2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 14 - Crimes
Chapter 105 - Stolen Property
§ 2102. Search for stolen property; inference of knowledge of theft

Universal Citation: V.I. Code tit. 14, § 2102 (2019)
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  • (a) Every police and peace officer may stop, search and detain—

    • (1) any vessel, boat, automobile, motor truck, cart, carriage or other vehicle, in or upon which there shall be reason to suspect that anything stolen or unlawfully obtained may be found; or

    • (2) any person who may be reasonably suspected of having or conveying in any manner anything unlawfully obtained.

  • (b) If any person is brought before a court and charged with having in his possession or conveying in any manner anything which may be reasonably suspected of being stolen or unlawfully obtained and cannot give an account to the satisfaction of the court how he came by the same, an inference may be drawn that the person in possession of such property knew the property had been stolen.

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