As used in this chapter “vehicle” means a device in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and also means any watercraft of any description, whether motorized or not.
A person not entitled to possession of a vehicle who, without the consent of the owner and with intent to deprive him, temporarily or otherwise, of the vehicle or its possession, takes, uses or drives the vehicle is guilty of a felony.
A person, not entitled to the possession of a vehicle who receives, possesses, conceals, sells or disposes of it, knowing it to be stolen or converted under circumstances constituting a crime, is guilty of a felony.
(a) A person who, with intent and without right to do so, damages a vehicle or damages or removes any of its parts or components is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) A person who, without right to do so and with intent to commit a crime, tampers with a vehicle, or goes in or on […]
A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a peace officer or to the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(a) A person who wilfully removes or falsifies an identification number of a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) A person who, wilfully and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of a vehicle or engine, removes or falsifies an identification number of the vehicle or engine, […]
In a prosecution of a crime specified in this act, evidence that the defendant has committed a prior act or acts of the same kind is admissible to prove criminal intent or knowledge.
A person who, whether present or absent, aids, abets, induces, procures or causes the commission of an act which, if done directly by him, would be a felony or a misdemeanor under a provision of this chapter, is guilty of the same felony or misdemeanor.
Whoever, knowing that he has by the operation of a motor vehicle injured any person, fails to remain at the place where the injury occurred to render assistance to the injured person, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
The penal provisions of this chapter in no way repeal or modify any existing provision of criminal law but are additional and supplementary thereto.
