Title 14 — Crimes
77 chapters · 525 sections in this title.
14 V.I.C. § 503 Definitions
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(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Abuse” means the infliction of physical, mental or emotional injury upon a child, or maltreatment, sexual conduct or sexual contact with a child, or exploitation of a child by any person.(b) “Basic n…
14 V.I.C. § 504 Child neglect
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(a) Any person who is responsible for the safety or welfare of a child, including, but not limited to, a child's parent, stepparent, guardian, schoolteacher, or baby sitter, who neglects a child, or who knowingly, recklessly or negligently causes or allows a child to suffer physi…
14 V.I.C. § 505 Child abuse
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(a) Any person who abuses a child, or who knowingly or recklessly causes a child to suffer physical, mental or emotional injury, or who knowingly or recklessly causes a child to be placed in a situation where it is reasonably foreseeable that a child may suffer physical, mental o…
14 V.I.C. § 506 Aggravated child abuse and neglect
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(1) A person perpetrates an act of aggravated child abuse or neglect when:(1) the child suffers serious physical injury; or(2) the child suffers serious mental or emotional injury; or(3) the child dies from such abuse or neglect. A person who is convicted of aggravated child abus…
14 V.I.C. § 507 Reasonable and moderate physical discipline excepted; unreasonable acts
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(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prevent a parent, guardian, except as provided in 17 V.I.C. § 130(b), or person acting at the direction of a child's parent or guardian, from using reasonable and moderate physical discipline to correct, restrain or discipline a…
14 V.I.C. § 521 Punishment for compounding crime
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(a) Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a crime, takes money or property of another or any gratuity or reward, or an engagement or promise therefor, upon any agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal such crime, or a violation of thi…
14 V.I.C. § 551 Conspiracy
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(1) If two or more persons conspire to—(1) commit any crime;(2) falsely and maliciously complain against another for any crime, or procure another to be charged or arrested for any crime;(3) falsely move or maintain any action or proceeding;(4) cheat and defraud any person of pro…
14 V.I.C. § 552 Overt act necessary
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No agreement, except to commit a felony upon the person of another, or to commit arson, or burglary, amounts to conspiracy, unless some act, besides such agreement, be done to effect the object thereof, by one or more of the parties to such agreement.
14 V.I.C. § 581 Power of court to punish for contempt
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(1) Every court of the Virgin Islands shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment, at its discretion, such contempt of its authority, and none other as—(1) misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice;(2) misbeha…
14 V.I.C. § 582 Contempts constituting crimes
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(a) Whoever willfully disobeys any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command of any court of the Virgin Islands by doing any act therein, or thereby forbidden, if the act or thing done be of such character as to constitute also a criminal offense under any statute of t…
14 V.I.C. § 582a Contempt constituting the crime of domestic violence
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(1) Whoever willfully disobeys any lawful order issued pursuant to section 97(b)(2) or section 98 of Title 16 is guilty of a crime. (2) If the order disobeyed was issued where the judge determined that a deadly weapon was used or displayed by the defendant, the sentence must be n…
14 V.I.C. § 583 Jury trial of contempts constituting crimes
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Whenever a contempt is charged under section 582 of this title, and the criminal offense referred to in subsection (a) of such section is one in the trial of which the accused would be entitled by existing law to a trial by jury, and such contempt is prosecuted in the District Co…
14 V.I.C. § 584 Inapplicability of sections 582 and 583 to certain contempts
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(1) Sections 582 and 583 of this title shall not apply to—(1) contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice; or(2) contempts committed in disobedience of any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command …
14 V.I.C. § 585 Contempt of other officers or official bodies
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(1) Whoever willfully—(1) disobeys any subpoena issued by any officer, board, commission or other agency within the executive branch of the Government of the Virgin Islands, authorized by law to issue subpoenas for witnesses; or(2) having appeared, refuses to be sworn or to answe…
14 V.I.C. § 586 Judicial compulsion
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The District Court of the Virgin Islands may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony, and the production of books, papers, documents, and accounts, as required by a subpoena issued by any officer, chairman or other head of a board, commission or other agency r…
14 V.I.C. § 587 Procedure for prosecution under section 585
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Whenever a person, having been summoned by subpoena to appear before any officer, board, commission or other agency within the executive branch of the Government of the Virgin Islands, authorized by law to issue subpoenas for witnesses, violates section 585 of this title, such of…
14 V.I.C. § 600 Title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Criminally Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act”.
14 V.I.C. § 601 Purpose
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The purpose of this chapter is to curtail criminal activity and lessen its economic and political power in the Territory of the Virgin Islands by establishing new penal prohibitions and providing to law enforcement and the victims of criminal activity new civil sanctions and reme…
14 V.I.C. § 602 Construction
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The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve its remedial purpose.
14 V.I.C. § 603 Legislative findings
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(a) Sophisticated criminal activity is diversified and diverts substantial sums from the Territory of the Virgin Islands' legitimate markets through fraud and corruption. (b) In addition to the more traditional criminal offenses, sophisticated criminal activity can involve the il…
14 V.I.C. § 604 Definitions
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(a) As used in this chapter:(a) “Alien corporation” means a corporation organized under laws other than the laws of the United States, the laws of any state of the United States, or the laws of the Territory of the Virgin Islands.(b) “Attorney General” means the Attorney General …
14 V.I.C. § 605 Violations
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(a) It is unlawful for any person employed by, or associated with, any enterprise, as that term is defined herein, to conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, the affairs of the enterprise through a pattern of criminal activity. (b) It is unlawful for any person, throug…
14 V.I.C. § 606 Criminal penalties
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(a) Any person convicted of conduct constituting a violation of any provision of section 605 [Violations] of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and may be fined not more than $500,000.00 or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both. (b) In lieu of the fine authorized by su…
14 V.I.C. § 607 Civil remedies
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(a) The Attorney General, or any aggrieved person, may institute civil proceedings against any person in the Superior Court or United States District Court in order to obtain relief from conduct constituting a violation or in order to prevent or restrain a violation of any provis…
14 V.I.C. § 608 Forfeiture procedures
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(a) The Attorney General or United States Attorney, as the case may be, shall dispose of all property ordered forfeited in any criminal proceeding under this chapter as soon as feasible, making due provisions for the rights of innocent persons, by:(1) public sale;(2) transfer to …
14 V.I.C. § 609 Criminal Activity Investigation and Prosecution Fund
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(a) The proceeds of all forfeitures ordered, fines imposed, or civil penalties imposed under this chapter shall be transmitted to the Treasury of the Government of the Territory of the Virgin Islands and deposited in a special fund, hereby created, to be known as the “Criminal Ac…
14 V.I.C. § 610 Criminal Activity Lien Notice and lis pendens
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(a) Upon the institution of any criminal or civil proceeding or action under this chapter, the Attorney General or the United States Attorney then or at any time during the pendency of the proceeding, as the case may be, may file in such official records as the nature of the prop…
14 V.I.C. § 611 Registration of alien corporations
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(a) Each alien corporation desiring to acquire of record any personal or real property in the Territory of the Virgin Islands shall have, prior to acquisition, and shall maintain continuously in this Territory during any year thereafter in which the personal or real property is o…
14 V.I.C. § 612 Investigation by Attorney General
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(a) Whenever any person is reasonably suspected to have engaged in, or to be engaging in, or about to engage in any conduct constituting a violation of any of the provisions of section 605 [Violations] of this chapter the Attorney General may, in his discretion, conduct an invest…
14 V.I.C. § 613 Granting of immunity
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(a) If a person is or may be called to produce evidence at a hearing or trial under this chapter or at an investigation brought by the Attorney General under section 612 [Investigation by Attorney General] of this chapter the court for the judicial subdivision in which the hearin…
14 V.I.C. § 614 Savings provision
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If any provision of this chapter or the application of it to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the invalidation shall not affect any other provisions or applications of the chapter and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
14 V.I.C. § 621 Brandishing, exhibiting, or using deadly weapons
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(1) Whoever—(1) not in necessary self-defense, and in the presence of two or more persons, draws or exhibits any deadly weapon in a rude, angry, and threatening manner; or(2) in any manner unlawfully uses the same in any fight or quarrel—shall be fined not more than $200 or impri…
14 V.I.C. § 622 Disturbing the peace; fighting
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(1) Whoever maliciously and willfully—(1) disturbs the peace or quiet of any village, town, neighborhood or person, by loud or unusual noise, or by tumultuous offensive conduct, or threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight or fighting; or(2) on the public streets, …
14 V.I.C. § 623 Instigating or aiding a fight
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Whoever engages in, instigates, aids, encourages, or does any act to further a contention or a fight, between two or more persons shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both.
14 V.I.C. § 624 Disturbing or breaking-up meetings
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(1) Whoever—(1) willfully disturbs or disquiets any assemblage of people met for religious worship or any other purpose not unlawful in character, by noise, profane discourse, rude or indecent behaviour or any unnecessary noise, either within the place where the meeting is held, …
14 V.I.C. § 625 Reckless endangerment
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(a) A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the first degree when, under the circumstances evidencing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct in a public place which creates a grave risk of death to another person. Reckless endangerment in t…
14 V.I.C. § 661 Escape from jail or custody of officer
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(1) Whoever escapes from the custody of the Police Commissioner or his authorized representative, or from any jail in which he is confined, or from any custody under or by virtue of any process issued under the laws of the Virgin Islands by any court, judge, or commissioner, or f…
14 V.I.C. § 662 Rescuing and assisting escape
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(1) Whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or instigates, aids or assists the escape of a person arrested upon a warrant or other process issued under any law of the Virgin Islands, or committed to the custody of the Police Commissioner or to any jail, shall—(1) if the custody or …
14 V.I.C. § 663 Officer permitting escape
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(1) Whoever, having in his custody any prisoner by virtue of process issued under the laws of the Virgin Islands by any court, judge, or commissioner, shall—(1) if he voluntarily suffers such prisoner to escape, be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, …
14 V.I.C. § 664 Promoting prison contraband
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(1) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor for promoting prison contraband when:(1) He knowingly introduces any contraband into a prison or detention facility; or(2) Being a person confined in a prison or detention facility, he knowingly makes, obtains or possesses any contraband.(3…
14 V.I.C. § 665 Promoting dangerous prison contraband
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(a) A person is guilty of a felony for promoting dangerous prison contraband when:(1) He knowingly introduces any dangerous contraband into a prison or detention facility; or(2) Being a person confined in a prison or detention facility, he knowingly makes, obtains or possesses an…
14 V.I.C. § 666 Introduction of narcotic or addictive drug into prison
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Any person who knowingly introduces any narcotic drug into a prison or detention facility shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years. For the purpose of this section narcotic drug means coca leaves, opium, cannabis, and every other substance neither chemically nor physically dist…
14 V.I.C. § 667 Sexual relations with a detainee
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(a) Any person who, when, being an employee working at a prison or detention facility, a contractor or employee of a contractor at a prison or detention facility, or a volunteer at a prison or detention facility, engages in consensual sexual relations with a person who is in the …
14 V.I.C. § 701 Extortion defined; penalty
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Extortion is the obtaining of property from another person, with his consent, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years.
14 V.I.C. § 702 Obtaining signature by threats
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Whoever, by extortionate means, obtains from another his signature to any paper or instrument, which signature if freely given, would have transferred any property, or created debt, demand, charge, or right of action, shall be punished in the same manner as if the actual delivery…
14 V.I.C. § 703 Oppression
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(1) Whoever, being a public officer, or person pretending to be a public officer, and under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority—(1) arrests any person or detains him against his will;(2) seizes or levies upon any property;(3) dispossesses any one of any …
14 V.I.C. § 704 Blackmail
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Whoever, with intent to extort any money or other property from another, sends or delivers to any person any letter or other writing, whether subscribed or not, expressing or implying, or adapted to imply any threat, shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years.
14 V.I.C. § 705 Threatening letters
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Whoever knowingly, willfully and maliciously sends or delivers to another any letter or writing, whether subscribed or not, threatening to accuse him or another of a crime, or to expose or publish any of his failings or infirmities, shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned…
14 V.I.C. § 706 Harassment by telephone, telegraph, or written communication
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(1) Whoever, with intent to harass or alarm another person—(1) communicates with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, or by telegraph, mail or any other form of written communication, in a manner likely to harass or alarm; or(2) makes a telephone call, whether or not…
14 V.I.C. § 707 Intimidation
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(a) Whoever, by reason of the actual or perceived race, religion, color, place of birth, sex or ethnicity or handicap of another individual or group of individuals violates sections 252, 253, 254, 295, 296, 297, 298, 621, 622, 623, 624, 705, 706, 922, 923, 924, 1265, 1265a, 1267,…