Title 5 — Judicial Procedure
63 chapters · 721 sections in this title.
5 V.I.C. § 1101 Official bond of public officer; scope of security
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The official undertaking or other security of a public officer of the Virgin Islands or a public corporation therein shall be deemed a security to all persons severally for the official delinquency against which it is intended to provide.
5 V.I.C. § 1102 Action by person injured
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When a public officer, by official misconduct or neglect of duty, shall forfeit his official undertaking or other security, or render his sureties therein liable upon such undertaking or other security, any person injured by such misconduct or neglect, or who is by law entitled t…
5 V.I.C. § 1103 Leave of court
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Before such action can be commenced by a plaintiff other than the government of the Virgin Islands or public corporation, leave shall be obtained of the court where the action is triable. Such leave shall be granted upon the production of a certified copy of the undertaking or ot…
5 V.I.C. § 1104 Actions for several delinquencies
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A judgment in favor of a party for one delinquency shall not preclude the same or another party from maintaining another action on the same undertaking, or other security, for another delinquency.
5 V.I.C. § 1105 Limit on liability of surety
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In an action upon an official undertaking or other security, if judgment has already been recovered against the surety therein, other than by confession, equal in the aggregate to the penalty or any part thereof of such undertaking or other security, and if such recovery is estab…
5 V.I.C. § 1106 Actions for fines and forfeitures
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Fines and forfeitures may be recovered by an action in the name of the officer or person to whom they are by law given, or in the name of the officer who by law is authorized to prosecute for them.
5 V.I.C. § 1107 Amount of penalty
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When an action is commenced for a penalty which by law is not to exceed a certain amount, the action may be commenced for that amount, and if judgment is given for the plaintiff, it may be for such amount or less, in the discretion of the court, in proportion to the offense.
5 V.I.C. § 1108 Recovery of penalty or forfeiture by collusion
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A recovery of a judgment for a penalty or forfeiture by collusion between the plaintiff and defendant, with intent to save the defendant, wholly or partially, from the consequences contemplated by law, in case where the penalty or forfeiture is given, wholly or partly, to the per…
5 V.I.C. § 1109 Disposition of fines and forfeitures; venue of action for forfeited property
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Fines and forfeitures not specially granted or otherwise appropriated by law, when recovered shall be paid to the clerk of the district court. Whenever, by the provisions of law, any property, real or personal, shall be forfeited to the government of the Virgin Islands or to any …