Covered offenses

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  • All individuals who reside within the territory of the United States Virgin Islands, are employed within the Territory of the United States Virgin Islands or who attend school within the Territory of the United States Virgin Islands, that have been convicted of any of the following offenses, or convicted of an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the following offenses, are subject to the requirements of this chapter.
    • (a) Virgin Islands Offenses.

      • (1) 14 V.I.C. § 1700 (Aggravated Rape).

      • (2) 14 V.I.C. § 1700a. (Aggravated Rape in the Second Degree).

      • (3) 14 V.I.C. § 1701 (Rape in the First Degree).

      • (4) 14 V.I.C. § 1702 (Rape in the Second Degree when minor is under 16 but over 13 years of age).

      • (5) 14 V.I.C. § 1708 (Unlawful Sexual Contact in the First Degree).

      • (6) 14 V.I.C. § 1709 (Unlawful Sexual Contact in the Second Degree).

      • (7) 14 V.I.C. §§ 707 & 1709 (Use of intimidation by reason of the actual or perceived race, religion, color, place of birth, sex or ethnicity or handicap of another individual or group of individuals when engaging in unlawful sexual contact) & (Unlawful sexual contact in the second degree).

      • (8) 14 V.I.C. § 1024(b) (Distribution of child pornography).

      • (9) 14 V.I.C. § 1025 (Distribution of obscene matter to a minor when the obscene matter depicts a minor engaging in sexual conduct and is distributed for the purpose of enticing the minor into engaging in sexual conduct).

      • (10) 14 V.I.C. § 1027 (Employment of a Minor to Perform Prohibited Acts).

      • (11) 14 V.I.C. § 1051 (False Imprisonment and Kidnapping) of a minor, (except by a parent).

      • (12) 14 V.I.C. § 1052(b) (Kidnapping of persons for the purpose of rape).

      • (13) 14 V.I.C. § 1622(2), (3), (4) (Prohibition on solicitation and use of minors in Prostitution).

      • (14) V.I.C. § 1623 (Knowingly Leasing Property to be used for prostitution of minors).

      • (15) 14 V.I.C. § 1624 (Keeping house of prostitution of minors).

      • (16) 14 V.I.C. § 1625 (Prohibition on Pandering when pandering involves the use of minors in sexual acts.

      • (17) 14 V.I.C. § 121 (Abduction) (Use of invitation or device to prevail upon a person to visit any place for the purpose of prostitution of minors).

      • (18) 14 V.I.C. § 134(a)(3) (Trafficking of persons for illegal sexual activity based upon convictions under 14 V.I.C. §§ 1622, 1623, 1624 &1625.

      • (19) 14 V.I.C. § 505 (Child abuse as defined in 14 V.I.C. § 503(a) which involves the use of a minor for the purpose of exploitation or to engage in sexual conduct).

      • (20) 14 V.I.C. § 506 (Aggravated child abuse when it involves the use of a minor for the purpose of exploitation or to engage in sexual conduct).

      • (21) 14 V.I.C., § 489 (Computer Pornography).

    • (b) Federal Offenses. A conviction for any of the following, and any other offense hereafter included in the definition of “sex offense” at 42 U.S.C. § 16911(5):

      • (1) 18 U.S.C., § 1591 (Sex Trafficking of Children),

      • (2) 18 U.S.C., § 1801 (Video Voyeurism of a Minor),

      • (3) 18 U.S.C., § 2241 (Aggravated Sexual Abuse),

      • (4) 18 U.S.C., § 2242 (Sexual Abuse),

      • (5) 18 U.S.C., § 2243 (Sexual Abuse of a Minor or ward),

      • (6) 18 U.S.C. § 2244 (Abusive Sexual Contact),

      • (7) 18 U.S.C., § 2245 (Offenses Resulting in Death),

      • (8) 18 U.S.C., § 2251 (Sexual Exploitation of Children),

        • (a) 18 U.S.C., § 2251A (Selling or Buying of Children),

        • (b) 18 U.S.C., § 2252 (Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor),

        • (c) 18 U.S.C., § 2252A (Material Containing Child Pornography),

        • (d) 18 U.S.C., § 2252B (Misleading Domain Names on the Internet),

        • (e) 18 U.S.C., § 2252C (Misleading Words or Digital Images on the Internet),

        • (f) 18 U.S.C., § 2260 (Production of Sexually Explicit Depictions of a Minor for Import into the U.S.),

        • (g) 18 U.S.C., § 2421 (Transportation of a Minor for Illegal Sexual Activity),

        • (h) 18 U.S.C., § 2422 (Coercion and Enticement of a Minor for Illegal Sexual Activity),

        • (i) 18 U.S.C., § 2423 (Mann Act),

        • (j) 18 U.S.C., § 2424 (Failure to File Factual Statement about an Alien Individual),

        • (k) 18 U.S.C. § 2425 (Transmitting Information about a Minor to further Criminal Sexual Conduct).

    • (c) Foreign Offenses. Any conviction for a sex offense involving any conduct listed in this section that was obtained under the laws of Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, or under the laws of any foreign country when the United States State Department in its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices has concluded that an independent judiciary generally or vigorously enforced the right to a fair trial in that country during the year in which the conviction occurred.

    • (d) Military Offenses. Any military offense specified by the Secretary of Defense under section 115(a)(8)(C)(i) of Public Law 105-119 (codified at 10 U.S.C. 951 note).

    • (e) Jurisdiction Offenses. Any sex offense committed in any jurisdiction, including this territory of the United States that involves:

      • (1) Any type or degree of genital, oral, or anal penetration,

      • (2) Any sexual touching of or sexual contact with a person's body, either directly or through the clothing,

      • (3) Kidnapping of a minor,

      • (4) False imprisonment of a minor,

      • (5) Solicitation to engage a minor in sexual conduct understood broadly to include any direction, request, enticement, persuasion, or encouragement of a minor to engage in sexual conduct,

      • (6) Use of a minor in a sexual performance,

      • (7) Solicitation of a minor to practice prostitution,

      • (8) Possession, production, or distribution of child pornography,

      • (9) Criminal sexual conduct that involves physical contact with a minor or the use of the internet to facilitate or attempt such conduct. This includes offenses whose elements involve the use of other persons in prostitution, such as pandering, procuring, or pimping in cases where the victim was a minor at the time of the offense,

      • (10) Any conduct that by its nature is a sex offense against a minor, or

      • (11) Any offense similar to those outlined in:

        • (i) 18 U.S.C. § 1591 (Sex Trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion),

        • (ii) 18 U.S.C. § 1801 (Video Voyeurism of a minor),

        • (iii) 18 U.S.C. § 2241 (Aggravated Sexual Abuse),

        • (iv) 18 U.S.C. § 2242 (Sexual Abuse),

        • (v) 18 U.S.C. § 2244 (Abusive Sexual Contact),

        • (vi) 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) (Coercing a Minor to Engage in Prostitution), or

        • (vii) 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a) (Transporting a Minor to Engage in Illicit Conduct).


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