| St. Thomas |
St. Croix |
| Superior Court of the Virgin Islands |
Clerk’s Office-Traffic Division
Alexander A. Farrelly Justice Center
First Floor, East Wing, Room 111
5400 Veteran’s Drive
St. Thomas, VI, 00802
(340) 774-6680
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Clerk’s Office-Traffic Division
Superior Court of the Virgin Islands
R. H. Leader Amphlett Justice Complex
First Floor, Rm. 101
RR 1 9000
Kingshill, VI, 00850
(340) 778-9750
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St. John
Office of the Superior Court’s Cashier
Department of Motor Vehicles
Cruz Bay, St. John, VI, 00830
(340) 714-4920
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Payments can be paid online at:
www.paymentsvicourts.org
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No.
The citing officer may not have filed the ticket with the court to date. Officers have 14 days from the issuance of a citation to timely file a citation in the Superior Court.
Yes. A service fee of 4.5% of the citation charges will be assessed.
No. Payment in full is required.
Yes.
Yes, by searching your tag number you can pay multiple citations at the same time.
Additionally, if multiple citations are found, you can select which tickets will be paid.
Receipts can be printed, emailed or texted.
Yes, traffic tickets can be paid before the court date at the Office of the Cashier located at the Superior Court or online at
www.paymentsvicourts.org.
Please check the court date given on the front of the traffic ticket. For additional information, you may contact the Traffic Division in the St. Thomas / St. John District at (340) 774-6680 extension 6402. You may contact the Traffic Division in the St. Croix District at (340) 778-9750 extension 6610.
No, by paying a traffic ticket prior to appearing in court, you are admitting that the violation occurred. Therefore, there will no longer be a need for a hearing before a Judge.
Yes, you are required to appear on the date indicated on the traffic ticket to answer the violations against you. However, if you do not wish to contest the traffic ticket, you may pay the ticket prior to the hearing date.
Yes, please contact the Clerk’s Office-Traffic Division at the Superior Court in which the traffic violation occurred for further details.
Pursuant to Super. Ct. R. 153, the Court may issue a warrant for the arrest of any defendant who has failed to appear or answer a traffic ticket or summons duly served upon him and against whom a complaint has been filed. Additionally, the traffic lien imposed pursuant to 20 V.I. Code Ann. § 497 shall be executed.
Yes, a trial date may be postponed for good cause. If you need to have the trial postponed, you must prepare and file a letter stating the reasons for your request. The filing of a request for the postponement of your hearing is not an automatic approval of your request. It is within the Judge's discretion to whom your case has been assigned to determine whether the trial will be postponed.
Pursuant to 20 V.I. Code Ann. § 497(h), every traffic ticket issued for improper parking or parking in a handicap space shall constitute a lien on the title of the motor vehicle upon which said traffic ticket was placed. The lien shall remain in existence until the traffic ticket is either paid or discharged according to law.
No motor vehicle shall be registered and licensed, nor shall the Director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles register a change of ownership until all liens created pursuant to 20 V.I. Code Ann. § 497 have been discharged.
Each person found delinquent in the payment of a traffic and lien shall also pay a delinquency fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00), pursuant to 4 V.I. Code Ann. § 521(a).
Driving under the influence (DUI) is a criminal offense for which you may be incarcerated. Depending on the nature of the DUI violation, it is either misdemeanor (if the term of incarceration is less than one year) or a felony (if the term of incarceration is one year or more).
The fine for illegally parking in a handicapped zoned spot is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
All major credit cards.
An appeal is the formal request that a court with appellate jurisdiction reviews the judgment, decision, or order of a lower court and set it aside (reverse it) or modify it. During the appellate process, you are not allowed to present new facts or to retry old facts. Either party in a traffic case has a right to appeal a judge’s decision. To appeal a final order of the Magistrate Division, you must file a Notice to Appeal in the Clerk’s Office within fourteen (14) days of the date of the entry of the Judgment/Order. The appeal is governed by Virgin Islands Supreme Court Rule 322.
You may file a lawsuit to recover the amount in damages. If your damages total $10,000.00 or less, or if you are willing to waive any amount that exceeds $10,000.00, you may file the lawsuit in the Small Claims Division of the Superior Court. Otherwise, your lawsuit will go to the Civil Division.