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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iii/chapter-151/1301b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART III - Common Ownership of Property (§§ 1271 — 1303)›Chapter 151 - Puerto Rico Condo Hotel Act (§§ 1295 — 1303)›§ 1301b ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART III - Common Ownership of Property (§§ 1271 — 1303) › Chapter 151 - Puerto Rico Condo Hotel Act (§§ 1295 — 1303) › § 1301b - Conflicts
The provisions of § 1279 of this title relative to the division of common ownership and the provisions of § 1283 of this title relative to the peremptory sale of a thing under common ownership shall not apply to condo hotels regulated under this chapter. Furthermore, there shall be no right to rescind any sale or other...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iii/chapter-151/1302/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART III - Common Ownership of Property (§§ 1271 — 1303)›Chapter 151 - Puerto Rico Condo Hotel Act (§§ 1295 — 1303)›§ 1302 -...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART III - Common Ownership of Property (§§ 1271 — 1303) › Chapter 151 - Puerto Rico Condo Hotel Act (§§ 1295 — 1303) › § 1302 - Former condo hotel legislation
Any condo hotel program existing prior to the effective date of this act shall continue to exist and operate pursuant to the provisions of §§ 681—685 of Title 23, unless such condo hotels decide to abide by the new condo hotel regime under this chapter, for which they shall follow the procedures to carry out such actio...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iii/chapter-151/1303/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART III - Common Ownership of Property (§§ 1271 — 1303)›Chapter 151 - Puerto Rico Condo Hotel Act (§§ 1295 — 1303)›§ 1303 -...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART III - Common Ownership of Property (§§ 1271 — 1303) › Chapter 151 - Puerto Rico Condo Hotel Act (§§ 1295 — 1303) › § 1303 - Summary of experience
The Company shall require the proponent of the condo hotel, project for which a government license, endorsement, incentive or benefit is requested, and/or his/her affiliates to submit a summary of his/her experience in the administration of projects and evidence of his/her technical and financial capacity which guarant...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-153/1311/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 153 - Ownership of Waters (§§ 1311 — 1312)›§ 1311 - Waters belonging to public dom...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 153 - Ownership of Waters (§§ 1311 — 1312) › § 1311 - Waters belonging to public domain
To the public domain belong: (1) Rivers and their natural beds. (2) Continuous or intermittent waters from sources or brooks running in their natural beds, and the beds themselves. (3) Waters rising continuously or intermittently in lands within the same public domain. (4) Lakes and marshes formed by nature on public l...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-153/1312/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 153 - Ownership of Waters (§§ 1311 — 1312)›§ 1312 - Waters belonging to private do...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 153 - Ownership of Waters (§§ 1311 — 1312) › § 1312 - Waters belonging to private dominion
To private dominion belong: (1)-(4). [Repealed. Act June 3, 1976, No. 136, p. 390, section 25, eff. June 3, 1976.] (5) The beds of flowing waters, continuous or intermittent, formed by rain water, and those of brooks crossing tenements which do not belong to the public domain. In every drain or aqueduct, the water, the...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-155/1333/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 155 - Use of Public Waters (§§ 1331 — 1333)›§ 1333 - Extinguishment of right
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 155 - Use of Public Waters (§§ 1331 — 1333) › § 1333 - Extinguishment of right
The right to make use of public waters is extinguished by the lapse of the concession and by nonusage during twenty years. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 345.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-157/1352/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 157 - Use of Waters of Private Ownership (§§ 1351 — 1355)›§ 1352 - Works diverting...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 157 - Use of Waters of Private Ownership (§§ 1351 — 1355) › § 1352 - Works diverting course of rain waters
Private ownership of the beds of rain waters does not give a right to make works and constructions which may divert the course of such waters to the injury of a third person, nor those, the destruction of which by the force of floods, may cause such injury. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 347.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 157 - Use of Waters of Private Ownership (§§ 1351 — 1355)›§ 1355 - Receptacles for...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 157 - Use of Waters of Private Ownership (§§ 1351 — 1355) › § 1355 - Receptacles for rain water
Every owner of a tenement has a right to construct within his property receptacles for rain water, provided he does no damage thereby to the public or to a third person. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 350.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-161/1391/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396)›§ 1391 - Defensive works to check waters
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396) › § 1391 - Defensive works to check waters
The owner of a tenement on which there are defensive works to check waters, or on which, by the variation of their course, it may be necessary to reconstruct them anew, is bound, at his option, either to make the necessary repairs or constructions, or to permit that, without damage to him, the owners of the tenements w...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-161/1392/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396)›§ 1392 - Removal of obstructing material
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396) › § 1392 - Removal of obstructing material
The provisions of the preceding section apply to the cases in which it may be necessary to clear a tenement from the material, the accumulation or fall of which may obstruct the course of waters, to the injury or danger of a third person. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 355.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-161/1393/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396)›§ 1393 - Payment of expenses
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396) › § 1393 - Payment of expenses
All the owners who participate in the benefits arising from the works to which the two preceding sections refer shall be bound to contribute to the expenses of their several interests. Those who by their own fault may have caused the damages, shall be liable for such expenses. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 356.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-161/1394/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396)›§ 1394 - Eminent domain
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396) › § 1394 - Eminent domain
The ownership and use of waters belonging to corporations or private persons are subject to the Law of Eminent Domain, §§ 2901-2913 of Title 32, for reasons of public utility. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 357.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-161/1396/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396)›Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396)›§ 1396 - Application of law of waters
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV - Waters (§§ 1311 — 1396) › Chapter 161 - General Provisions (§§ 1391 — 1396) › § 1396 - Application of law of waters
Anything not expressly determined by the provisions of §§ 1391-1396 of this title shall be governed by the special Law of Waters, § 501 et seq. of Title 12.- History —Civil Code, 1930, § 359.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401-1401h/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§§ 14...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › §§ 1401—1401h - Repealed. Act March 9, 2012, No. 55...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359a on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 1; June 24, 1996, No. 56, § 1; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401a - Moral right [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359b on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 1; June 24, 1996, No. 56, § 1; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401b - Moral right—Protection [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as 359c on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 1; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401c - Moral right—Extension [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359ch on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 1; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401d - Moral right—Creations by public employee ...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359d on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 1; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401e/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401e - Moral right—Exception [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359e on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 1; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401f/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401f - Moral right—Remedies [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359f on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 1; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401g/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401g - Moral right—Statute of limitations [Repea...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359g on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 1; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401h/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401h - Moral right—Actions [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930 added as § 359h on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 1; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401i/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401i - Title and moral right in musical events
(a) It is hereby provided that in any production, recording, show, or musical-artistic or any other kind of event, the complete name of the composer of the musical work or corresponding song shall be specified and mentioned in addition to the complete name of the artist or performer. (b) Infringement of the provisions ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401j/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401j - Definitions
(a) Author.— Natural person who generates a work. (b) Moral rights.— The exclusive rights of an author over his work, which exist by virtue of the very personal relationship between an author and his work. They arise at the time the work is fixed by the author on a tangible medium of expression. It encompasses the foll...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401k/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401k - Presumption of ownership
It shall be presumed as author whoever appears as such in the work by means of his name, signature, or identifying mark, unless there is evidence to the contrary. When a work is distributed anonymously or pseudonymously, whoever makes such work public shall be entitled to exercise the rights herein granted while the au...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-iv-a/chapter-163/1401l/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401l - Co-authors
In cases in which a joint work has two or more authors, the rights over such work shall be shared by all. This does not refer to an individual contribution made to a periodical publication or collective work. History —Mar. 9, 2012, No. 55, § 4.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401m - Term
Moral rights shall last the author’s lifetime plus 70 years after his death, or until the work enters public domain, whichever comes first. History —Mar. 9, 2012, No. 55, § 5.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401n - Standing after author’s death
After the death of the author, the person that such author had expressly indicated in writing shall exercise moral rights. In the absence thereof, the author’s heirs shall exercise those rights. The right of withdrawal may only be exercised after the death of the author if such author has expressly stated in writing th...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401o - Creation by an employee or independent co...
Any work created as a “work made for hire” does not generate moral rights except if so provided in a written and signed agreement. This includes such work created by an employee in the normal course of his duties, as well as those created by an independent contractor under what is considered “work made for hire,” as de...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401p - Transferability
Moral rights are not transferrable except as provided in §§ 1401j—1401ff of this title. History —Mar. 9, 2012, No. 55, § 8.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401q - Waiver of rights
In general terms, moral rights cannot be waived. However, the author or rightful claimant may, through a written and signed document, waive his right of integrity in whole or in part. Such waiver may be established with an electronic signature. The waiver described in this section can be executed at any time and shall ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401r - Exception to protection
The author or rightful claimant may not invoke moral rights when the work is legitimately used for purposes of criticism, parody or news, educational, or investigative comment. To determine whether the use is covered under this exception, the total of the circumstances shall be taken into account, including: (a) The pu...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401s - Remedies
The violation of moral rights empowers the author or rightful claimant to seek temporary or permanent injunction to assert his rights, redress for damages, and financial compensation. In the case of registered works, when the violation of moral rights seeks mainly to obtain a business or financial benefit, the author o...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401t - Statute of limitations
Any action or proceeding carried out in order to enforce any provision of in §§ 1401j-1401ff of this title must be initiated not later than three (3) years after the affected person learns or should have learned about the facts that provide the grounds for the cause of action. History —Mar. 9, 2012, No. 55, § 12.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401u - Publicity
Moral rights exist regardless of registration. The author of a work may voluntarily register the same with the Copyright Registry. Publicity shall be for reporting purposes only, and registration of a work shall not be required to exercise and enforce moral rights. Registration of the work shall constitute prima facie ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401v - Copyright Registry
The Copyright Registry remains attached to the Department of State as created by virtue of Act No. 96 of July 15, 1988, as amended. History —Mar. 9, 2012, No. 55, § 14.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401w - Registrar
The Copyright Registry shall be directed by a Copyright Registrar, who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Copyright Registrar shall be of legal age, an attorney-at-law who has been admitted to the bar within at least seven years before his appointment and kn...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401x - Acquisition of equipment; regulations; co...
The Copyright Registrar shall have the power to acquire equipment and services according to the financial reality of the Registry. Furthermore, he may adopt regulations related to the registration, deposit, reproduction, and fees to be charged for the required activities. Provided, however, That a fee shall be charged ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401y - Records of the Registry
The Copyright Registrar shall maintain a register of intellectual works published in Puerto Rico which are the creation of Puerto Rican authors or of foreign persons domiciled in Puerto Rico, and of Puerto Rican works printed abroad to be sold, distributed, or reproduced in Puerto Rico, or any other use that their publ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401z - Registered material
Any kind of work, as defined in §§ 1401j—1401ff of this title, in which one or more natural or juridical persons have any authorship or proprietary interest may be registered in the Copyright Registry by request of the author or rightful claimants. Private and public contracts awarded in connection with the registered ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401aa - Copyright stamp
The Copyright Registrar shall adopt an official stamp that shall consist of a triangle with the letter (R) in its center, of a size and color to be determined by regulations. Said stamp shall be imprinted on every work registered and on any reproductions of the same, thus attesting that copyright is protected by such r...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401bb - Deposit of works
The Copyright Registrar shall provide, through regulations, the most efficient and less onerous manner in which the works shall be registered and deposited, in accordance with the most recent and reliable technological developments. The deposit of two (2) copies or reproductions thereof shall be an indispensable requir...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401cc - Denial of registration; notification
If the Copyright Registrar determines that a particular registration cannot be made pursuant to §§ 1401j—1401ff of this title or the regulations approved thereunder, the registration requested shall be denied and said denial shall be notified to the petitioner within fifteen (15) days following its receipt. The party i...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401dd - Issuance of certificate
At the request of any person and upon payment of the corresponding fees, the Copyright Registrar shall issue certificates of the records in his office regarding registered works, their authors, proprietors, and other pertinent data which, thus authenticated, shall become public documents admissible in any judicial or a...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401ee - Inspections and copies
The informative sheets and other documents found in the files of the Copyright Registry may be inspected and copied by interested parties upon payment of the corresponding fees, but such copies shall not constitute evidence of the Registry’s records unless certified by the Registrar. History —Mar. 9, 2012, No. 55, § 23...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m)›Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff)›§ 140...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 163 - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1401ff) › § 1401ff - Advice
The Copyright Registrar shall organize the means to provide authors, designers, filmmakers, painters, engravers, architects, and any other creator of products arising from artistic, literary, or scientific work with sufficient advice and assistance so that they may use the mechanisms and other resources provided by law...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › §§ 1402—1402m - Repealed. Act March 9, 2012. No. 55, § ...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359i on added July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402a - Copyright Registry—Registrar [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359j on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; June 24, 1996, No. 56, § 2; Sept. 22, 2004, No. 430, § 1; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402b - Copyright Registry—Acquisition of equipment; ...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359k on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; June 24, 1996, No. 56, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402c - Copyright Registry—Contents of registry [Repe...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359added July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402d - Copyright Registry—Registered materials [Repe...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; June 24, 1996, No. 56, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402e - Copyright Registry—Copyright stamp [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359m on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402f - Copyright Registry—Deposit of works [Repealed...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359n on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402g - Copyright Registry—Denial of registration; no...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402h - Copyright Registry—Procedure [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359p on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; June 24, 1996, No. 56, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402i - Copyright Registry—Penalties [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359q on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. -, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402j - Copyright Registry—Certification [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359r on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359s on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402l - Copyright Registry—Advice [Repealed]
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359t on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. -, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART IV-A - Intellectual Property (§§ 1401-1401h — 1402m) › Chapter 165 - Copyright Registry (§§ 1402-1402m — 1402m) › § 1402m - Copyright Registry—Interpretation with other ...
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 359u on July 15, 1988, No. 96, p. 395, § 2; Repealed. Act.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 167 - Possession and Kinds Thereof (§§ 1421 — 1427) › § 1421 - Natural possession and civil possession defined
Natural possession is the holding of a thing or the enjoyment of a right by any person. Civil possession is the same holding or enjoyment joined to the intent of holding the thing or right as one’s own. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 360.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 167 - Possession and Kinds Thereof (§§ 1421 — 1427) › § 1422 - Exercise of possession
Possession is exercised upon things or rights, either by the same person who holds and enjoys them, or by another in his behalf. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 361.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 167 - Possession and Kinds Thereof (§§ 1421 — 1427) › § 1423 - Aspects of possession
The possession of property and rights may be considered in one of two different aspects: either in that of the owner, or in that of the holder of the thing or right to keep and enjoy them, the ownership belonging to another person. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 362.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 167 - Possession and Kinds Thereof (§§ 1421 — 1427) › § 1424 - Bona fide possessor; possessor in bad faith
A bona fide possessor is deemed to be the person who is not aware that there exists in his title or in the manner of acquiring it, any flaw invalidating the same. A possessor in bad faith is deemed to be any person possessing in any case contrary to the above. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 363.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 167 - Possession and Kinds Thereof (§§ 1421 — 1427) › § 1425 - Good faith presumed
Good faith is always presumed, and any person averring bad faith on the part of a possessor, is bound to prove the same. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 364.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 167 - Possession and Kinds Thereof (§§ 1421 — 1427) › § 1426 - Presumption of continuance of understanding by which acquired
It is presumed that possession is continued under the same understanding by which it was acquired, until the contrary be proven. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 365.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 167 - Possession and Kinds Thereof (§§ 1421 — 1427) › § 1427 - Things and rights susceptible of possession
Only things and rights susceptible of being appropriated can be the object of possession. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 366.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1441 - Mode of acquisition
Possession is acquired either by the material occupation of the thing or the right possessed, or by the fact that they remain subject to the action of the will, or by the proper acts and legal formalities established for acquiring such right. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 367.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1442 - By whom acquired
Possession may be acquired by the same person who is to benefit thereby, by his legal representative, by his agent, and by a third person without any power whatsoever; but in the last case, possession shall not be considered as acquired until the person in whose name the act of possession has been executed has ratified...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1443 - Transfer of possession of hereditary property
The possession of hereditary property is understood as transferred to the heir without interruption and from the moment of the death of the testator, in case the inheritance be accepted. Any person who rejects an inheritance in a valid manner is considered as never to have possessed the same. History —Civil Code, 1930,...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1444 - Forceful acquisition
In no case can possession be forcibly acquired so long as a possessor is opposed thereto. Any person who believes that he has a right or action to deprive another of the holding of a thing, shall petition the assistance of the competent authorities, provided the holder refuses to deliver up the said thing. History —Civ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1445 - Faulty possession of testator
Any person who succeeds by hereditary title shall not suffer the consequences of a faulty possession of the testator, unless it be shown that he was aware of the defects affecting such possession; but the effects of possession in good faith shall benefit him only from the date of the decease of the testator. History —C...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1446 - Minors and incapacitated persons
Minors and incapacitated persons may acquire the possession of things; but they require the assistance of their legal representatives to exercise the rights in their favor which arise from the possession. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 372.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1447 - Clandestine and tolerated acts
Acts merely tolerated and those clandestinely executed, without the knowledge of the possessor of a thing, or with violence, do not affect possession. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 373.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448)›§ 1448 - Possession not recogn...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1448 - Possession not recognized in different personalities
Possession, as a fact, cannot be recognized in two different personalities, unless in cases of indivisibility. If a question arises regarding the fact of possession, preference shall be given to the present possessor; if there be two possessors, to the one longest in possession; if the dates of the possessions coincide...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1461 - Rights of possessor
Every possessor has a right to be respected in his possession; and if he be disturbed therein, he shall be protected or reinstated in such possession by the means established in the laws of procedure. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 375.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1462 - Possession necessary for acquisition of ownership
Only the possession acquired and enjoyed by a person in the belief that he is the owner can serve as a title to acquire ownership. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 376.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1463 - Presumption of just title
The possessor who believes himself owner has in his favor the legal presumption that he possesses under a just title and he cannot be compelled to show the same. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 377.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1464 - Furniture and objects
The possession of any tenement presumes the possession of the furniture and objects therein, so long as it be not shown or proven that they should be excluded. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 378.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1465 - Possession in common
Each one of the participants of a thing possessed in common, is deemed to have possessed the part allotted to him upon the division thereof during the whole time that the property remained intact. Interruption in the possession of the whole or part of a thing possessed in common shall be to the equal prejudice of all t...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1466 - Ownership of fruits colle...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1466 - Ownership of fruits collected
A possessor in good faith becomes the owner of the fruits collected, so long as the possession is not legally interrupted. Natural and cultivated fruits are considered as collected from the time they are gathered or separated. Civil fruits are considered as daily proceeds, and belong, in that proportion, to the possess...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1467 - Fruits ungathered when go...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1467 - Fruits ungathered when good faith ceases
If, when good faith ceases to exist, there are any natural or cultivated fruits still ungathered, the possessor shall have the right to recover the expenses he may have incurred in their production, and, moreover, to a part of the net proceeds of the crop in proportion to the duration of his possession. The cost shall ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1468 - Refund of necessary and u...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1468 - Refund of necessary and useful expenses
Necessary expenses are refunded to every possessor; but only the possessor in good faith may retain a thing until such expenses are made good to him. Useful expenses are refunded to the possessor in good faith with the same right of retention, it being at the option of the party who has defeated him in his possession t...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1469 - Expenses for luxury or pl...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1469 - Expenses for luxury or pleasure
Expenses incurred purely for luxury or mere pleasure are not returnable to the possessor in good faith; but he may remove the ornaments with which he has embellished the principal thing if it suffer no injury thereby, and if his successor in the possession does not prefer to refund the amount expended. History —Civil C...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1470 - Fruits and expenses in case of possessor in bad faith
A possessor in bad faith shall pay for the fruits collected and for those which the lawful possessor might have collected, and shall only have the right to be reimbursed for the necessary expenses incurred in the preservation of the thing. Expenses incurred in improvements for luxury and pleasure shall not be refunded ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1471 - Improvements caused by nature or time
Improvements caused by nature or time always redound to the benefit of the person who has succeeded in acquiring possession. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 385.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1472 - Deterioration or loss
A possessor in good faith is not responsible for the deterioration or loss of the thing possessed, except in those cases in which it is proven that he has acted with fraudulent intent. A possessor in bad faith is in every case responsible for any deterioration or loss, and even of such as are caused by vis major, when ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1473 - Improvements that have ceased to exist
The person who obtains possession is not bound to pay for improvements that have ceased to exist at the time he acquires the thing. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 387.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1474 - Continuation of possession presumed
A present possessor who shows his possession at some previous time is presumed to have held possession also during the intermediate period, unles the contrary be proven. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 388.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1475 - Loss of possession
A possessor may lose possession: (1) By abandonment of the thing. (2) By an assignment made to another person, either for a valuable consideration or by a deed of gift. (3) By the destruction or total loss of the thing, or because the same becomes unmarketable. (4) By the possession of another person, even against the ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1476 - Loss of possession of movable
The possession of a movable is not considered as lost so long as it remains under the control of the possessor, although he may by chance be ignorant of the whereabouts thereof. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 390.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1477 - Loss of possession of imm...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1477 - Loss of possession of immovables
The possession of immovables and real rights is not deemed lost, nor transferred for the purposes of prescription to the prejudice of a third person, except in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage Law. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 391.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1478 - Effect of acts relating t...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1478 - Effect of acts relating to possession
Acts relating to possession, either executed or agreed to by a person who possesses a thing belonging to another person merely as an occupant to benefit by or retain it for any reason, do not bind nor obligate the owner, unless he has granted to the said occupant special authority to execute the said acts, or shall sub...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1479 - Possession of personal pr...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1479 - Possession of personal property as equivalent to title
The possession of personal property acquired in good faith, is equivalent to a title thereto. Nevertheless, any person who has lost any movable or has been illegally deprived thereof, may recover it from the person in possession of the same. If the possessor of a movable lost or stolen has acquired the same in good fai...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1480 - Animals
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1480 - Animals
Wild animals are only possessed so long as they are under control; domesticated or tamed animals are considered as tame or domestic if they retain the habit of returning to the home of the possessor. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 394.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1481 - Recovery of possession unlawfully lost
Any person who, according to law, recovers possession unlawfully lost, is considered to have held it uninterruptedly for all purposes which may redound to his benefit. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 395.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter I - Usufruct Generally (§§ 1501 — 1504) › § 1501 - Definition
Usufruct is the right to enjoy a thing owned by another person and to receive all the products, utilities and advantages produced thereby, under the obligation of preserving its form and substance, unless the deed constituting such usufruct or the law otherwise decree. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 396.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter I - Usufruct Generally (§§ 1501 — 1504) › § 1502 - How created
Usufruct is constituted by law, by the wish of the parties expressed in instruments inter vivos, or by last will, and by prescription. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 397.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter I - Usufruct Generally (§§ 1501 — 1504) › § 1503 - Forms of usu...
Usufruct may be constituted on the whole or on part of the fruits of a thing, in favor of one or several persons, simultaneously or successively, and in any case from or to a certain day, with or without conditions. It may also be constituted on a right, provided the same is not absolutely personal or not transferable....
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter I - Usufruct Generally (§§ 1501 — 1504) › § 1504 - Rights and o...
The rights and obligations of the usufructuary shall be those stated in the deed establishing the usufruct; in default of such deed, or because of its incompleteness, the provisions contained in the two following subchapters shall be observed. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 399.