Title 3 — Executive
37 chapters · 651 sections in this title.
3 V.I.C. § 941 Distribution of new regulations
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(1) The Lieutenant Governor shall distribute, within five weekdays after approval by the Governor, at least two copies of any regulation hereafter made by any agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands to each of the following libraries:(1) the Enid M. Baa Library, St. Thomas…
3 V.I.C. § 942 Distribution of documents other than regulations
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The Lieutenant Governor shall distribute or cause to be distributed within five weekdays after issuance of any document required to be published in accordance with section 982, subsection (a) of this title and immediately after issuance by the Attorney General of any written opin…
3 V.I.C. § 943 Repeal and mandatory update of rules and regulations
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(a) Any Board or Commission, Department, Division or Agency, mandated by statute to promulgate rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary for the administration of their Board, Commission, Department, Division or Agency, shall review every five years their rules and reg…
3 V.I.C. § 961 Preparation and publication
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(a) The Lieutenant Governor is authorized to—(a) Contract for the compilation, codification and publication of all regulations filed with him pursuant to section 931 of this title. The publication of compiled regulations shall be known as the Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations.…
3 V.I.C. § 981 Supplements to Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations
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(a) The Lieutenant Secretary, at the time he contracts pursuant to section 961 of this title, is authorized to—(a) Contract for the continuing upkeep of the “Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations” through the preparation, compilation and publication of periodic supplements designe…
3 V.I.C. § 982 Documents other than regulations to be contained in Register
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The Virgin Islands Register shall also contain: (1) All gubernatorial proclamations, Executive Orders and Reorganization Plans except such as have no general applicability and legal effect or are effective only against Virgin Islands agencies or persons in their capacity as offic…
3 V.I.C. § 983 Filing of other documents; periodic publication of Register
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Material which, pursuant to section 982 of this title, should be printed in the Virgin Islands Register shall be filed in triplicate in the office of the Lieutenant Governor before the last day of each month in order to be printed in the Register appearing in the following monthl…
3 V.I.C. § 984 Notice section of Register; separate classification and distribution of other documents
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The material which, pursuant to section 982 of this title, is to be printed in the Virgin Islands Register, shall, as far as practicable, be grouped into a separate section of the Register so that this material will form a separate notice register which may be sold by the Lieuten…
3 V.I.C. § 1100 Declaration of policy
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The Legislature finds and declares: (a) that no responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standards of ethical behavior by those who conduct the public business; (b) that the people have a right to expect adherence by thos…
3 V.I.C. § 1101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter the following terms are to be given the following meanings:(1) “Financial interest” includes as to any individual, firm or corporation, any of the following:(A) Entitlement to salary or other valuable remuneration as an officer of a business or corpora…
3 V.I.C. § 1102 Prohibited acts
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(1) No territorial officer or employee shall:(1) be financially interested in any contract made or negotiated by him in his official capacity, or by any public agency of which he is a member.(2) be a purchaser at any sale or a vendor at any purchase made by him in his official ca…
3 V.I.C. § 1102a Repealed. Dec. 7, 1984, No. 5024, Sess. L. 1984, p. 398
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3 V.I.C. § 1102a 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.
3 V.I.C. § 1103 Substantial conflict of interest
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A person subject to this chapter has an interest which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his duties in the public interest and of his responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of the Virgin Islands or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within …
3 V.I.C. § 1104 Remote interest
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(a) A territorial officer or employee shall not be deemed to be interested in a contract entered into by a public agency of which he is a member within the meaning of this chapter if he has only a remote interest in the contract and if he fact of such interest is disclosed to the…
3 V.I.C. § 1105 Disclosure of financial interests
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(a) Not later than April 30 of each year every statutory officer, every judge of the Superior Court, and every salaried appointed officer of a public agency exempt from the Personnel Merit System shall file a report disclosing certain financial interests as provided by this subse…
3 V.I.C. § 1106 Enforcement by the Attorney General
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This chapter shall be administered by the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands who shall conduct investigations, issue rules and regulations, and file actions in the appropriate courts when and as necessary to enforce its provisions.
3 V.I.C. § 1107 Inducement to conflict of interest
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No person shall induce or seek to induce any territorial officer or employee to violate any provision of this chapter.
3 V.I.C. § 1108 Penalties
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Any person who knowingly violates a provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a public offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years; or by a fine of not more than $5,000 or a sum equal to any direct m…
3 V.I.C. § 1200 Office of the Virgin Islands Inspector General
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There is hereby created the Office of the Virgin Islands Inspector General, hereinafter referred to as “Office of the V.I. Inspector General”, as a separate, independent agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands.
3 V.I.C. § 1201 Virgin Islands Inspector General; Deputy Virgin Islands Inspector General
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(a) The Office of the V.I. Inspector General shall be administered, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, under the supervision and direction of the Virgin Islands Inspector General, hereinafter referred to as the “V.I. Inspector General”, who shall be appointed by the Gove…
3 V.I.C. § 1202 Annual budget
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(a) The V.I. Inspector General shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual budget that includes staffing levels for the Office of the V.I. Inspector General. The budget, once appropriated by the Legislature, shall be allotted in its entirety at the commencement of the f…
3 V.I.C. § 1203 Powers and duties; authority; report of criminal violations to the Virgin Islands Attorney General
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(a) The Office of the V.I. Inspector General shall:(1) conduct and supervise audits, inspections, and related investigations or programs and operations of the Government of the Virgin Islands;(2) provide leadership, coordination and recommend policies for activities designed:(A) …
3 V.I.C. § 1204 Complaints by employees; disclosure of identity; reprisals
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(a) The V.I. Inspector General may receive and investigate complaints or information from employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands concerning the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of fu…
3 V.I.C. § 1205 Handling of audit data and reports; annual report
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(a) When used in this chapter, the terms:(1) “audit data” means the auditor's working papers, which include, but are not limited to, draft reports and documents containing the evidence to support the auditor's findings, conclusions, and judgments. They include the collection of e…
3 V.I.C. § 1206 Transfer of functions
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(a) There shall be transferred to the Office of the V.I. Inspector General the office of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Audit and Control. (b) All employees of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Audit and Control whose duties are related to functions and responsibilities established by t…
3 V.I.C. § 1210 Findings and declaration
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The Legislature of the Virgin Islands finds and declares:That there exists a pool of talented, but unemployed, residents in the Territory;That the lack of employment opportunities makes it possible for these talented residents to loiter about Virgin Islands streets; to lead lives…
3 V.I.C. § 1211 Definitions
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(1) The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Board” means the Virgin Islands Arts and Craft Factory Development Board.(2) “Craft” means training or…
3 V.I.C. § 1212 Creation of the Virgin Islands Arts and Craft Factory Development Board
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There is hereby created a body corporate and politic constituting a public corporation and autonomous governmental instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands to be known as the Virgin Islands Arts and Craft Factory Development Board. (1) The affairs of the Board shal…
3 V.I.C. § 1213 Powers and responsibilities of the Board
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(1) The Board shall have the following powers and responsibilities:(1) To hire such persons on contract with such institutions as the Board deems necessary to administer the decisions of the Board made pursuant to this section.(2) To make monies available for the purchase of item…
3 V.I.C. § 1214 Short title
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This Act may be known and cited as the “The Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Act.”
3 V.I.C. § 1215 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter the following terms are to be given the following meanings:(1) “Agents” mean members of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control;(2) “Bureau” means the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control;(3) “Direct…
3 V.I.C. § 1216 Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control
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The V.I. Drug Enforcement Bureau heretofore existing within the Office of the Governor, is hereby renamed and continued within the executive branch of government as a semi-autonomous entity designated as the “Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs Control” (VIBNDDC…
3 V.I.C. § 1217 Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs Control Board
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There is hereby created a Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Board that consists of seven members. The Board includes three ex officio members, the V.I. Attorney General, the Commissioner of the V.I. Department of Health and the Commissioner of the V.I…
3 V.I.C. § 1218 Bureau functions; law enforcement powers
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(a) The functions of the Bureau are limited to the following:(a) the enforcement of all drug and narcotic laws applicable to the Territory;(b) the investigation of reports of alleged drug trafficking, distribution and sale of narcotics and drug paraphernalia in the Virgin Islands…
3 V.I.C. § 1219 Director; manner of selection; qualifications
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(a) The Bureau is headed by a Director, who must be designated by a simple majority of the members of the Board, a quorum being present. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Any acting Director shall serve only one period of not more than six months. (b) The pre…
3 V.I.C. § 1220 Director as head; members on leave or transferred; retained rights; recall
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(a) All members of the Bureau, including those on loan from other local government departments or agencies, are accountable to and under the direct control and supervision of the Director. All performance ratings for the members of the Bureau must be completed by the Director, an…
3 V.I.C. § 1221 Additional powers and duties of Director
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(a) The Director of the Bureau, in addition to other powers and duties vested in the Director may do the following:(1) Cooperate with federal and other local agencies in discharging his responsibilities concerning traffic in narcotics and dangerous substances and in suppressing t…
3 V.I.C. § 1222 Members of the board; meetings; powers and duties
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(a) Annually the Board shall select one its members to serve as chair and one member to serve as vice-chair. The Board shall meet at least quarterly. The chair shall preside at all meetings and shall have the power to call meetings of the Board. In addition, meetings of the Board…
3 V.I.C. § 1223 Hiring attorneys to advise Director; administrative hearings; investigation; subpoena power
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(a) Notwithstanding 3 V.I.C., 114(6), the Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control may employ attorneys, or contract with attorneys, as needed. These attorneys may advise the Director, the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug…
3 V.I.C. § 1224 Investigations; subpoena power
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(a) In any investigation relating to the Director's functions under this section with respect to controlled substances, the Director may subpoena witnesses, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and require the production of any records, including books, papers, docum…
3 V.I.C. § 1225 Budget of Bureau
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(a) The Bureau is comprised of one Director and such Agents, secretarial, investigative and clerical personnel as are necessary or desirable as determined by the Director within the scope of legislative appropriations made therefor. All other money, gifts, property, proceeds from…
3 V.I.C. § 1226 Report
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The Director shall make an annual report to all members of the Board. The report must contain, at a minimum, a brief scary of all cases handled by the Bureau the preceding year, as well as the activities in which the Bureau participated.
3 V.I.C. § 1227 Registration with the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control for lawful possession of dangerous drugs and/or narcotics
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(a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, dispenses, prescribes, administers or uses for scientific purposes, including the police sciences any controlled dangerous substance within this territory, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, pres…
3 V.I.C. § 1228 Registration requirements for lawful possession
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(a) The Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control shall register an applicant to manufacture, distribute, dispense, prescribe, administer or use for scientific purposes controlled dangerous substances included in Schedules I through V of 19 V.…
3 V.I.C. § 1229 Denial, revocation or suspension of registration
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(a) A registration, pursuant to section 1227 of this chapter, to manufacture, distribute, dispense, prescribe, administer or use for scientific purposes a controlled dangerous substance must be limited, conditioned, denied, suspended or revoked by the Director upon a finding that…
3 V.I.C. § 1230 Order to show cause in administrative hearing
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(a) Before denying, suspending or revoking a registration or refusing a renewal of registration, the Director shall serve upon the applicant or registrant an order to show cause why registration should not be denied, revoked or suspended or why the renewal should not be refused.(…
3 V.I.C. § 1231 Court clerks to send copies of convictions
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Upon the conviction of any person of the violation of any provision of this chapter, a certified copy of the judgment of conviction must be sent by the clerk of the court to the Director and to the board or officer, if any, by whom the convicted defendant has been licensed or reg…
3 V.I.C. § 1232 Records of registrants
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Persons registered to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled dangerous substances under this chapter shall keep records and maintain inventories in conformance with the record-keeping and inventory requirements of federal law and with the additional regulations the Direc…
3 V.I.C. § 1233 Deputy Director; manner of selection; base salary
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(a) The Board of Directors of the Bureau may, upon recommendation of the Director, hire a Deputy Director who shall serve until removed for just cause as so determined by the Board. (b) The base salary for the Deputy Director must be between 85%-92% of the base salary for the Dir…
3 V.I.C. § 1234 Employees—agents and support staff
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(a) All former non-agent employees of the Virgin Islands Drug Enforcement Bureau who were transferred or assigned to other territorial law enforcement and government agencies and who currently are working in other territorial law enforcement and government agencies must, unless t…