(a) A person who is convicted in this Territory or in any state, territory or Indian tribe of the United States, any foreign jurisdiction or in any court of competent jurisdiction of any of the covered offenses included in Section 1721A or a similar offense to the covered offenses in 1721A who moves to or returns to this Territory from another jurisdiction for the purpose of establishing residency, employment, or becoming a student or who did not intend to but who eventually establishes residency, obtains employment or becomes a student within the jurisdiction of this Territory is required to register in this Territory.
(b) A person who is required to register as a sex offender in any state, territory or Indian tribe of the United States, under federal law, under military law, under the law of any foreign jurisdiction or by order of any court of competent jurisdiction who moves to or returns to this Territory from another jurisdiction for the purpose of establishing residency, employment, or becoming a student or who did not intend to but who eventually establishes residency, obtains employment or becomes a student within the jurisdiction of this Territory is required to register in this Territory.
(c) The duty to register as a sex offender under this chapter applies to persons convicted or adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity, of any of the covered offenses listed in Section 1721A of this Chapter or similar offenses, as determined by:
(1) A court of the Virgin Islands;
(2) A court of any other jurisdiction of the United States, including all 50 states, territories and Indian tribes;
(3) A federal court of the United States;
(4) A military court of the United States; or
(5) A court of a foreign country in which a conviction was obtained in accordance with Section 1721A(c) of this Chapter.
(d) A person who fails to register as required under this section shall be guilty of a crime.