2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 28 - Property
Chapter 8 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording
§ 155. Administration and standards
(a) The Lieutenant Governor shall adopt standards to implement this chapter.
(b) To keep the standards and practices of Recorder in the Virgin Islands in harmony with the standards and practices of recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this chapter and to keep the technology used by Recorder in the Virgin Islands compatible with technology used by recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this chapter, the Lieutenant Governor, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this chapter, in adopting, amending, and repealing standards shall consider:
(1) standards and practices of other jurisdictions;
(2) the most recent standards promulgated by national standard-setting bodies, such as the Property Records Industry Association;
(3) the views of interested persons and governmental officials and entities;
(4) the needs of each district and available resources; and
(5) standards requiring adequate information security protection to ensure that electronic documents are accurate, authentic, adequately preserved, and resistant to tampering.
