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An affidavit to be used in the Virgin Islands may be taken in any State, territory, district, commonwealth, or possession of the United States, or in any foreign country, before:\n(1) A commissioner appointed by the Governor of the Virgin Islands to take affidavits in such jurisdiction; or\n(2) An officer authorized by Title 28 to take acknowledgments of written instruments in such jurisdiction, whose certificate that the affidavit was taken before him shall be authenticated in a manner similar to that required for the authentication of an acknowledgment.