48 U.S.C. § 1543

United States citizenship requirement for government officials

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All members of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, all judges and all officials of the government of the Virgin Islands who report directly to the Governor shall be citizens of the United States.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Sarauw v. Rodriquez, 66 V.I. 823 (D.V.I. 2017).

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Sarauw v. Rodriquez, 66 V.I. 823 (D.V.I. 2017). · cites it 2× “48 U.S.C. § 1543 (1982). Revisiting the requirements of Section 29, the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs concluded that there was “no necessity for federal law to stipulate that all employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands .”

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