Title 14 — Crimes
77 chapters · 525 sections in this title.
14 V.I.C. § 1021 Definitions
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(a) As used in this chapter:(a) “Obscene” means that to the average person, applying contemporary standards, the predominant appeal of the matter, taken as a whole, is to prurient interest, i.e., a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, which goes substantially…
14 V.I.C. § 1022 Obscene and indecent conduct
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(a) Whoever—(a) (1) exposes his person or the private parts thereof in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby, or who exposes himself or takes part in any model artist exhibition, or makes any other exhibition of …
14 V.I.C. § 1023 Public performances
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Whoever as owner, manager or operator of a place of public entertainment shall present a public performance or exhibition, open to the public, which violates any provisions of section 1021 of this title shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or bot…
14 V.I.C. § 1024 Distribution; printing, exhibiting, distributing or possessing
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(a) Every person who knowingly, sends or causes to be sent, or brings or causes to be brought, into the Virgin Islands for sale or distribution, or in the Virgin Islands prepares, publishes, prints, exhibits, distributes, or offers to distribute, or has in his possession with int…
14 V.I.C. § 1025 Distribution or exhibition to minor under 18
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(a) Every person who, with knowledge that a person is a minor under 18 years of age, or who, while in possession of such facts that he should reasonably know that such person is a minor under 18 years of age, knowingly distributes to, or sends or causes to be sent to, or exhibits…
14 V.I.C. § 1026 Drive-in theater exhibitions visible to non-patrons
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Any person who owns, operates or manages a drive-in theater at which is exhibited any motion picture, slide or other exhibit in which the human male or female bare buttocks, human female bare breasts, or human male or female bare pubic areas are shown in an erotic and/or sexually…
14 V.I.C. § 1027 Employment of minor to perform prohibited acts
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(a) Every person who (i) with knowledge that a person is a minor, or (ii) while in possession of such facts that he should reasonably know that such person is a minor, or (iii) any parent or guardian who has a minor under his or her control, knowingly permits, promotes, employs, …
14 V.I.C. § 1031 Short Title
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This subchapter may be cited as “Revenge Porn Act.”
14 V.I.C. § 1032 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter chapter:(1) “electronic communications device” means a computer, an internet web site or page, a video recorder, a digital camera, a fax machine, a telephone, a cellular telephone, a pager, or any other device that can produce an electronically gene…
14 V.I.C. § 1033 Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images
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(a) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images when the person:(1) purposely, and with the intent to harass, intimidate, threaten, coerce, or cause harm to the emotional, financial, or physical welfare of the depicted person, disseminates an image of a…
14 V.I.C. § 1034 Liability; Exceptions
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(a) The intentional dissemination of an image of another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed is exempt from the provision of this section when:(1) the dissemination is made for the purpose of a criminal investigation that is othe…
14 V.I.C. § 1035 Punishment
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(a) A person who is convicted for the first time for a violation of this subchapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $5,000, or both. (b) A person who is convicted a second or any additional …
14 V.I.C. § 1036 Civil Remedies
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A person whose private sexual images have been disseminated in violation of this subchapter may bring a civil action against the person who disseminated the private sexual images and is entitled to injunctive relief, the greater of $10,000 or actual damages incurred because of th…
14 V.I.C. § 1037 Forfeiture
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(a) After an opportunity to be heard by the court, a person who has been found guilty of committing the offense of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual material forfeits to the Government of the Virgin Islands:(1) Any profits or proceeds and any property the person has …