Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1406f Judicial Process; Title of Criminal Prosecutions
Title 48 › CHAPTER 7 — VIRGIN ISLANDS › SUBCHAPTER II — CIVIL GOVERNMENT › § 1406f
Summary
Federal proceedings use the United States and the President's name; local criminal cases use the People of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Title 48, §1406f
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
All judicial process shall run in the name of “United States of America, scilicet, the President of the United States”, and all penal or criminal prosecutions in the local courts shall be conducted in the name of and by authority of “the People of the Virgin Islands of the United States.”
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48 U.S.C. § 1406f
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102