48 USC § 1615 - Judicial divisions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1615"
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title: "48 USC § 1615 - Judicial divisions"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1615"
section_name: "Judicial divisions"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "VIRGIN ISLANDS [1954]"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "JUDICIAL BRANCH"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 25, 68 Stat. 507; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 336(b), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2680; Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 707, title X, § 1001, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1741, 1745; Pub. L. 101–219, title II, § 203, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1874.)"
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# § 1615. Judicial divisions

The Virgin Islands consists of two judicial divisions; the Division of Saint Croix, comprising the island of Saint Croix and adjacent islands and cays, and the Division of Saint Thomas and Saint John, comprising the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John and adjacent islands and cays.

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**Source Credit**: (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 25, 68 Stat. 507; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 336(b), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2680; Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 707, title X, § 1001, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1741, 1745; Pub. L. 101–219, title II, § 203, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1874.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1989— struck out provision that court for the Division of Saint Croix be held in Christiansted and for the Division of Saint Thomas and Saint John at Charlotte Amalie.

1984— amended section generally, inserting provisions setting forth places for the holding of court of each judicial division and striking out provisions relating to the applicability of procedural rules and prosecutions by information and indictment, which are now covered under , and repealed  which had amended this section.

1978— substituted “ in cases under title 11” for “ in bankruptcy cases”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on ninetieth day following , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

, , , which provided a prospective effective date for the amendment of this section by , was repealed by , , .