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§ 712. Owners, registrants or operators of motor vehicles; violations; penalties

Any owner or registrant of a motor vehicle registered in this territory who operates or causes to be operated, a motor vehicle upon any public road or highway in this territory without motor vehicle liability insurance coverage required by this chapter and any other who operates or causes a motor vehicle to be operated and […]

§ 702. Satisfactory policies

For the purposes of this chapter, a satisfactory policy of liability insurance means a policy issued by an insurance carrier admitted and duly authorized to transact business in the Virgin Islands, to or for the benefit of the person named therein as insured, which policy conforms to the further requirements of this chapter.

§ 703. Owner’s policy

An owner’s policy of liability insurance, hereinafter referred to as the “motor vehicle liability policy”: (a) shall designate by explicit description, or by other appropriate reference inclusive of the vehicle identification number, all vehicles with respect to which coverage is to be granted; and (b) shall insure the person named therein and any other person, […]

§ 704. Required statements in policies

(a) The motor vehicles liability policy shall state the name and address of the named insured, the coverage afforded by the policy, the premium charged therefor, the policy period, and the limits of liability, and shall contain an agreement or be endorsed that insurance is provided thereunder in accordance with the coverage defined in this […]

§ 705. Notice of cancellation of policy; suspension of registration license

(a) (1) When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy in the manner provided in section 707 of this chapter, the insurer shall not cancel or otherwise terminate the insurance so certified until: (i) notice of cancellation has been provided to the insured in accordance with the provisions of Title 22, section […]

§ 706. Chapter not to affect other policies

This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured’s employ, or on his behalf, of vehicles not owned by the insured.

§ 551. Issuance of traffic ticket to person under 18 years of age

Whenever any person under the age of 18 shall violate any law or regulation relating to the use and operation of motor vehicles, a police officer may deliver to any such person a traffic ticket describing the nature of the offense with instructions thereon to report to the Superior court of the district wherein the […]

§ 552. Parking areas

The provisions of this chapter and its regulations relative to traffic shall be applicable to every driver of a motor vehicle in all parking areas open to the public, which parking areas shall be considered for the purposes of this chapter to be public highways.