertained particulars in the descripti…