Title 28 — Property
25 chapters · 384 sections in this title.
28 V.I.C. § 121 Place of recording
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Documents affecting real property, which are required or permitted to be recorded, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the judicial division in which the property is located. If a document affects real property located in both judicial divisions, it shall …
28 V.I.C. § 122 Conveyances which may be recorded
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Every conveyance acknowledged or proved or certified by the district court as prescribed in chapter 3 of this title shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds; but such instrument, if not acknowledged, proved, or certified, shall not be recorded by th…
28 V.I.C. § 123 Certificate of reception and recording; time of recording
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The recorder of deeds shall certify upon each conveyance recorded by him the time when it was received and the reference to the book and the page where it is recorded. Every conveyance shall be considered as recorded at the time it was so received.
28 V.I.C. § 124 Unrecorded conveyance void as to subsequent innocent purchaser
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Every conveyance of real property hereafter made within the Virgin Islands which is not filed for record shall be void against any subsequent innocent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration of the same real property, or any portion thereof, whose conveyance is f…
28 V.I.C. § 125 Recording of instrument of defeasance
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When a deed purports to be an absolute conveyance in terms, but is made or intended to be made defeasible by force of a deed of defeasance or other instrument for that purpose, the original conveyance shall not be thereby defeated or affected as against any person other than the …
28 V.I.C. § 126 Recording of assignment of mortgage
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The recording of the assignment of a mortgage shall not in itself be deemed notice of such assignment to the mortgagor, his heirs or personal representatives, so as to invalidate any payment made by them or either of them to the mortgagee.
28 V.I.C. § 127 Recording of discharge of mortgage
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(a) A mortgage may be discharged upon the record thereof by the recorder in whose custody it shall be whenever there shall be presented to him a certificate executed by the mortgagee, his personal representatives or assigns, acknowledged or proved and certified as prescribed in c…
28 V.I.C. § 128 Penalty for neglect or refusal to discharge mortgage
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If any mortgagee or his personal representative or assignee, as the case may be, after full performance of the condition of the mortgage, whether before or after a breach thereof, for the space of ten days after being thereto requested in writing, and after tender of his reasonab…
28 V.I.C. § 129 Recording of power to convey and contracts for sale or purchase
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Every letter of attorney or other instrument containing a power to convey lands as agent or attorney for the owner of such lands, and every executory contract for the sale or purchase of lands when acknowledged or proved in the manner prescribed in this title for the acknowledgme…
28 V.I.C. § 130 Recording of notices of pending actions and judgments
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Notices of pending actions affecting title to real estate, and judgments of courts in the Virgin Islands requiring the execution of a conveyance of real estate within the Virgin Islands, shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the recorder in like manner and with like e…
28 V.I.C. § 131 Conveyances under prior laws
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(a) All conveyances of real property heretofore made and acknowledged or proved in accordance with the laws of the Virgin Islands in force at the time of such making and acknowledgment or proof shall be recorded in the same manner and with like effect as conveyances executed and …
28 V.I.C. § 132 Admissibility in evidence of documents and records thereof
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(a) Documents acknowledged or proved or certified as provided in sections 122, 129, and 131 of this title shall be admissible in evidence in any court in the Virgin Islands without further proof thereof. (b) The record of any document in the office of the recorder of deeds, or a …
28 V.I.C. § 133 Recording fees
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(a) The following fees shall be paid for the recording of deeds, mortgages, contracts, etc.—(1)not more than $400$11.00(2)more than $400 and not more than $600 12.00(3)more than $600 and not more than $1,000 13.00(4)more than $1,000 and not more than $2,00014.00(5)more than $2,00…
28 V.I.C. § 134 Exemptions from recording fees
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(a) The following documents are exempt from recording fees—(1) evidences of indebtedness in the case of loans by the Farm Security Administration and/or the United States Government acting through its agencies; and(2) all written instruments concerning or in any way connected wit…