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Virgin Islands Statutes, Title 27

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Title 27, Professions and Occupations

22 chapters · 460 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 27460 Ch 1, Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharma…171 Ch 9, Licensing of Businesses and Occupations33 Ch 3, The Practice of Veterinary Medicine …24 Ch 4A, The Practice of Professional Counsel…22 Ch 5A, Accountancy19 Ch 15, Real Estate Brokers, and Sales Assoc…19 Ch 10, Virgin Islands Board of Contractors,…18 Ch 16, Real Estate Appraisers18 Ch 2, The Practice of Psychology17 Ch 1A, The Practice of Speech-Language Path…16 Ch 21A, The Audiology and Speech-Language Pa…16 Ch 8, Architects, Engineers, and Land Surv…14 Ch 20, Social Workers14 Ch 17, Barbering and Cosmetology13

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27 V.I.C. § 371 License required; licensure
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(a) License required. Any person, entity, firm, company, partnership, association or corporation, before commencing operation as a scrap metal recycler or dealer in the Virgin Islands shall first secure a license in accordance with the requirements set by the Department of Licens…
27 V.I.C. § 372 Records required
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(a) A scrap metal dealer or recycler shall maintain a legible record of all purchase transactions to which such secondary metals dealer or recycler is a party. (b) The following information must be maintained on a form approved by the Virgin Islands Police Department for each pur…
27 V.I.C. § 373 Inspection by enforcement officers
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(1) During the usual and customary business hours of a scrap metals dealer or recycler, a law enforcement officer, including Environmental Enforcement Officers of the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority, shall, after properly identifying herself or himself as a law enforcem…
27 V.I.C. § 374 Hold notice
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(a) Whenever an enforcement officer has reasonable cause to believe that certain items of regulated metals property in the possession of a scrap metals dealer or recycler have been stolen, the Police Commissioner may issue a hold notice to the scrap metals dealer or recycler. (b)…

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27 V.I.C. § 375 Extended hold over notice

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(a) No later than the expiration of the foregoing 15-day period, the Police Commissioner may issue a second hold notice to the scrap metals dealer which shall be an extended hold notice, which shall operate as follows: (b) The extended hold notice shall be in writing, shall be de…

27 V.I.C. § 376 Exemptions

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(1) This Chapter shall not apply to purchases of regulated metals property from:(1) Organizations, corporations, or associations registered with the Territory as charitable, philanthropic, religious, fraternal, civic, patriotic, social, or school-sponsored organizations or associ…

27 V.I.C. § 377 Prohibitions

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(a) A seller shall not sell and a scrap metal recycler shall not purchase the following scrap metal unless, written documentation is provided that the seller is the owner of the scrap metal or is an employee, agent, or other person authorized to sell the scrap metal on behalf of …

27 V.I.C. § 378 Penalties

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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a scrap metals dealer or recycler who knowingly and intentionally violates any of the following commits a misdemeanor punishable by up to 4 days imprisonment or a fine of $500, or both:(1) Violates section 374 or section 37…

27 V.I.C. § 379 Stolen regulated metals property; petition for return

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(a) If the scrap metals dealer or recycler contests the identification or ownership of the regulated metals property, the party other than the scrap metals dealer or recycler claiming ownership of any stolen goods in the possession of a scrap metals dealer or recycler may, provid…

27 V.I.C. § 380 Method of payment

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A scrap metals dealer or recycler shall not enter into any cash transaction in excess of $100 in payment for the purchase of regulated metals property. Multiple payments of $100.00 or less during a single transaction with a seller is prohibited.

27 V.I.C. § 381 Certain acts and practices prohibited

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(1) It is unlawful for a scrap metals dealer or recycler to do or allow any of the following acts:(1) Purchase regulated metals property between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.;(2) Fail to pay any excise tax owed or fail to have a tax registration number;(3) Purchase regulated met…

27 V.I.C. § 401 Definitions

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(1) For the purposes of this chapter—(1) Every building or other structure or group of structures under the same management kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent gu…

27 V.I.C. § 402 Safes; limited liability

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The proprietor, lessee, or manager of any hotel shall provide a safe in the office of such hotel or other convenient place for the safekeeping of any money, jewelry, ornaments, bank notes, bonds, negotiable securities, precious stones, articles of gold and silver manufacture, or …

27 V.I.C. § 403 Loss of clothing and other personal property; limited liability

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(a) No hotel proprietor, lessee, or manager shall be liable—(1) for damage to or loss of wearing apparel or any baggage or other property of a guest in any sum exceeding the sum of $100, unless such hotelkeeper by an agreement in writing individually, or in writing by the authori…

27 V.I.C. § 404 Register

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Hotelkeepers shall keep guest registers, but they shall not be obligated to retain such record for more than two years. Such registers shall show the name, residence, date of arrival and departure of guests, and the rate of their room. Whenever such proprietor, lessee or manager …

27 V.I.C. § 405 Property liens

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Hotelkeepers shall have a lien upon the baggage and other valuables of their guests brought into such hotel by such guests or tenants or under their control. Every hotelkeeper who has a lien on property, consistent with the provisions of this section and every hotelkeeper who has…

27 V.I.C. § 406 Refusal of accommodation

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(a) A hotelkeeper or agent may exclude any person from enjoyment of any accommodation, facility or privilege furnished on his premises, and/or may exclude any person from the premises or any part thereof, by refusal to permit such person to enjoy the same or to enter or remain on…

27 V.I.C. § 407 Eviction of guests and other persons

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Every hotelkeeper may, in a reasonable and appropriate manner, evict a person from his hotel (the hotel directed by him) when such person insists on violating the rules and regulations approved by said hotel in spite of having been notified about same and of having been warned th…

27 V.I.C. § 408 Posting of hotel rates

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Every keeper of a hotel shall post in each room of such hotel a printed copy of this section and a statement of the charges or rate of charges by the day for such room. No charge or sum shall be collected or received by any such hotelkeeper at a higher rate for the use of such ro…

27 V.I.C. § 421 Definitions

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(a) As used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided or the context requires a different construction, application or meaning—(a) “Agency disclosure” means the disclosure, in written form, of the agency relationship.(b) “Agency relationship” means a fiduciary relationship creat…

27 V.I.C. § 421a Virgin Islands Real Estate Commission

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Establishment Establishment (a) There is hereby created within the Department the Virgin Islands Real Estate Commission. Establishment (a) There is hereby created within the Department the Virgin Islands Real Estate Commission. (a) There is hereby created within the Department th…

27 V.I.C. § 422 Duties of Real Estate Commission

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(a) In addition to any other powers and duties that may be provided by law, the Commission shall administer the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise specifically provided, and without limitation on the generality of the foregoing shall have the powers and duty to—(a) a…

27 V.I.C. § 423 Issuance of licenses

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(a) From and after the effective date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association or corporation to engage in or carry on the business, or act in the capacity of a real estate broker or a real estate salesman within the Virgin Islands without fi…

27 V.I.C. § 424 Application for license

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(a) Application for a license as a real estate broker or a real estate associate shall be made to the Commission on such forms as it shall prescribe and must be accompanied by the applicable real estate license fee. (b) Such further reasonable and pertinent information as the Com…

27 V.I.C. § 424a Qualifications for licensure

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(a) To be eligible for licensure as a real estate broker or sales associate, an applicant must:(1) attain the age of 21 for a Real Estate Broker License, or attain the age of 18 for a Sales Associate;(2) be a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident;(3) be a re…

27 V.I.C. § 425 Examination of applicants

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(a) In addition to proof of honesty, trustworthiness and good moral character, each applicant for a first real estate broker's license shall pass a written examination prepared by or under the supervision of the Commission. The examination shall be offered at such times, not less…

27 V.I.C. § 425a Issuance of licenses without examination

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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Virgin Islands Real Estate Commission shall issue a real estate broker's license to any person (1) who held a valid real estate agent's license in the Virgin Islands prior to May 4, 1967, (2) who meets the other qualificat…

27 V.I.C. § 426 Issuance of the license

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(a) The Commission, upon a determination that all requirements for licensure under this chapter have been satisfied, shall issue a license to each qualifying applicant within 30 days by mail or e-mail. (b) The Commission shall prepare and issue to each licensee a license of such …

27 V.I.C. § 426a Temporary Sales Apprentice Permit

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(a) The Commission may issue a Temporary Sales Apprentice Permit to an applicant for a Sales Associate License who has met the requirements to sit for the examination upon the written request of the applicant’s sponsoring real estate broker agreeing to be responsible for the acts…

27 V.I.C. § 427 Effective term of license, license renewal, continuing education

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(a) All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire on December 31st of the year in which issued. Thereafter, such licenses shall be renewed annually, by payment of the prescribed fee, as a condition to engaging in the real estate business as a real estate b…

27 V.I.C. § 427a Inactivation of License

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(a) Licensees under this chapter may request that their license be placed into inactive status as provided by the Commission’s regulations and upon payment of any applicable fee or other reasonable requirements. The licensee must be designated as being inactive and any issued ina…

27 V.I.C. § 427b Conditions for participation in dual agency relationship

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(a) No licensee shall participate in a dual agency relationship unless both the seller and the buyer, or both the lessor and the lessee, in the transaction have full knowledge of the dual representation and consent in writing to the dual representation on the agency disclosure st…

27 V.I.C. § 427c Fiduciary duties of a licensee in an agency relationship

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(a) The common law of agency as supplemented by this section applies to the relationship between a licensee and the licensee’s client. (b) In accepting employment by a client, a licensee pledges a primary duty of absolute fidelity to protect and promote the interests of the clien…

27 V.I.C. § 428 Fixed office required of real estate broker

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(a) Each real estate broker shall maintain a fixed office within the Virgin Islands which must be designated on the license. The fixed office may also be the residence of the real estate broker, subject to approval by the Department of Planning and Natural Resources and the Virgi…

27 V.I.C. § 429 Unlawful conduct; suspension or revocation of license; penalties

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(a) The Commission may impose a monetary penalty or revoke or suspend the license of any person issued under this chapter who, after due notice and hearing by the Commission, is found to have committed any offense in subsection (b) or in any regulations adopted thereunder. (b) Th…

27 V.I.C. § 429a Notice to Commission upon termination of Sales Associate for statutory violation; Contests; Sanctions

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(a) The responsible real estate broker who discharges a sales associate for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter prescribing a ground for disciplinary action, shall file a certified written statement of the facts concerning the violation with the Commission within…

27 V.I.C. § 430 Fees

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(a) The following fees shall be charged and collected by the Commission and paid into the General Fund of the Treasury of the Government of the Virgin Islands:(1) For each examination for a Real Estate Broker’s License or Sales Associate License, a fee not to exceed $350.(2) For …

27 V.I.C. § 431 Prohibitions

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(a) No person shall maintain an action in any court of the Virgin Islands for the recovery of a commission, fee, or compensation for any act done, the doing of which is prohibited under this chapter by other than a licensed real estate broker sales associate, unless such person w…

27 V.I.C. § 432 Short title

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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Act”.

27 V.I.C. § 433 Definitions

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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different construction, application or meaning:(1) “Analysis” means a study of real estate or real property other than one estimating value;(2) “Appraisal” or “real estate appraisal” means an analysis, opinion, or conclus…

27 V.I.C. § 434 Real Estate Appraisers Board; membership; duties

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(a) There is hereby created the Virgin Islands Real Estate Appraisers Board consisting of seven members, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature. The Board shall be under the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs for administrative purposes…

27 V.I.C. § 435 Licensed or certified real estate appraisers

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(a) Any person desiring to act as a licensed or certified real estate appraiser must file an application for a license as a real estate appraiser or certified real estate appraiser with the Board. The Board shall charge an application fee to be set by the Board pursuant to rules …

27 V.I.C. § 436 Temporary, reciprocal and renewal licenses

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(a) Temporary licenses or certifications for such time as determined by the Board, may be awarded by the Board to nonresident appraisers who:(1) are licensed or certified in another state whose requirements have not resulted in a finding of “Poor” by the Appraisal Subcommittee an…

27 V.I.C. § 438 Education classes

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(a) In making its determination with respect to the courses of study required by this chapter, the Board shall give weight to courses which teach the following:(1) Appropriate knowledge of technical terms commonly used in or related to real estate appraising and appraisal report …

27 V.I.C. § 439 Residency requirements; license requirements

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(a) Every applicant for licensure or certification under this chapter, who is not a resident of the Virgin Islands, shall submit with the application for licensure or certification, an irrevocable consent that service of process upon the applicant may be made by the delivery of t…

27 V.I.C. § 440 Examination; license renewal; inactivity

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(a) The Board shall administer an examination to all applicants for licensure as a “Licensed Real Estate Appraiser” or “Certified Real Estate Appraiser”. The Board shall collect an examination fee set by the Board, and an investigation fee if necessary. If an applicant fails to p…

27 V.I.C. § 441 Denial; appeal

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(a) If the Board, after an application in proper form has been filed with it, accompanied by the proper fee, shall deny the applicant a license or certification, the Board shall provide for a hearing for such applicant in accordance with rules and regulations issued by the Board.…

27 V.I.C. § 442 Change of residency

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If an appraiser changes a residence or place of business address, such appraiser shall notify the Board, in writing, within 21 days of such change.

27 V.I.C. § 443 Maintaining an action

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(a) After December 31, 1992, no person engaged in the business of real estate appraisal activity in the Virgin Islands or acting in the capacity of an appraiser in the Virgin Islands may bring or maintain any action in any court of the Territory to collect compensation for the pe…

27 V.I.C. § 444 Penalties; hearings; other duties of Board

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(a) In accordance with the hearing procedures established for contested cases by the Board, the Board shall have the power to reprimand appraisers and approve education classes; to revoke or suspend any license or certification issued under this chapter; to revoke or suspend appr…