Title 5 — Judicial Procedure
63 chapters · 721 sections in this title.
5 V.I.C. § 521 Definitions
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(a) As used in this chapter the term “wages” means—(1) wages, salaries, commissions, or other remuneration for services performed by an employee for his employer including any such remuneration measured partly or wholly by percentages or share of profits, or by other sums based u…
5 V.I.C. § 522 Attachment of or execution on wages; percentage limitations; priority
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where an attachment or an execution on a judgment is levied upon wages due a judgment debtor from an employer-garnishee under the provisions of this title, the attachment or execution (referred to as the “levy” in the remainder of t…
5 V.I.C. § 523 Employers duty to withhold and make payment; percentage
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section an employer upon whom levy is served, and who—(1) at the time is indebted for wages to an employee who is the judgment debtor named in the levy, or(2) becomes so indebted to the judgment debtor in the future, shall, while t…
5 V.I.C. § 524 Judgment creditor to file receipts of amounts collected
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(a) The judgment creditor shall—(1) file with the clerk of the court every three months after the serving of levy upon an employer-garnishee a receipt showing the amount received and the balance due under the levy as of the date of filing;(2) file a final receipt with the court a…
5 V.I.C. § 525 Judgment against employer-garnishee for failure to pay percentages
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If the employer-garnishee fails to pay to the judgment creditor the percentages prescribed by the court decree of the wages which become payable to the judgment debtor for any pay period, judgment shall be entered against said employer-garnishee for an amount equal the percentage…
5 V.I.C. § 526 Lapse of attachment or execution upon resignation or dismissal of employee
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If the judgment debtor resigns or is dismissed from his employment while a levy upon his wages is wholly or partly unsatisfied, the levy shall lapse and no further deduction may be made thereon, unless the judgment debtor is reinstated or reemployed within ninety (90) days after …
5 V.I.C. § 527 Assignment of future wages; validity as against attachment or execution levied upon wages
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An assignment of wages to become due shall not be valid against a levy upon such wages under this chapter unless executed in writing prior to the date of the levy and made to secure a debt of an amount therein stated, contracted prior to or simultaneous with the execution of the …
5 V.I.C. § 528 Judgments; lapse; validity
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A levy issued by any court in the Virgin Islands upon a judgment and levied within twenty years from the date of the judgment the employer-garnishee, shall not lapse or become invalid prior to upon the wages due or to become due to the judgment debtor from complete satisfaction s…
5 V.I.C. § 529 Payments by employer-garnishee where employee has no salary or salary inadequate for services rendered
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Where the judgment debtor claims or is proved to be rendering services to or employed by a relative or other person, or by a corporation owned or controlled by a relative or other person, without salary or compensation, or at a salary or compensation so inadequate as to satisfy t…
5 V.I.C. § 530 Quashing attachment or execution where judgment obtained to hinder just claims
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Where a levy under this chapter is based upon a judgment obtained by default or consent without a trial upon the merits, the court, upon motion of any interested person, may quash such levy upon satisfactory proof that the judgment was obtained without just cause and solely for t…
5 V.I.C. § 531 Rules of procedure
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The judge of the district court of the Virgin Islands shall establish such rules of procedure as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
5 V.I.C. § 532 Attachments and executions to which this chapter is applicable
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This chapter applies only with respect to levies upon wages, as defined by section 521 of this chapter, issued on or after sixty days from the effective date of this chapter.