2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 28 - Property
Chapter 21 - Actions for Partition of Real Property
- § 451. Right to maintain action for partition
- § 452. Allegations of complaint; interests of parties
- § 453. Lien creditors as parties; effects of partition on lien
- § 454. Form of summons
- § 455. Service of summons by publication
- § 456. Answer
- § 457. Determination of rights and title
- § 458. Order of sale or partition; appointment of referees
- § 459. Proceedings and report by referees
- § 460. Court action on report; conclusiveness of judgment
- § 461. Persons not concluded by judgment
- § 462. Referees' expenses and fees
- § 463. Order of sale upon referees' report
- § 464. Partial sale; setting off estate for life or years
- § 465. Certificate showing liens; ascertainment by referee
- § 466. Referee to ascertain amount of liens and priorities
- § 467. Notice to lien creditors
- § 468. Proceedings and report of referee
- § 469. Exceptions to referee's report; notice to absent creditor
- § 470. Confirmation of report; conclusiveness
- § 471. Distribution of proceeds of sale
- § 472. Exhausting other securities to pay lien
- § 473. Effect of proceedings to determine liens or rights of parties
- § 474. Distribution of proceeds or payment into court
- § 475. Continuing action to determine rights to proceeds of sales
- § 476. Procedure for sale; notice
- § 477. Order of sale; credit terms
- § 478. Acceptance of mortgages and other securities on sale
- § 479. Disposal of estate for life or years
- § 480. Compensation for sale of estate for life or years
- § 481. Determination of value of estate for life or years; investment
- § 482. Determination of amount of investment
- § 483. Unknown owners of estate for life or years
- § 484. Provision for vested or contingent future right or estate
- § 485. Notice of terms of sale; separate sale
- § 486. Interest in purchase by referees or guardians
- § 487. Referees' report of sale
- § 488. Exceptions to report of sale; confirmation of sale; conveyances
- § 489. Purchase by party or encumbrancer
- § 490. Investment of proceeds of sale
- § 491. Taking securities or making investments in name of clerk
- § 492. Taking securities in name of parties; agreement, delivery and receipt
- § 493. Duties of clerk as to securities and investments
- § 494. Compensation for unequal partition
- § 495. Payments to guardian of infant
- § 496. Payments to guardian of incompetent person
- § 497. Costs of partition
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