Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Locksmith” means a person dealing in the mechanical actions, and the current operation of all locks, keys or keyless, or similar devices, and whose trade or occupation is duplicating keys, repairing, servicing, installing, inspecting, opening and closing such locks by mechanical means, other than […]
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on the business, trade, or occupation of a locksmith, or a keymaker, or for any person to perform the duties of a locksmith or a keymaker, without a license therefor.
(a) The fee for a locksmith’s license shall be $70.00, and for a keymaker’s license, $50.00. (b) Licenses for locksmiths and keymakers shall expire on the 31st day of December next succeeding the date of issuance.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed locksmith or the owner or tenant of the premises to open any lock for which a key or combination may have been lost; or to make repairs to, or change in, the mechanical adjustment or combination of any lock; or to make any […]
Each manufacturer or jobber of devices aiding locksmiths in their trade shall file a list of his equipment with the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.), enumerating in such list all master key blanks, code books, machinery, skeleton keys that open and operate more than one lock and known to the trade as pressure keys, […]
All keys made by a licensed locksmith or keymaker shall be stamped with the license number issued to him by the Police Commissioner. All master keys in addition, shall bear the word “master” and duplicates shall be made only upon the signed order of the owner of the locks which such keys are designed to […]
Every licensed locksmith or keymaker shall display the license issued thereunder in a conspicuous place where it can be readily seen by anyone entering the premises where the business is conducted. Where the licensed locksmith or keymaker is not in business for himself, but is employed by another, it shall be incumbent upon the licensee […]
Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than three months or both, and shall, in addition, if licensed as a locksmith or keymaker, suffer a suspension or revocation of his […]
(a) The Police Commissioner shall require any applicant for a locksmith’s license to furnish documentary proof that he is a qualified locksmith, and if such evidence is not satisfactory to the Commissioner, he may require the applicant to submit to an examination by at least two licensed locksmiths to be named by the Commissioner, and […]
(a) Virgin Islands’ Government employees who are assigned to locksmith work, wholly within their respective departments or agencies, shall be exempt from payment of a license fee provided by section 503 of this chapter. (b) Those persons employed by a duly licensed locksmith as an apprentice or trainee.
An applicant for a keymaker or locksmith license shall be 18 years of age or older, a resident of the Virgin Islands and of good moral character.
