Title 5, Judicial Procedure

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…

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.

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.

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…

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 …