Title 5 — Judicial Procedure
63 chapters · 721 sections in this title.
5 V.I.C. § 691 Nature and form of oath or affirmation
1.4K chars
(a) An oath is an outward attestation by which a person signifies that he is bound in conscience to perform an act or to speak or has spoken faithfully and truthfully. (b) Whenever the court or officer before which a person is offered as a witness is satisfied that he has a pecul…
5 V.I.C. § 692 Officers authorized to administer oaths
0.2K chars
Every court, judge, clerk of court, district court commissioner, notary public, and every officer or person authorized to take testimony in any action or proceeding or to decide upon evidence, has power to administer oaths or affirmations.
5 V.I.C. § 693 Affidavits taken in Virgin Islands
0.1K chars
An affidavit may be taken in the Virgin Islands before any officer authorized to administer oaths.
5 V.I.C. § 694 Affidavits taken outside Virgin Islands
0.9K chars
(1) An affidavit to be used in the Virgin Islands may be taken in any State, territory, district, commonwealth, or possession of the United States, or in any foreign country, before:(1) A commissioner appointed by the Governor of the Virgin Islands to take affidavits in such juri…
5 V.I.C. § 695 Repealed. Nov. 24, 2010, No. 7241, § 24, Sess. L. 2010, p. 293
0.2K chars
5 V.I.C. § 695 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.
5 V.I.C. § 696 Use of affidavits and depositions
0.8K chars
(a) Except as provided in section 697 of this title, an affidavit may be used —(1) to prove the service of a summons, notice, or other paper in an action;(2) to obtain a provisional remedy;(3) to obtain the examination of a witness;(4) to obtain a stay of proceedings;(5) upon a m…
5 V.I.C. § 697 Affidavit for provisional remedy; cross-examination of affiant
0.8K chars
Whenever a provisional remedy has been allowed upon affidavit, the party against whom it is allowed may serve upon the party by whom it was obtained a notice requiring any person making the affidavit to be produced before some officer authorized to administer oaths, therein named…
5 V.I.C. § 698 Affidavit for proof of publication
0.6K chars
(a) Proof of the publication of a document or notice required by law, or by an order of court, to be published in a newspaper, may be made by the affidavit of the printer of the newspaper or his foreman or principal clerk, annexed to a copy of the document or notice, specifying t…
5 V.I.C. § 699 Affirmation of truth of statement by attorney
0.3K chars
The statement of an attorney authorized by law and admitted to practice in the Courts of the Virgin Islands, who is not a party to an action, when subscribed and affirmed by him to be true under the penalties of perjury, may be served or filed in an action in lieu of and with the…