Title 27 — Professions and Occupations
22 chapters · 534 sections in this title.
27 V.I.C. § 301 Licenses required; application forms; qualifications and limitations
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(a) Every person or association wishing to engage in any business, occupation, profession, or trade listed in section 302 of this chapter, as a condition precedent to engaging in any such business, occupation, profession, or trade, shall apply in writing to and obtain from the Co…
27 V.I.C. § 301a [Renumbered.]
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27 V.I.C. § 301a 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.
27 V.I.C. § 301b Foreign sales corporations defined
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For the purposes of this chapter a “foreign sales corporation” shall have the same meaning as that contained in Title 13, chapter 12, Virgin Islands Code.
27 V.I.C. § 301c Protected cell and incubator business defined
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For the purposes of this chapter a “Protected Cell” shall have the same meaning as that contained in Title 17, chapter 42, section 801, of this Code and an Incubator Business shall mean a business as described in Title 17, chapter 34, section 482(g), of this Code.
27 V.I.C. § 302 Same; business, occupations, professions and trades covered; fees
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(a) The following annual license fees are made applicable to and shall be levied upon all persons and associations engaged in the designated businesses, occupations, professions and trades in the Virgin Islands:Additional place of brokers business$ 50Advertising150Air cargo trans…
27 V.I.C. § 303 Process of applications
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(a) Upon the receipt of an application for an initial license under the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner shall submit copies of the application to the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) for verification of the police record stated on the application, to …
27 V.I.C. § 303a Repealed. June 6, 1967, No. 1991, § 3, Sess. L. 1967, p. 330
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27 V.I.C. § 303a 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.
27 V.I.C. § 303b Registration of vacancies with Employment Security Agency
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(a) Any entity licensed pursuant to this chapter shall notify the Employment Security Agency, Virgin Islands Department of Labor, of its intent to fill an existing position, now vacant or soon to become vacant, or a new previously unfilled position. Notices of vacancies shall inc…
27 V.I.C. § 304 Denial, revocation or suspension of licenses; hearing; appeal
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(a) The Commissioner, after notice and hearing, may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke or suspend a license for any one or any combination of the following causes:(1) Where fraud or deceit has been perpetrated in the application.(2) Where the Commissioner finds that because …
27 V.I.C. § 305 Numerical limitations on liquor retail licenses
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(a) After due notice and public hearings, the Commissioner shall establish a numerical limitation on the licenses for liquor retail businesses, to become effective on January 1, 1968, and to be reviewed annually after notice by public hearing. The sole basis for the numerical lim…
27 V.I.C. § 305a Restrictions on holding wholesale and retail licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages simultaneously
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(a) The Commissioner of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs may not issue or renew a wholesale license to a person, association, partnership, or corporation for the sale of alcoholic beverages if that person, association, partnership or corporation presently holds a …
27 V.I.C. § 305b Prohibitions applicable to tobacco vendors, and their employees and agents
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(a) Definitions.(1) “Electronic cigarette” means a battery-operated device that contains cartridges filled with a combination of nicotine, flavor and chemicals that are turned into a vapor which is inhaled by the user.(2) “Alternative nicotine product” means a product or device n…
27 V.I.C. § 305c Prohibition of unlicensed sale or distribution of tobacco products
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(a) No person, other than a person who holds a tobacco vendor license issued under section 302 of this chapter, or an employee or agent of that person, shall sell or distribute a tobacco product. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to:(1) distribution by an individual to family me…
27 V.I.C. § 305d Numerical limitations on gas stations licenses
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(a) Subject to subsection (b), after notice and public hearings, the Commissioner shall establish for each island a numerical limitation on the licenses for gasoline stations to take effect five years after the effective date of this section, and to be reviewed thereafter annuall…
27 V.I.C. § 305e Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Model Statute
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(a) Findings and Purpose. (1) Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the Territory and to the citizens of the Territory. The Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds…
27 V.I.C. § 305f Notification of cessation of business operations
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Upon the cessation of business operations, any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall notify the Department, in writing, within fifteen days of the cessation of business operations.
27 V.I.C. § 305g Prohibition of unlicensed automotive repair business
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(a) Whoever engages in the business of automotive repairs without obtaining a business license under this chapter shall be subject to the penalties enumerated in section 307. (b) No business license may be issued for any automotive repair business, unless the premises are so zone…
27 V.I.C. § 305h Prohibition on the sale, importation and distribution of sunscreen and oxybenzone or octinoxate
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(a) For purposes of this section:(1) “oxybenzone” means the chemical (2-Hyroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-phenylmethanone under the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Chemical Nomenclature Registry, that has a Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number 131-57-7, and whose syn…
27 V.I.C. § 306 Exemptions
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to agencies of the Virgin Islands or of the United States Government, to religious, charitable, benevolent, or educational organizations when not engaged in the conduct of business pursuits for profit, or to transactions involving a …
27 V.I.C. § 307 Penalties
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(a) Whoever willfully fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine not to exceed $500 and imprisonment not to exceed 30 days or both. (b) The pertinent provisions of chapter 75, Title 14 of this Code…
27 V.I.C. § 307a Surrender of business licenses
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(a) Any licensee whose business license has been revoked to protect the public welfare, morals or safety under paragraph (2) of subsection (a), section 304 of this chapter, or who has been convicted of an offense under Title 14, sections 1622–1625, shall immediately surrender all…
27 V.I.C. § 307b License conspicuously placed
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Any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall display their business license(s) prominently at all times in their place of business and clearly identifiable by the consumer.
27 V.I.C. § 308 Purpose
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The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the safety and welfare of the residents of the Virgin Islands by prescribing procedures which will significantly curtail the disposition of certain stolen property by thieves and which will assist in identifying that stolen property so…
27 V.I.C. § 309 Definitions
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(a) As used in this subchapter, the term “trader” shall mean any person, corporation, partnership or other business entity in the Virgin Islands which acquires from a consumer through purchase, in exchange for money, trade, barter or other valuable consideration, precious metals,…
27 V.I.C. § 310 Scope
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(1) Only those items of personal property listed below shall be subject to the requirements of this subchapter:(1) precious metals;(2) precious stones; and(3) watches. (1) precious metals; (2) precious stones; and (3) watches.
27 V.I.C. § 311 Prohibitions
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(1) No trader shall purchase, barter, exchange or otherwise receive any precious metals, precious stones or watches in the designated locations listed below:(1) Within any guestroom, guest unit of a hotel, motel, tourist home, or tourist camp;(2) In or about any vehicle parked wi…
27 V.I.C. § 312 Requirement for record
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(a) Any trader doing business in the locations permitted in this subchapter shall record the purchase, barter, exchange, pledge, or other receipt by him of any item described in section 310 of this subchapter, and also any subsequent disposition of that item from his possession. …
27 V.I.C. § 313 Exceptions to recording requirements
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Notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 312 of this subchapter, no record is required in the case of new or unused merchandise received by a trader from an established, reputable manufacturer or wholesaler, with a fixed place of address, provided that the trader shall retain an…
27 V.I.C. § 314 Prohibitions of trading with minors
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No trader shall purchase, barter, exchange, or otherwise receive any item described in section 310 of this subchapter from a minor under the age of eighteen (18).
27 V.I.C. § 315 Retention of items
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(a) No trader and no employee or other person acting for the trader shall melt, vulcanize, or otherwise destroy or change the identity of or dispose of any item described in section 310 of this subchapter and received by the trader until a period of ten (10) days shall have elaps…
27 V.I.C. § 316 Inspections by police
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When property has been reported as stolen to police authorities in the Virgin Islands and in order to seek the whereabouts of that stolen property, or when there is probable cause to believe that record entries are incorrect or that not all items required to be recorded have, in …
27 V.I.C. § 317 Penalty
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Any person or corporation who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter or who makes any false statement in connection therewith or who gives false identification shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2…
27 V.I.C. § 318 Licensing
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(a) No trader shall dedicate himself or herself to the purchase of precious metals, precious stones or watches without having beforehand obtained a valid license issued by the Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs in compliance with the disposition of this law. (b) The a…
27 V.I.C. § 319 Severability
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The provisions of this subchapter are severable and if any of its provisions or any sentence, clause or paragraph shall be held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions hereof.
27 V.I.C. § 320 Effective date
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This subchapter shall become effective 120 days after January 29, 1982.
27 V.I.C. § 321 Repealed. Mar. 5, 2005, No. 6727, § 7, Sess. L. 2005, p. 31
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27 V.I.C. § 321 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.
27 V.I.C. § 322 Repealed. Mar. 5, 2005, No. 6727, § 7, Sess. L. 2005, p. 31
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27 V.I.C. § 322 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.
27 V.I.C. § 323 Repealed. Mar. 5, 2005, No. 6727, § 7, Sess. L. 2005, p. 31
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27 V.I.C. § 323 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.
27 V.I.C. § 324 Repealed. Mar. 5, 2005, No. 6727, § 7, Sess. L. 2005, p. 31
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27 V.I.C. § 324 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.
27 V.I.C. § 325 Repealed. Mar. 5, 2005, No. 6727, § 7, Sess. L. 2005, p. 31
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27 V.I.C. § 325 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.
27 V.I.C. § 326 Repealed. Mar. 5, 2005, No. 6727, § 7, Sess. L. 2005, p. 31
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27 V.I.C. § 326 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.
27 V.I.C. § 327 Repealed. Mar. 5, 2005, No. 6727, § 7, Sess. L. 2005, p. 31
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27 V.I.C. § 327 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.
27 V.I.C. § 328 Repealed. Mar. 5, 2005, No. 6727, § 7, Sess. L. 2005, p. 31
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27 V.I.C. § 328 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.