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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade » Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims » § 1536. Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim
  • (a) A claimant may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign money is not asserted, the claimant makes a claim for a judgment in United States dollars.

  • (b) An opposing party may allege and prove that the claim is, in whole or in part, for a different money than that asserted by the claimant.

  • (c) Any party may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.

  • (d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.