Title 5 — Judicial Procedure
63 chapters · 721 sections in this title.
5 V.I.C. § 3501 Application of subtitle
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(a) Unless otherwise specified, this subtitle applies both to actions in the district court and to actions in the Superior Court, within their respective jurisdictions. (b) This subtitle applies both to prosecutions for offenses against the laws of the Virgin Islands and to prose…
5 V.I.C. § 3502 Security for costs and disbursements
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The judge of the Superior Court may, in his discretion, require the person making the complaint in a criminal action to give security for costs and disbursements before filing or receiving a complaint therein.
5 V.I.C. § 3503 Counsel for indigent defendants
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(a) Every criminal case of misdemeanor in which a penalty of imprisonment may be imposed, and in every case of preliminary investigation on a charge of felony, in which the defendant appears without counsel, in the Superior Court, the court shall advise the defendant that he has …
5 V.I.C. § 3503a Immunity from personal liability
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All attorneys and other personnel employed by the Office of the Territorial Public Defender and the Office of Conflict Counsel and any contracted attorneys, investigators, or firms, as well as all private counsel appointed pursuant to sections 3503 or 3535 are immune from persona…
5 V.I.C. § 3504 Warrants of arrest, preliminary investigations, commitment, and bail
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The judges of all the courts of the Virgin Islands shall have power to issue warrants of arrest, to make preliminary investigations, to commit to the district court persons charged with offenses against the laws of the United States and of the Virgin Islands cognizable in that co…
5 V.I.C. § 3504a Detention prior to trial
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(a) Who may be detained: (1) Dangerous crime. A person charged with murder in the first degree, rape in the first degree, arson in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, burglary in the first degree, kidnapping for ransom, or drug trafficking (which shall mean trafficking…
5 V.I.C. § 3505 Forfeiture of bail and arrest for failure to appear
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If the defendant in any court of the Virgin Islands has been released from custody on bail or has deposited money in lieu thereof, and does not appear to be arraigned at the time set for arraignment, or does not appear at the time of trial or at any time during the trial or for j…
5 V.I.C. § 3506 Additional bail; default of bail
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When proof is made to the judge that a person previously admitted to bail on a criminal charge is about to abscond, and that his bail is insufficient, the judge shall require such person to give better security, or, for default thereof, cause him to be committed; and an order for…
5 V.I.C. § 3507 Time of issuance of bench warrant for failure to appear for judgment
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The clerk at any time after the making of the order for a bench warrant for failure of the defendant to appear for judgment, on the applicable of the United States attorney, shall issue such warrant whether the court is sitting or not.
5 V.I.C. § 3508 Form and execution of bench warrant
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A bench warrant issued under section 3505 or 3506 of this title shall be in such form as the judge prescribes and shall be signed by the clerk, and, if it is issued because of the defendant's failure to appear for judgment, shall state generally the crime of which he was convicte…
5 V.I.C. § 3509 Video recorded admissions
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(a) For purposes of this section the term “admission” includes a confession of guilt by a defendant. (b) A video recorded confession, if otherwise admissible, is admissible as evidence in any criminal proceeding.
5 V.I.C. § 3510 Videotaped testimony of minors who are the victims of sexual and child abuse [Repealed]
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5 V.I.C. § 3510 Statutes current through Act 9046 of the 2025 session of the 36th Legislature, including all code changes through October 25, 2025 Virgin Islands Code AnnotatedCopyright © 2026 All rights reserved.