(a) Every person or association wishing to engage in any business, occupation, profession, or trade listed in section 302 of this chapter, as a condition precedent to engaging in any such business, occupation, profession, or trade, shall apply in writing to and obtain from the Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs (referred to as the […]
For the purposes of this chapter a “foreign sales corporation” shall have the same meaning as that contained in Title 13, chapter 12, Virgin Islands Code.
For the purposes of this chapter a “Protected Cell” shall have the same meaning as that contained in Title 17, chapter 42, section 801, of this Code and an Incubator Business shall mean a business as described in Title 17, chapter 34, section 482(g), of this Code.
(a) The following annual license fees are made applicable to and shall be levied upon all persons and associations engaged in the designated businesses, occupations, professions and trades in the Virgin Islands: Additional place of brokers business $ 50 Advertising 150 Air cargo transportation 500 Air charter service per plane 100 Air conditioning and refrigeration […]
(a) Upon the receipt of an application for an initial license under the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner shall submit copies of the application to the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) for verification of the police record stated on the application, to the Virgin Islands Historic Preservation Commission, Department of Planning and Natural […]
(a) Any entity licensed pursuant to this chapter shall notify the Employment Security Agency, Virgin Islands Department of Labor, of its intent to fill an existing position, now vacant or soon to become vacant, or a new previously unfilled position. Notices of vacancies shall include the title of the position, if any, the proposed salary, […]
(a) The Commissioner, after notice and hearing, may refuse to issue, or may revoke or suspend a license for any one or any combination of the following causes: (1) Where fraud or deceit has been perpetrated in the application. (2) Where the Commissioner finds that because of the moral character or previous misconduct of the […]
(a) After due notice and public hearings, the Commissioner shall establish a numerical limitation on the licenses for liquor retail businesses, to become effective on January 1, 1968, and to be reviewed annually after notice by public hearing. The sole basis for the numerical limitation shall be the determination that licenses in excess of the […]
(a) The Commissioner of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs may not issue or renew a wholesale license to a person, association, partnership, or corporation for the sale of alcoholic beverages if that person, association, partnership or corporation presently holds a valid retail license for that purpose. (b) The Commissioner of the Department of […]
(a) Definitions. (1) “Electronic cigarette” means a battery-operated device that contains cartridges filled with a combination of nicotine, flavor and chemicals that are turned into a vapor which is inhaled by the user. (2) “Alternative nicotine product” means a product or device not consisting of or containing tobacco that provides nicotine for ingestion into the […]
(a) No person, other than a person who holds a tobacco vendor license issued under section 302 of this chapter, or an employee or agent of that person, shall sell or distribute a tobacco product. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to: (1) distribution by an individual to family members or acquaintances on private property […]
(a) Findings and Purpose. (1) Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the Territory and to the citizens of the Territory. The Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related deaths in the United States each year. These […]
Upon the cessation of business operations, any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall notify the Department, in writing, within fifteen days of the cessation of business operations.
(a) Whoever engages in the business of automotive repairs without obtaining a business license under this chapter shall be subject to the penalties enumerated in section 307. (b) No business license may be issued for any automotive repair business, unless the premises are so zoned.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to agencies of the Virgin Islands or of the United States Government, to religious, charitable, benevolent, or educational organizations when not engaged in the conduct of business pursuits for profit, or to transactions involving a charitable or benevolent purpose.
(a) Whoever willfully fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine not to exceed $500 and imprisonment not to exceed 30 days or both. (b) The pertinent provisions of chapter 75, Title 14 of this Code shall apply to […]
(a) Any licensee whose business license has been revoked to protect the public welfare, morals or safety under paragraph (2) of subsection (a), section 304 of this chapter, or who has been convicted of an offense under Title 14, sections 1622–1625, shall immediately surrender all licenses as described in section 302 of this chapter which […]
Any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall display their business license(s) prominently at all times in their place of business and clearly identifiable by the consumer.
