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§ 900. Adoption of federal requirements

The Territory hereby adopts the following parts of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Subtitle B, except as modified by this subchapter: Part 107, subparts F and G only; Part 171; Part 172; Part 173; Part 177; Part 178; Part 180; Part 390; Part 391; Part 392; Part 393; Part 395; Part 396; and […]

§ 901. Authorized personnel to inspect vehicles and enforce federal requirements—Personnel authorized to perform inspections

Every special agent of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Virgin Islands Police Department, other sworn police officers, and the size and weight enforcement technicians of the Virgin Islands Police Department through the Virgin Islands Office of Highway Safety, working in conjunction with and in the physical presence of a uniformed police officer, are hereby […]

§ 801. Establishment of point system: suspension of license

(a) A system shall be established to improve highway safety by identifying those drivers whose have repeatedly been convicted of moving violations. The system shall encompass a procedure by which every person convicted of a motor vehicle moving violation shall be assessed one (1) or more violation points according to the schedule set forth in […]

§ 802. Release of records

The Director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall, upon payment of a reasonable fee to be determined by the Director, certify to any person the number of violations points accumulated by that person, or any other person during the previous three (3) years. Such certification shall include any reduction in violation points to which […]

§ 803. Schedule of points

The following number of violation points shall be assessed against persons convicted of motor vehicle moving violations under this Code, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Code: 1. Carrying more than one (1) person on a motorcycle designed for one (1)—Title 20, Section 465(d), Virgin Islands Code 2 points 2. Operating a […]

§ 804. Collection of fees

All fees collected pursuant to this chapter, as well as those collected in accordance with Chapter 47 of Title 20, shall be deposited in the Personalized License Plate Fund, established pursuant to Title 33, section 3065, Virgin Islands Code.

§ 805. Post application of chapter

Points shall not be assessed with respect to any violation of the motor vehicle laws of the Virgin Islands, occurring prior to the effective date of this chapter.

§ 744. Disposal of abandoned motor vehicles

If an abandoned motor vehicle has not been reclaimed within the time and in the manner prescribed in section 743 of this chapter, the Department of Property and Procurement shall, by escheat, take title to the motor vehicle, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims of title or encumbrance.

§ 745. Petitions for disposal of motor vehicles abandoned on private property

(a) Any person, firm, corporation, department of the Government or other legal entity, upon whose property or in whose possession is found an abandoned motor vehicle, may apply to the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) for permission to have custody of such abandoned motor vehicle taken by said Department. (b) The petition shall set […]