Title 19 — Health
55 chapters · 745 sections in this title.
19 V.I.C. § 1104 Risk protection order hearings and issuance
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(a) Upon receipt of a petition, the court shall order a hearing to be held no later than 14 days after the date of the order and shall issue a notice of hearing to the respondent for the same. The court shall provide the notice of the hearing no later than one court day after the…
19 V.I.C. § 1105 Service
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(a) An extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to section 1004 must be served personally upon the respondent. (b) The law enforcement agency in the district where the respondent resides shall serve the respondent personally. (c) On or before the next court day, the clerk of…
19 V.I.C. § 1106 Termination and extension of orders
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(a) The respondent may submit one written request for a hearing to vacate an extreme risk protection order issued under this subchapter, starting after the date of the issuance of the order, and may request another hearing after every extension of the order, if any. (b) Upon rece…
19 V.I.C. § 1107 Surrender of firearms and ammunition
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(a) Upon issuance of an extreme risk protection order under this subchapter, including a temporary extreme risk protection order, the court shall order the respondent to surrender to the local law enforcement agency all firearms and ammunition owned by the respondent in the respo…
19 V.I.C. § 1108 Transfer of firearms and ammunition
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(a) A respondent may elect to transfer all firearms and ammunition owned by the respondent that have been surrendered to or seized by a local law enforcement agency pursuant to section 1007 to another person who is willing to receive the respondent’s firearms and ammunition. The …
19 V.I.C. § 1109 Return and disposal of firearms and ammunition
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(a) If an extreme risk protection order is vacated or ends without extension, a law enforcement agency holding a firearm or any ammunition owned by the respondent or a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm issued under Virgin Islands law held by the respondent, that has …
19 V.I.C. § 1110 Reporting of orders
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(a) Within 24 hours after issuance, the clerk of the court shall enter any extreme risk protection order or temporary extreme risk protection order issued under this subchapter into the uniform case reporting system. (b) Within 24 hours after issuance, the clerk of the court shal…
19 V.I.C. § 1111 Penalties
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(a) A person who makes a false statement, which the person does not believe to be true, under oath in a hearing under this subchapter, with regard to any material matter, commits a felony pursuant to 14 V.I.C § 1541. (b) A person who has in his or her custody or control a firearm…
19 V.I.C. § 1112 Law enforcement retains other authority
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This subchapter does not affect the ability of a law enforcement officer to remove a firearm or ammunition or license to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm from any person or to conduct any search and seizure for firearms or ammunition pursuant to other lawful authorit…
19 V.I.C. § 1113 Liability
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Except as provided in section 1111, this subchapter does not impose criminal or civil liability on any person or entity for acts or omissions related to obtaining an extreme risk protection order or temporary extreme risk protection order, including, but not limited to, providing…
19 V.I.C. § 1114 Instructional and informational material
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(a) The Office of the Administrator of Courts shall develop and prepare instructions and informational brochures, standard petitions and risk protection order forms, and a court staff handbook on the extreme risk protection order process. The standard petition and order forms mus…