Action by landlord against tenant for nonpayment of rent

  1. Law
  2. US Virgin Islands Code
  3. Property
  4. Actions to Recover Possession of Real Property
  5. Action by landlord against tenant for nonpayment of rent

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  • (a) When in case of a lease of real property and the failure of the tenant to pay rent, the landlord has a subsisting right to reenter for such a failure, and may bring action to recover the possession of such property, and such action is equivalent to a demand of the rent and a reentry upon the property.

  • If at any time before judgment in such action the lessee or his successor in interest as to the whole or a part of the property pays to the plaintiff or brings into court the amount of rent then in arrears, with interest, and the costs of the action, and performs the other covenants or agreements on the part of the lessee, he shall be entitled to continue in the possession according to the terms of the lease.

  • (b) The provisions of this section are suspended during the effective period of subchapter III of chapter 31 of this title, relating to rent control, and this section shall take effect upon the termination of such subchapter as provided in section 846 of this title.


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