(a) After October 30, 1978, no person, company, corporation, or partnership may register an automobile for hire or purchase license plates therefor or own an automobile for hire enterprise within the Virgin Islands who has not first obtained an automobile-for-hire medallion as provided by this subchapter. (b) Automobile-for-hire medallions (hereinafter referred to as “medallions”) shall […]
(a) The Taxicab Commission shall keep and maintain an accurate Registry of Medallions which shall include each medallion registration number, the island for which it is valid, its owner, the attachment and cancellation of any lien or encumbrances against any medallion, the number of the set of license plates issued each medallion each year, any […]
(a) Any medallion valid under this subchapter may be encumbered with a lien or other such evidence of debenture. No such encumbrance shall attach to any medallion until the encumbrance is reported to the Taxicab Commission and recorded in the Registry of Medallions. No encumbrance duly attached to a medallion shall impair the right of […]
Whenever the Taxicab Commission is required to sell a medallion by auction, and in selling all medallions newly issued on or after January 1, 1979, the Taxicab Commission shall cause to be advertised on the island for which a medallion is issued, timely notice of the sale by auction. The notice shall contain information that […]
Upon the death of the owner of any medallion, the Taxicab Commission shall, at the option of the heirs, sell the medallion at auction to an approved buyer and pay the proceeds to the estate of the deceased, or transfer the registration of the medallion to an heir or group of heirs if the heir […]
Any owner of a medallion which is lost, destroyed, stolen, or involuntarily mutilated shall report such incident to the Taxicab Commission promptly after discovery of such happening. Such report shall be made by sworn declaration under penalty of perjury and the owner shall state the circumstances in which the medallion was lost, destroyed, stolen, or […]
(a) No person shall willfully mutilate, carve, engrave, destroy, or otherwise deface in such a manner as to render undistinguishable the number and island of issue on any medallion minted under this subchapter. (b) No person shall forge, imitate, reproduce or otherwise falsely copy so as to obtain a likeness generally indistinguishable from the original […]
