Title 20 — Highways and Motor Vehicles
18 chapters · 279 sections in this title.
20 V.I.C. § 415 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise clearly requires—“Car rental business” means the business or practice of renting or of otherwise providing any drive-yourself cars to other persons for value.“Drive-yourself car” means any passenger-carrying automobile or stat…
20 V.I.C. § 416 Restrictions
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(1) No vehicle may be employed or operated as a drive-yourself car which—(1) either is a used (or “secondhand”) motor vehicle held for sale by a dealer and on which a dealer's license plate is used, or is not otherwise registered and licensed as required by law.(2) is a motor veh…
20 V.I.C. § 417 Licensee's register of rental vehicles
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No licensee may rent a drive-yourself car to another person until he shall have examined such other person's driving license and verified that such other person is legally authorized to operate a motor vehicle in the Virgin Islands. Every licensee shall keep a register containing…
20 V.I.C. § 418 Imputed liability
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(a) No drive-yourself car may be rented to any person unless liability insurance, set forth in a policy form approved as required by law, has been procured by the licensee, in respect to such car, and is in effect whereby the insurer agrees to pay, subject to the conditions of th…
20 V.I.C. § 419 Mandatory insurance coverage
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(a) The insurance policy required by section 418 of this chapter shall provide that, after judgment against a driver, any person injured or whose property is damaged or the personal representative of any person killed, under the circumstances covered by section 418 and this secti…
20 V.I.C. § 420 Government register of drive-yourself cars
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The Director of Motor Vehicles shall maintain a special register of all drive-yourself cars in which he shall record the island, the date, and other pertinent information, of the registration and termination of or change in the registration of every drive-yourself car. Each licen…
20 V.I.C. § 421 Restriction on parking
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No licensee may use any public parking area, whether on a street or in a public parking lot, for the parking of drive-yourself cars; provided that the Director of Motor Vehicles is authorized to designate a limited number of parking spaces at a reasonable distance from the licens…
20 V.I.C. § 422 Numerical limitations
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(a) The Director of Motor Vehicles shall establish maximum numerical limitations for each island on registration licenses and license plates (referred to as “licenses” in the remainder of this section) for drive-yourself cars (which phrase, as used in subsections (a) through (f) …
20 V.I.C. § 423 Administration; rules and regulations; penalties; appeal
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(a) The provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the Director of Motor Vehicles. The Director of Motor Vehicles is authorized to issue and amend such rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of this title, as he may deem necessary or appropriate in impleme…
20 V.I.C. § 424 Safety belts and safety seats required; notification
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(a) Every licensee shall notify operators of the provisions of section 466 of this title by attaching a sign to the dashboard of each drive-yourself car which shall read:“VIRGIN ISLANDS LAW REQUIRES SAFETY BELTS TO BE WORN BY ALL PERSONS IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THIS VEHICLE, AND SAF…
20 V.I.C. § 425 Motor vehicle rental surcharge
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(a) Every person who rents a drive-yourself car in the Virgin Islands shall pay a $5.00-per day surcharge for each rental. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the $5.00-per day surcharge shall not be adjusted for a period of five years after enactment. (b) The licensee sh…