---
kind: "unit"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
key: "ch12/schV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter V"
heading: "Judicial Branch"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/ch12-schV"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter V — Judicial Branch

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions › Chapter 12 — Virgin Islands [1954]

## Sections

- [§1611. District Court of Virgin Islands; local courts; jurisdiction; practice and procedure](/usc/48/1611.md)
- [§1612. Jurisdiction of District Court](/usc/48/1612.md)
- [§1613. Relations between courts of United States and courts of Virgin Islands; review by United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit; reports to Congress; rules](/usc/48/1613.md)
- [§1613a. Appellate jurisdiction of District Court; procedure; review by United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit; rules; appeals to appellate court](/usc/48/1613a.md)
- [§1614. Judges of District Court](/usc/48/1614.md)
- [§1615. Judicial divisions](/usc/48/1615.md)
- [§1616. Trial by jury](/usc/48/1616.md)
- [§1617. United States attorney; appointment; duties](/usc/48/1617.md)