Title 14 — Crimes
77 chapters · 525 sections in this title.
14 V.I.C. § 297 Assault in the third degree
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(a) Whoever, under circumstances not amounting to an assault in the first or second degree—(1) assaults another person with intent to commit a felony;(2) assaults another with a deadly weapon;(3) assaults another with premeditated design and by use of means calculated to inflict …
14 V.I.C. § 298 Aggravated assault and battery
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(1) Whoever commits an assault and battery—(1) upon an officer in the lawful discharge of the duties of his office, if it was known or declared to the offender that the person assaulted was an officer discharging an official duty;(2) in a court of justice or in any place of relig…
14 V.I.C. § 299 Simple assault and battery
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(1) Whoever commits—(1) a simple assault; or(2) an assault or battery unattended with circumstances of aggravation—shall be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both the imprisoned and fined. (1) a simple assault; or (2) an assault or battery unatte…
14 V.I.C. § 300 Administration of narcotic with intent to commit a felony
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Whoever administers to another person any chloroform, ether, laudanum or other narcotic, anesthetic or intoxicating agent, with intent thereby to enable or assist himself or any other person to commit a felony shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years.
14 V.I.C. § 301 Assault and battery upon a judge
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In addition to any other penalty that may be prescribed by this chapter, whoever commits an assault and battery upon a judge of any court of the Virgin Islands if the offender knows the person assaulted to be a judge shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than…
14 V.I.C. § 302 Throwing bodily fluid or waste at a person
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(a) Any person who is housed in any correctional facility in the Virgin Islands or who is being detained, arrested, transported or supervised by a correctional officer, police officer, marshal, or any other peace officer whether such person is a sentenced prisoner, a pretrial det…
14 V.I.C. § 303 Introducing bodily fluid or waste into food or drink
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(a) Any person who knowingly introduces any bodily fluid or bodily waste into the food or drink of a correctional officer, staff member, private contractor or employee of any correctional facility or court of the Virgin Islands, police officer or authorized visitor to a correctio…
14 V.I.C. § 331 Penalties for attempts
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(1) Whoever unsuccessfully attempts to commit an offense, shall, unless otherwise specially prescribed by this Code or other law, be punished by—(1) imprisonment for not more than 25 years, if the offense attempted is punishable by imprisonment for life; or(2) in any other case, …
14 V.I.C. § 332 Commission of offense in attempt to commit another
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Whoever attempts unsuccessfully to commit an offense and accomplishes the commission of another and different offense, whether greater or lesser in guilt, shall be punished as prescribed by law for the offense committed, notwithstanding the provisions of section 331 of this title…
14 V.I.C. § 361 Definition and punishment of bigamy
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Whoever, having a husband or wife, marries any other person, commits bigamy and shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
14 V.I.C. § 362 Exceptions
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(1) Section 361 of this title does not extend to—(1) any person by reason of any former marriage, whose husband or wife by such marriage has been absent for 5 successive years, without being known to such person within that time to be living; or(2) any person by reason of any for…
14 V.I.C. § 363 Punishment of consort
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Whoever knowingly and willfully marries the husband or wife of another, in any case in which the husband or wife would be punishable under the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
14 V.I.C. § 401 Offering or giving bribes to judicial officers
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Whoever gives or offers to give a bribe to any judicial officer, juror, commissioner, referee, arbitrator, or to any person who may be authorized by law to hear or determine any question or controversy, with intent to influence his vote, opinion, or decision upon any matter or qu…
14 V.I.C. § 402 Acceptance of bribe by judicial officer
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Whoever, being a judicial officer, juror, commissioner, referee, arbitrator or person authorized by law to hear or determine any question or controversy, asks, receives, or agrees to receive any bribe, upon any agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, or decision upon a…
14 V.I.C. § 403 Solicitation or receipt of bribes by public officers or employees
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Whoever, being a judicial or other public officer or employee, asks or receives any emolument, gratuity, or reward, or any promise thereof, except such as may be authorized by law, for doing any official act, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years…
14 V.I.C. § 404 Offering or giving bribes to witnesses
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(1) Whoever—(1) gives, offers, or promises to give, to any witness, or person about to be called as a witness, any bribe, upon any understanding or agreement that the testimony of such witness shall be thereby influenced; or(2) attempts by any other means fraudulently to induce a…
14 V.I.C. § 405 Solicitation or receipt of bribes by witnesses
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Whoever, being a witness, or being about to be called as a witness, receives or offers to receive any bribe, upon any understanding that his testimony shall be influenced thereby, or that he will absent himself from the trial or proceeding upon which his testimony is required, sh…
14 V.I.C. § 406 Bribing certain public officers
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A person who gives or offers, or causes to be given or offered, a bribe, or any money, property, or value of any kind, or any promise or agreement therefor, to a public officer, or to a person executing any of the functions of a public office, or to a person elected, appointed or…
14 V.I.C. § 441 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning—“Break” means and includes—(1) breaking or violently detaching any part, internal or external, of a building; or(2) opening, for the purpose of entering therein, by any means whatever, any outer door of …
14 V.I.C. § 442 Burglary in the first degree
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(1) Whoever, with intent to commit an offense therein, breaks and enters the building or structure of another, in which there is at the time a human being—(1) being armed with a dangerous weapon; or(2) arming himself therein with such a weapon; or(3) being assisted by a confedera…
14 V.I.C. § 443 Burglary in the second degree
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Whoever, with intent to commit some offense therein breaks and enters the dwelling house, building, or structure of another, under circumstances not amounting to burglary in the first degree, is guilty of burglary in the second degree and shall be imprisoned not more than 15 year…
14 V.I.C. § 444 Burglary in the third degree
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(1) Whoever—(1) with intent to commit an offense therein, breaks and enters a building or structure or any part thereof; or(2) being in any building or structure or any part thereof, commits an offense therein and breaks out of the same—is guilty of burglary in the third degree a…
14 V.I.C. § 445 Unlawful entry
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Whoever, under circumstances or in a manner not amounting to burglary, enters a building or any part thereof, with intent to commit an offense, shall be imprisoned not more than 1 year.
14 V.I.C. § 446 Punishment for separate crime committed by burglar
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Whoever, having entered a building under circumstances which constitute burglary in any degree, commits any offense therein, shall be punished therefor as well as for the burglary, and may be prosecuted for each offense separately, or in the same action.
14 V.I.C. § 459 Short title
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This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Computer Crimes and Technology Act of 2013”.
14 V.I.C. § 460 Definitions
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(a) “Access” means to approach, instruct, communicate with, store data in, enter data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of any resources of, a computer, computer system, computer network or cellular device. (b) “Computer” means any cellular device, electromagnetic dev…
14 V.I.C. § 461 Access to computer for fraudulent purposes
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(a) Whoever knowingly and intentionally directly or indirectly accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system, or computer network for the purpose of:(1) knowingly and intentionally devising or executing any scheme or artifice to defraud;(2) obtaining money, prop…
14 V.I.C. § 462 Intentional access, alteration, damage or destruction
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(a) Whoever intentionally, without authorization, and for fraudulent or other illegal purposes, directly or indirectly, accesses, alters, damages, or destroys any computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, computer program, or data contained in a computer, co…
14 V.I.C. § 463 Computer theft
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(a) Whoever, intentionally and without claim of right, takes, transfers, conceals or retains possession of any computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, computer program, or data contained in a computer, computer system, computer program, or computer network…
14 V.I.C. § 464 Computer trespass
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use or access a computer or computer network of another with or without authority with the intent to:(1) Temporarily or permanently remove, halt, or otherwise disable any computer data, computer programs, or computer software from a comp…
14 V.I.C. § 465 Cyber-stalking and cyber-harassment prohibited
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(a) Whoever transmits any communication by computer or other electronic device to any person or causes any person to be contacted for the sole purpose of harassing that person or his or her family is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dolla…
14 V.I.C. § 466 Violation of restraining order
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(a) Whenever there is a restraining order or injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction enjoining one person from harassing another person, and the person so enjoined is convicted of the crime as set forth in section 465 for actions against the person protected by the…
14 V.I.C. § 467 Penalties
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(a) Unless otherwise specified, any person who is convicted of an offense which is classified as a felony under this chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or both. (b) Unless otherwise specified, any p…
14 V.I.C. § 468 Civil action
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(a) Any person injured as a result of a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action against the violator for compensatory damages, punitive damages, court costs, and any other relief that the court deems appropriate, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. (b) If the injury …
14 V.I.C. § 469 Use of false information
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(a) Whoever intentionally or knowingly makes a transmission of false data for the purpose of submitting a claim for payment, or makes, presents, or uses or causes to be made, presented, or used any data for the purpose of submitting a claim for payment with knowledge of its falsi…
14 V.I.C. § 470 Tampering with computer source documents
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(a) Whoever intentionally or knowingly conceals, destroys, or alters or intentionally or knowingly causes another to conceal, destroy, or alter any computer source document used for a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network, when the computer source docum…
14 V.I.C. § 475 Home invasion
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(a) A person who is not a peace officer acting in the line of duty commits home invasion when, without authority, he knowingly enters the dwelling place of another when he knows or has reason to know that one or more persons are present or when he knowingly enters the dwelling pl…
14 V.I.C. § 476 Penalties
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(a) Home invasion in violation of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years nor more than 15 years; (b) Home invasion in violation of subsection (a)(3) is punishable by a term of imprisonment for not less than 15 years nor more …
14 V.I.C. § 481 Neglect of parental duty; causing delinquency of a minor; loitering on streets
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(a) Whoever commits any act or omits the performance of any duty, which act or omission causes a child under the age of 18 to become in need of the care and protection of the juvenile and domestic relations division of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, shall be fined not …
14 V.I.C. § 482 Repealed. Oct. 18, 1984, No. 5013, § 11, Sess. L. 1984, p. 354
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14 V.I.C. § 482 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.
14 V.I.C. § 483 Permitting children to beg
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(1) Whoever—(1) being a parent, relative, guardian, employer or otherwise, and having in his care, custody or control any child under the age of 12 years, sells, apprentices, gives away, lets out or otherwise disposes of any such child to any person under any name, title, or pret…
14 V.I.C. § 484 Malicious or destructive acts of minors; liability of parents or guardians
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(a) The parent or legal guardian, other than the Department of Human Services, having custody of a minor less than 18 years of age, shall, if such minor wilfully, maliciously or unlawfully damages or destroys real or personal property owned or maintained by another be held liable…
14 V.I.C. § 485 Selling or serving alcoholic beverages to minors; employing minors to make or dispense alcoholic beverages
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(a) As used in this section, the term,(1) “Alcoholic beverage” means any beverage for human consumption containing at least one-half of one percent alcohol by volume, including malt beverages, beer, unfortified wine, fortified wine, spirituous liquor, and mixed beverages, distill…
14 V.I.C. § 486 Knowledge of sexual abuse of a minor
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Any parent or guardian of a minor under sixteen years of age who knows or reasonably should know that an adult residing in the same household has engaged in sexual intercourse or sodomy, or has had sexual contact with the minor under sixteen years of age and who does not report t…
14 V.I.C. § 487 Short title
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This chapter may be cited as “The Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act”.
14 V.I.C. § 488 Visual medium depicting sexually explicit conduct, prohibitions; penalties
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(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any minor or assist any other person to employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any minor to engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visua…
14 V.I.C. § 489 Definitions; computer pornography
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(a) As used in this section, the term:(1) “Minor” means any person under the age of 18 years.(2) “Identifiable minor” means an individual:(A) Who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified or whose image as a minor was used in creating, adaptin…
14 V.I.C. § 490 Obscene Internet contact with a minor
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(a) It is unlawful for any person intentionally or willfully to use a computer on-line service or Internet service, including a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, e-mail, or on-line messaging service to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solici…
14 V.I.C. § 501 Short title
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This chapter may be cited as the “Child Protection Act of 1992”.
14 V.I.C. § 502 Legislative findings
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(a) The Legislature of the Virgin Islands finds and declares that:(a) the children of the Virgin Islands are its most precious resource; and(b) serious abuse and neglect of children are increasing in the Virgin Islands; and(c) it is the policy of the Government of the Virgin Isla…