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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 14 - Crimes » Chapter 85 - Rape and Related Offenses

§ 1699. Definition

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) “perpetrator” means a person accused of rape or unlawful sexual contact. (b) “personal injury” means serious bodily injury, disfigurement, chronic pain, disease, or loss or impairment of a sexual or reproductive organ. (c) “sexual conduct” means actual or simulated: (1) Sexual intercourse, including […]

§ 1700. Aggravated rape in the first degree

(a) Whoever perpetrates an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a person: (1) Who is under the age of thirteen, or (2) who is under sixteen years of age residing in the same household as the perpetrator, and force, intimidation, or the perpetrator’s position of authority over the victim is used to accomplish the […]

§ 1700a. Aggravated rape in the second degree

(a) Whoever perpetrates an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a person who is under eighteen years but thirteen years or older, or by force, intimidation, or the perpetrator’s position of authority over the victim is used to accomplish the sexual act, is guilty of aggravated rape in the second degree and shall be […]

§ 1701. Rape in the first degree

(a) Whoever perpetrates an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a person— (1) when through idiocy, imbecility or any unsoundness of mind, either temporary or permanent, the person is incapable of giving consent, or, by reason of mental or physical weakness or immaturity or any bodily ailment, the person does not offer resistance; (2) […]

§ 1702. Rape in the second degree

(a) Any person over 18 years of age who perpetrates under circumstances not amounting to rape in the first degree, an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a person who is at least 16 years but less than 18 years of age, and the perpetrator is 5 years or older than the victim, is […]

§ 1703. Rape in the third degree

(a) Any person under 18 years of age but over 16 years of age who perpetrates an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a person who is under 16 years of age but over 13 years of age, under circumstances not amounting to rape in the first degree, is guilty of rape in the […]

§ 1708. Unlawful sexual contact in the first degree

(a) A person who engages in sexual contact with a person— (1) when force or coercion is used to accomplish the sexual contact; (2) when the other person is under thirteen years of age; (3) when the other person is under sixteen years of age residing in the same household as the perpetrator, and force, […]

§ 1709. Unlawful sexual contact in the second degree

(a) A person over eighteen years of age who engages in sexual contact with a person who is over thirteen but under sixteen years of age is guilty of unlawful sexual contact in the second degree and shall be imprisoned not more than 1 year. (b) Spousal consent shall be an affirmative defense in the […]