Rule 1 General Provisions.
Rule Text
(a) Title. These rules shall be known as the Virgin Islands Small Claims Rules and may be cited in short-form as V.I. SM. CL. R.
(b) Effective Date. These rules shall take effect as provided in a promulgation order by the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands.
(c) Scope. These rules are applicable to all actions in the Small Claims Division of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands commenced after or pending on the effective date of these rules, and shall supersede any procedural rules to the contrary.
(d) Construction. These rules shall be construed to implement the simple, speedy, and inexpensive trial of actions in the Small Claims Division, and in such manner as to do substantial justice between the parties according to the rules of substantive law.
(e) Definitions. All definitions and references found in Rule 1-2 of the Virgin Islands Rules of Civil Procedure shall retain the same meaning in the Virgin Islands Small Claims Rules.
(f) Computation of Time. Rule 6 of the Virgin Islands Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern the computation of any time under these rules.