2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 28 - Property
Chapter 15 - Actions for Nuisance, Waste, and Trespass
§ 333. Stay of issuance of warrant; abatement by defendant

Universal Citation: V.I. Code tit. 28, § 333 (2019)
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  • (a) At any time before the order authorized by section 331 of this title is made, or the warrant issues, the defendant may, on motion, have an order to stay the issue of such warrant for such period as may be necessary, not exceeding sixty days and to allow the defendant to abate the nuisance himself, upon his giving an undertaking to the plaintiff in a sufficient amount, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the court, that he will abate it within the time and in the manner specified in such order.

  • (b) If the plaintiff is not notified of the time and place of the application for the order provided for in subsection (a) of this section, the sureties shall justify as bail upon arrest, otherwise such justification may be omitted, unless the plaintiff requires it.

  • (c) If such order is made and undertaking given, and the defendant fails to abate the nuisance within the time specified in the order, at any time within sixty days thereafter, the warrant for the abatement of the nuisance may issue as if the same had not been stayed.

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