2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Part II - Administration of Estates
Chapter 13 - Disposition of Estates Without Administration
§ 199. Service of process upon absent heir or legatee

Any heir or legatee, non-resident of the Virgin Islands, or who shall remove therefrom after having been placed in possession of any of the assets of an estate under this chapter in relation to any claim against said estate is presumed to have consented to be sued in the District Court of the Virgin Islands and service on any such absent heir or legatee shall be sufficient if made upon the clerk of the district court in this territory. The clerk of the court, upon receipt of the summons, is required to forward same promptly by registered mail to the heir or legatee named in said proceedings addressed to his or her last known address; provided that the time for filing the answer shall be sixty (60) days from the date of the service by the marshal on the clerk of the court.