§ 1. Incorporators; purposes

Three or more natural persons of lawful age may unite together by articles of incorporation to form a stock corporation, for any lawful business purpose or purposes not excluded from the operation of this chapter.

§ 2. Articles of incorporation; contents; definition

(a) The articles of incorporation shall set forth — (1) the name of the corporation, which shall not be the same as, nor so similar as to cause confusion with, the name of any other domestic corporation or foreign corporation admitted to do business in the United States Virgin Islands, and which shall be such […]

§ 3. Execution and filing of articles of incorporation

(a) The articles of incorporation shall be made in duplicate originals, each signed by each of the incorporators and acknowledged by at least three of them before any officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. (b) One such original shall be filed in the St. Thomas or St. Croix office of the Lieutenant Governor, […]

§ 4. Composite articles of incorporation

The Lieutenant Governor shall prepare and furnish upon request therefor a certified composite of the articles of incorporation which shall contain only such provisions as are in effect at the time of request by reason of the certificates and agreements referred to in subsection (c) of section 2 of this title. The Lieutenant Governor shall […]

§ 5. Evidence of existence

A copy of the articles of incorporation or a composite of the articles of incorporation, certified by the Lieutenant Governor under his hand and seal of office, stating that the articles have been filed, shall be evidence in all courts and in any administrative proceeding in the United States Virgin Islands.

§ 6. Commencement of corporate existence

Upon the filing of the articles of incorporation and the payment of the fee, all as provided for in this chapter, the persons who have duly executed the articles, and their successors, shall, from the date of such filing, be a body corporate and politic in fact and in law in the name stated in […]

§ 7. Powers of incorporators; management prior to election of directors

Until the directors are elected, the signers of the articles of incorporation shall direct the affairs and the organization of the corporation, and may take such steps as are proper to obtain the necessary subscriptions to stock and to perfect the organization of the corporation, including the election of officers.

§ 8. First meeting

(a) The first meeting of every corporation may be called by any of the persons signing the articles of incorporation upon not less than thirty days prior notice to each of the incorporators. Such notice shall designate the time and place of the meeting, which may be within or without the United States Virgin Islands, […]

§ 9. Bylaws

The original bylaws of a corporation may be adopted by the incorporators. Thereafter, the stockholders of any corporation formed under this chapter shall have the power to make, alter or repeal bylaws for the management of the affairs of the corporation, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, or of other existing laws. The […]