Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1543 United States Citizenship Requirement for Government Officials
Title 48 › CHAPTER 12 — VIRGIN ISLANDS [1954] › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1543
Summary
Virgin Islands legislators, governor, Lt. governor, judges, and officials reporting to governor must be U.S. citizens.
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Title 48, §1543
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
All members of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, all judges and all officials of the government of the Virgin Islands who report directly to the Governor shall be citizens of the United States.
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Amendments
1983—Pub. L. 98–213 amended section generally, substituting provisions requiring United States citizenship for all members of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and all officials who report directly to the Governor for provisions requiring such citizenship for all officers of the Virgin Islands, and struck out provisions requiring written oaths and prescribing the oath.
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Citation
48 U.S.C. § 1543
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102