§ 333. Exemptions
Nothing in this chapter applies to any of the following: (a) Actions or transactions specifically authorized by laws administered by any regulatory body or officer acting under statutory authority of this territory or the United States; (b) Acts done by the publisher, owner, agent, or employee of a newspaper, periodical or radio or television station […]
§ 334. Waiver or modification
Any waiver or modification of the rights, provisions, or remedies of this chapter is void and unenforceable.
§ 335. Severability
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
§ 336. Statute of limitations
The statute of limitations under this Chapter is governed by Title 5 Virgin Islands Code § 31(3)(B).
§ 401. Short title
This chapter may be cited as the Virgin Islands Uniform Debt-Management Services Act.
§ 329. Assurance of voluntary compliance; settlements
The Commissioner may order mediation with respect to any method, act or practice found to be violative of this chapter from any person who has engaged in, is engaging in, or was about to engage in the method, act or practice. Evidence of a violation of a mediation agreement is prima facie evidence of a […]
§ 330. Powers of receiver
(a) When a receiver is appointed by the court under this chapter, the receiver shall have the power to sue for, collect, receive and take into his possession all the goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, lands and tenements, books, records, documents, papers, chooses in action, bills, notes and property of every […]
§ 331. Private right of action
Any person or business that is injured by a deceptive trade practice may bring a class action to protect the rights of Virgin Islands consumers for compensatory, consequential, punitive and equitable damages. To protect the rights of Virgin Islands consumers and businesses, if a jury makes a finding of compensatory and/or consequential damages, these damages […]
§ 332. Recovery of costs
The court may award to a prevailing party, as part of the judgment, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees based on actual time expended, determined by the court to have been reasonably incurred by the prevailing attorney for, or in connection with, the prosecution of the […]
§ 310. Telemarketing; free trials
(a) A person or entity that, by means of a telemarketing plan, program, or campaign, offers free goods or services to a Virgin Islands consumer on a trial basis and assesses a periodic fee or charge for the goods or services after the end of the free trial period, must send to the consumer who […]