Title 15 — Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
24 chapters · 422 sections in this title.
15 V.I.C. § 911 Selling ward's personal estate and investing proceeds therefrom [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 911 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.
15 V.I.C. § 912 Sale of real estate to maintain ward [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 912 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.
15 V.I.C. § 913 Selling ward's real estate and investing proceeds therefrom [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 913 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.
15 V.I.C. § 914 Status of proceeds from sale of real estate upon settlement of guardianship [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 914 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.
15 V.I.C. § 915 Petition for order to sell ward's real estate [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 915 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.
15 V.I.C. § 916 Orders to show cause why order should not be granted [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 916 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.
15 V.I.C. § 917 Service of order on next of kin [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 917 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.
15 V.I.C. § 918 Oath to be taken by guardian on sale of ward's real estate [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 918 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.
15 V.I.C. § 919 Notice of time and place of sale; evidence of [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 919 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.
15 V.I.C. § 920 Sale of ward's real property by foreign guardians [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 920 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.
15 V.I.C. § 921 Requirements on sale by foreign guardian [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 921 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.
15 V.I.C. § 922 Status of proceeds of sale of ward's real estate by foreign guardian; bond to be posted [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 922 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.
15 V.I.C. § 923 Allocation of costs upon contested petition for an order to sell ward's real estate [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 923 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.
15 V.I.C. § 924 Limitation on the bringing of recovery actions [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 924 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.
15 V.I.C. § 925 Effect of irregularities in sale of real estate [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 925 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.
15 V.I.C. § 926 Liability of guardian for neglect or misconduct [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 926 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.
15 V.I.C. § 951 Definitions [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 951 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.
15 V.I.C. § 952 Administrator as party in interest [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 952 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.
15 V.I.C. § 953 Application [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 953 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.
15 V.I.C. § 954 Limitation on number of wards [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 954 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.
15 V.I.C. § 955 Appointment of guardians [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 955 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.
15 V.I.C. § 956 Evidence of necessity for guardian of infant [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 956 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.
15 V.I.C. § 957 Evidence of necessity for guardian for incompetent [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 957 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.
15 V.I.C. § 958 Notice [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 958 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.
15 V.I.C. § 959 Bond [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 959 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.
15 V.I.C. § 960 Petitions and accounts; notices and hearings [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 960 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.
15 V.I.C. § 961 Penalty for failure to account [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 961 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.
15 V.I.C. § 962 Compensation of guardians [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 962 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.
15 V.I.C. § 963 Investments [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 963 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.
15 V.I.C. § 964 Maintenance and support [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 964 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.
15 V.I.C. § 965 Purchase of home for ward [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 965 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.
15 V.I.C. § 966 Copies of public records to be furnished [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 966 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.
15 V.I.C. § 967 Discharge of guardian and release of sureties [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 967 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.
15 V.I.C. § 968 Commitment to Veterans' Administration or other agency of United States Government [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 968 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.
15 V.I.C. § 969 Liberal construction [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 969 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.
15 V.I.C. § 970 Application of subchapter [Repealed]
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15 V.I.C. § 970 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.
15 V.I.C. § 1001 Application of chapter
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The provisions of this chapter shall govern trustees, guardians and other fiduciaries, hereafter in this chapter called “fiduciaries”, acting under wills, agreements, court orders and other instruments now existing or hereafter made.
15 V.I.C. § 1002 Investment standards and powers of fiduciaries
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In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and managing property for the benefit of another, fiduciaries shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing, which men of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the mana…
15 V.I.C. § 1003 Effect of provisions of instrument: definition of “legal investment” and “authorized investment”
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(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing any departure from, or variation of, the express terms or limitations set forth in any will, agreement, court order or other instrument creating or defining the fiduciary's duties and powers. (b) The terms “l…
15 V.I.C. § 1004 Retention by fiduciary of investments
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Unless expressly provided otherwise in any instrument specified in subsection (a) of section 1003 of this title, any provisions in any such instrument prescribing, defining or limiting the kind of property in which the funds of the trust to which such instrument relates shall be …
15 V.I.C. § 1005 Retention by bank or trust company acting as a fiduciary of its own stock
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Unless expressly provided otherwise in any instrument specified in subsection (a) of section 1003 of this title, a bank or trust company acting as a fiduciary and authorized so to act may retain in a trust estate shares of its own capital stock acquired in any manner referred to …
15 V.I.C. § 1006 Deviation from terms of instrument
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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as restricting the power of a court of proper jurisdiction to permit fiduciaries to deviate from the terms of any will, agreement, or other instrument relating to the acquisition, investment, reinvestment, exchange, retention, …
15 V.I.C. § 1007 Common fund investments by bank or trust company
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A bank or trust company authorized to act in a fiduciary capacity and acting in such capacity, other than merely as agent, may invest funds held by it for investment as fiduciary in fractional undivided interests in a common fund composed exclusively of property permitted for inv…
15 V.I.C. § 1008 Power of bank or trust company acting as fiduciary to purchase property held by it
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(a) A bank or trust company shall not purchase, with funds held by it as a fiduciary, any property held by its commercial or banking department, but this prohibition shall not apply to mortgages and their accompanying bonds designated by its commercial or banking department for f…
15 V.I.C. § 1041 Definitions
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(a) In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter requires otherwise—“bank” includes any person or association of persons, whether incorporated or not, carrying on the business of banking;“fiduciary” includes a trustee under any trust, expressed, implied, resulting or con…
15 V.I.C. § 1042 Application of payments made to fiduciaries
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A person who in good faith pays or transfers to a fiduciary any money or other property which the fiduciary as such is authorized to receive is not responsible for the proper application thereof by the fiduciary; and any right or title acquired from the fiduciary in consideration…
15 V.I.C. § 1043 Repealed. Feb. 19, 1965, No. 1299, § 8 Sess. L. 1965, Pt. II, p. 218
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15 V.I.C. § 1043 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.
15 V.I.C. § 1044 Transfer of negotiable instrument by fiduciary
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If any negotiable instrument payable or indorsed to a fiduciary as such is indorsed by the fiduciary, or if any negotiable instrument payable or indorsed to his principal is indorsed by a fiduciary empowered to indorse such instrument on behalf of his principal, the indorsee is n…
15 V.I.C. § 1045 Check drawn by fiduciary payable to third person
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If a check or other bill of exchange is drawn by a fiduciary as such, or in the name of his principal by a fiduciary empowered to draw such instrument in the name of his principal, the payee is not bound to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as…
15 V.I.C. § 1046 Check drawn by and payable to fiduciary
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If a check or other bill of exchange is drawn by a fiduciary as such or in the name of his principal by a fiduciary empowered to draw such instrument in the name of his principal, payable to the fiduciary personally, or payable to a third person and by him transferred to the fidu…