Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs, St. Croix

The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs licenses businesses in the Virgin Islands, supports professional boards such as the Real Estate Commission, and takes consumer complaints. On St. Croix its office is in Suite 9 of the Golden Rock Shopping Center, which is also the mailing address the department gives for the Real Estate Commission. The commission's page says anyone entering any area of the real estate industry must pass a national exam and a state exam, that salesperson applicants need a sponsoring broker, and that license renewal requires a favorable tax approval from the Bureau of Internal Revenue. For a buyer, seller or tenant, the department's online license search is a quick way to see whether a broker, salesperson, contractor or other business holds a license, and it can be searched by name, license number, island, license type or business activity.