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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-229/subchapter-i/2853/
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2853 - Deduction of amount received by donee
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2853 - Deduction of amount received by donee
The donee shall receive from the funds of the inheritance an amount so much less than the sum he may already have received, the coheirs receiving the equivalent in property of the same nature, class, and quality, insofar as possible. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1001.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2854 - Gifts of real estate; personal property
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2854 - Gifts of real estate; personal property
If the provisions of the preceding section cannot be executed, if the property bestowed as a gift consisted of real estate, the coheirs shall have a right to be equalized in cash, or in securities, at the rate at which they are quoted; and should there be in the inheritance neither cash nor securities which can be quoted, other property shall be sold at public auction insofar as necessary. If the property bestowed as a gift is personal property, the coheirs shall have only a right to be equalized in other personal property of the inheritance at its just value at their option. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1002.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2855 - Fruits of and interest on property subject to collation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2855 - Fruits of and interest on property subject to collation
The fruits of and interest on the property, subject to collation, are not due the funds of the inheritance, except from the day on which the succession is opened. In order to regulate the same, the rents of an interest on the hereditary property of the same kind as that brought to collation shall be taken into consideration. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1003.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2856 - Division not stopped by question as to collation if security given
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2856 - Division not stopped by question as to collation if security given
If a question should arise among the coheirs as to the obligation to bring or with regard to the objects which are to be brought to collation, the division shall not be stopped for such reason when the proper security is given. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1004.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2871 - When division permitted
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2871 - When division permitted
No coheir shall be compelled to remain in possession of the inheritance without partition unless the testator expressly prohibits partition. This prohibition shall not extend to the property which constitutes the lawful portions of the heirs. In every case, partition shall always be had for any reasons for which a partnership is dissolved. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1005.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2872 - Request for division
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2872 - Request for division
Every coheir having the free administration and disposal of his property may at any time request the division of the estate. The legal representatives of incapacitated persons and absentees must request the division in their name. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1006.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2873 - Conditional heirs; provisional division
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2873 - Conditional heirs; provisional division
The conditional heirs cannot request the division until the condition is complied with. But the other coheirs may request it by properly securing the right of the former in case the condition is fulfilled; and until it is known that it has not been or can no longer be complied with, the division shall be considered as provisional. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1007.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2874 - Death of coheir
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2874 - Death of coheir
If, before making the division, one of the coheirs should die, leaving two or more heirs, it shall be sufficient for one of them to request it, but all those who intervene in such capacity shall appear under a single representation. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1008.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2875 - Division by testator; cash payment instead of division
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2875 - Division by testator; cash payment instead of division
If the testator should make a division of his property by an act inter vivos or by a last will, it shall be accepted insofar as it does not prejudice the legal portion of the heirs by force of law. A father who, in the interest of his family, desires to keep an agricultural, industrial, or manufacturing enterprise undivided, may make use of the privilege granted him by this section by providing that the legal portions of the other children be paid in cash. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1009.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2876 - Grant of power of division by testator; duties of trustee
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2876 - Grant of power of division by testator; duties of trustee
The testator may, by an act inter vivos or causa mortis, entrust the mere power of making the division after his death to any person who is not one of the coheirs. The provisions of this and the foregoing sections shall be observed, even should there be a minor or a person subject to guardianship among the coheirs; but the trustee must in such case make an inventory of the property of the inheritance, citing the coheirs, the creditors, and the legatees. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1010.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2877 - Division by heirs
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2877 - Division by heirs
Should the testator not have made any division, nor entrusted this power to another, if the heirs should be of age and should have the free administration of their property, they may distribute the estate in the manner they may see fit. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1011.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2878 - Legal proceedings if heirs disagree
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2878 - Legal proceedings if heirs disagree
If the heirs of age should not agree as to the manner of making the division, they shall be free to enforce their rights in the manner prescribed in the law relating to special legal proceedings, approved March 9, 1905. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1012.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2879 - Minors subject to parental authority
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2879 - Minors subject to parental authority
If the minors should be subject to the parental authority, and are represented in the division by the father or by the mother, in a proper case, neither judicial intervention nor approval shall be required. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1013.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2880 - Fairness of division
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2880 - Fairness of division
In the division of the estate all possible fairness shall be observed by drawing lots or awarding to each one of the coheirs things of the same nature, quality, or kind. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1014.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2881 - Disposition of indivisible thing
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2881 - Disposition of indivisible thing
If a thing should be indivisible or should become considerably impaired by being divided, it may be awarded to one of the heirs under condition of paying to the others the difference in cash. But it shall be sufficient if a single one of the heirs requests its sale at public auction, outside bidders being admitted in order that it may take place. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1015.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2882 - Reciprocal compensation among coheirs
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2882 - Reciprocal compensation among coheirs
On making the division, the coheirs shall reciprocally compensate each other for the income and fruits each of them may have received from the hereditary property for the useful and necessary expenses made on said property or for the damage caused thereto by malice or negligence. —Civil Code, 1930, § 1016. History
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2883 - Costs of division
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2883 - Costs of division
The costs of the division, made for the common interests of all the coheirs, shall be deducted from the estate; those made for the particular interest of one of them shall be defrayed by the same. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1017.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2884 - Delivery of titles of acquisition or ownership
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2884 - Delivery of titles of acquisition or ownership
The titles of acquisition or of ownership shall be delivered to the coheir to whom the estate or estates to which they refer may have been awarded. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1018.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2885 - Title including several estates awarded to several coheirs
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2885 - Title including several estates awarded to several coheirs
When the same title includes several estates awarded to several coheirs, or one only which may have been divided among two or more, the title shall remain in the possession of the person having the largest interest in the estate or estates, and true copies thereof shall be furnished the others at the expense of the estate. Should the interests be equal, the title shall be delivered to the male heir, and should there be more than one, to the eldest. Should the title be an original one, the person in whose possession it remains shall furthermore be obliged to exhibit it to the other persons interested, when they request it. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1019.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886)›§ 2886 - Subrogation to place of purchaser
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2886 - Subrogation to place of purchaser
If any of the heirs should sell his hereditary rights to a stranger before the division, all or any of the coheirs may subrogate himself in the place of the purchaser, reimbursing him for the value of the purchase, provided they do so within the period of a month, to be counted from the time they were informed thereof. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1020.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905)›§ 2901 - Ownership of property conferred by division
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905) › § 2901 - Ownership of property conferred by division
A division legally made confers upon each heir the exclusive ownership of the property which may have been awarded to him. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1021.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905)›§ 2902 - Surrender and guarantee among coheirs
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905) › § 2902 - Surrender and guarantee among coheirs
After the division has been made, the coheirs shall be mutually bound to the surrender, and shall guarantee the property awarded. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1022.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905)›§ 2903 - When obligation ceases
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905) › § 2903 - When obligation ceases
The obligation referred to in the foregoing section shall cease in the following cases only: (1) Should the testator himself have made the division, unless it appears or may be reasonably presumed that he desired the contrary, and always reserving the legal portion. (2) Should it have been expressly stipulated on making the division. (3) Should the surrender arise from a cause subsequent to the division, or should it have been caused by the fault of the person to whom it was awarded. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1023.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905)›§ 2904 - Proportional obligation; insolvency of coheir
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905) › § 2904 - Proportional obligation; insolvency of coheir
The mutual obligation of the coheirs to surrender is in proportion to their respective hereditary shares; but if any of them should be insolvent the other coheirs shall be liable for his part, in the same proportion deducting the part pertaining to the one to be indemnified. Those paying for the insolvent shall preserve their action against him until the time when his fortune may improve. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1024.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905)›§ 2905 - Liability for insolvency of debtor; unrecoverable credits
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905) › § 2905 - Liability for insolvency of debtor; unrecoverable credits
If a credit should be awarded as recoverable, the coheirs shall not be liable for the subsequent insolvency of the debtor to the estate, and shall be liable only for his insolvency at the time the division is made. No one shall be liable for the credits qualified as unrecoverable; but should they be collected, in whole or in part, the amount collected shall be distributed in the proper proportion among the heirs. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1025.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919)›§ 2911 - Causes for rescission
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919) › § 2911 - Causes for rescission
Divisions may be rescinded for the same causes as obligations. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1026.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919)›§ 2912 - By reason of lesion
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919) › § 2912 - By reason of lesion
They may also be rescinded by reason of lesion exceeding the fourth part, taking into consideration the value of the things at the time they were awarded. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1027.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919)›§ 2913 - Injury to legal portion of heirs by force of law
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919) › § 2913 - Injury to legal portion of heirs by force of law
The division made by the testator cannot be impugned by reason of lesion excepting in the cases in which it may injure the legal portion of the heirs by force of law, or when it may appear, or it may be reasonably presumed, that the will of the testator was otherwise. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1028.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919)›§ 2914 - Prescription of action
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919) › § 2914 - Prescription of action
A rescissory action by reason of lesion shall prescribe after four years, counting from the time the division was made. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1029.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919)›§ 2915 - Choice between indemnity and new division
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919) › § 2915 - Choice between indemnity and new division
A defendant heir may choose between indemnifying for the damage or consent to a new division. The indemnity may be paid in cash or in the same thing which suffered the damage. If a new division is made it shall not include those who may not have been prejudiced, nor those who did not receive more than was proper. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1030.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919)›§ 2916 - Alienation of property preventing rescissory action
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919) › § 2916 - Alienation of property preventing rescissory action
An heir who may have alienated the whole or a considerable part of the real property awarded to him cannot institute the rescissory action by reason of lesion. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1031.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919)›§ 2917 - Omissions of objects or securities
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919) › § 2917 - Omissions of objects or securities
The omission of one or more objects or securities of the inheritance does not give rise to the rescission of the division by reason of lesion, but only to complete or increase the estate with the objects or securities omitted. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1032.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919)›§ 2918 - Division made with preterition of heir
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919) › § 2918 - Division made with preterition of heir
A division, made with preterition of any of the heirs, shall not be rescinded unless it be proven that there was bad faith or deceit on the part of the other persons interested; but the latter shall be obliged to pay to the omitted person the proportionate share belonging to him. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1033.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919)›§ 2919 - Division with person not an heir
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter IV - Rescission of Division (§§ 2911 — 2919) › § 2919 - Division with person not an heir
A division made with a person who was believed to be an heir without being so shall be void. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1034.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936)›§ 2931 - Opposition to division until credits paid or secured
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936) › § 2931 - Opposition to division until credits paid or secured
Creditors, recognized as such, may oppose the division of the inheritance until they are paid or the amount of their credits is secured. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1035.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936)›§ 2932 - Participation in division by creditors of coheirs
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936) › § 2932 - Participation in division by creditors of coheirs
Creditors of one or more of the coheirs may take part, at their own expense, in the division in order to prevent it being made in fraud or to the prejudice of their rights. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1036.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936)›§ 2933 - Demand for payment of debts after division
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936) › § 2933 - Demand for payment of debts after division
After the division has been made, the creditors may demand the payment of their debts in full of any of the heirs who may not have accepted the inheritance under the benefit of inventory, or up to the amount of their hereditary share in case they have accepted it under such benefit. In either case the defendant shall have a right to notify and summon his coheirs, unless, by disposition of the testator or by reason of the division, he alone should be bound to pay the debt. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1037.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936)›§ 2934 - Right of heir paying more than his share
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936) › § 2934 - Right of heir paying more than his share
The coheir who shall have paid more than pertains to his share in the inheritance may demand his proportionate part of the others. The same course shall be pursued if, by reason of the debt being secured by mortgage or consisting in a specified object, he should have paid it in full. The person to whom it has been awarded may, in such case, demand of his coheirs the proportional part only, even though the creditor should have transferred to him his actions and subrogated him in his place. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1038.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936)›§ 2935 - Extinction of charge on estates of inheritance
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936) › § 2935 - Extinction of charge on estates of inheritance
Should any of the estates of the inheritance be charged with a perpetual income or real property charge, it shall not be extinguished, even when redeemable, unless a majority of the coheirs agree thereto. Should this not be agreed to or should the charge not be redeemable, its value or principal shall be deducted from that of the estate, and the latter shall pass with the charge to the person to whom it may be allotted or awarded. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1039.
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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 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936)›§ 2936 - Rights of coheirs who are creditors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter V - Payment of Hereditary Debts (§§ 2931 — 2936) › § 2936 - Rights of coheirs who are creditors
The coheir, who at the same time should be a creditor of the deceased, may demand of the others the payment of his credits, deducting his proportional part as such heir, and without prejudice to the provisions of subchapter V, chapter 227, of this title. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1040.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996)›§ 2991 - Obligation consists of what
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996) › § 2991 - Obligation consists of what
Every obligation consists in giving, doing, or not doing something. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1041.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996)›§ 2992 - How created
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996) › § 2992 - How created
Obligations are created by law, by contracts, by quasi contracts, and by illicit acts and omissions or by those in which any kind of fault or negligence occurs. —Civil Code, 1930, § 1042. History
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996)›§ 2993 - Obligations arising from law not presumed; demandable obligations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996) › § 2993 - Obligations arising from law not presumed; demandable obligations
Obligations arising from law are not presumed. Those expressly determined in this Code or in special laws are the only demandable ones, and they shall be governed by the provisions of the laws which may have established them and by those of this subtitle in regard to what has not been prescribed by said laws. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1043.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996)›§ 2994 - Arising from contracts
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996) › § 2994 - Arising from contracts
Obligations arising from contracts have legal force between the contracting parties, and must be fulfilled in accordance with their stipulations. —Civil Code, 1930, § 1044. History
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996)›§ 2995 - Civil obligations arising from crimes or misdemeanors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996) › § 2995 - Civil obligations arising from crimes or misdemeanors
Civil obligations, arising from crimes or misdemeanors, shall be governed by the provisions of this title. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1045.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996)›§ 2996 - Obligations arising from fault or negligence
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 241 - General Provisions (§§ 2991 — 2996) › § 2996 - Obligations arising from fault or negligence
Those arising from acts or omissions, in which faults or negligence, not punished by law, occur, shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 393 of this title. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1046.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3011 - Preservation of thing due
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3011 - Preservation of thing due
A person obliged to give something is also bound to preserve it with the diligence pertaining to a good father of a family. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1047.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3012 - Rights of creditor to fruits
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3012 - Rights of creditor to fruits
A creditor has a right to the fruits of a thing from the time the obligation to deliver it arises. However, he shall not acquire a property right thereto until it has been delivered to him. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1048.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3013 - Delivery of specified or generic things; liability pending delivery
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3013 - Delivery of specified or generic things; liability pending delivery
Should the thing delivered be a specified one the creditor, independently of the right granted him by § 3018 of this title, may compel the debtor to make the delivery. Should the thing be undetermined or generic he may ask that the obligation be fulfilled at the expense of the debtor. Should the person obligated be in default, or be bound to deliver the same thing to two (2) or more different persons, he shall be liable therefor with regard to unforeseen events until the delivery is made. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1049.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3014 - Accessories of thing
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3014 - Accessories of thing
The obligation to give a specified thing includes that of delivering all of its accessories even though they may not have been mentioned. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1050.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3015 - Performance at expense of person obligated; badly done thing ordered undone
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3015 - Performance at expense of person obligated; badly done thing ordered undone
If the person obliged to do something should not do it, it shall be ordered to be done at his expense. This shall also be done should he act in contravention of the tenor of the obligation. Whatever has been badly done may also be ordered to be undone. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1051.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3016 - Obligation not to do something
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3016 - Obligation not to do something
The provisions of the second paragraph of § 3015 of this title shall also be observed when the obligation consists in not doing and the debtor should do what he has been forbidden. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1052.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3017 - Default; demand of creditor
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3017 - Default; demand of creditor
Persons obliged to deliver or to do something are in default from the moment when the creditor demands the fulfilment of their obligation, judicially or extrajudicially. However, the demand of the creditor, in order that default may exist, shall not be necessary: (1) If the obligation or law declares it expressly. (2) If by reason of its nature and circumstances it may appear that the fixing of the period within which the thing was to be delivered or the service rendered was a determinate cause to constitute the obligation. In mutual obligations none of the persons bound shall incur default if the other does not fulfill or does not submit to properly fulfill what is incumbent upon him. From the time one of the persons obligated fulfills his obligation the default begins for the other party. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1053.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3018 - Fraud, negligence, or delay in fulfilling obligation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3018 - Fraud, negligence, or delay in fulfilling obligation
Those who in fulfilling their obligations are guilty of fraud, negligence, or delay, and those who in any manner whatsoever act in contravention of the stipulations of the same, shall be subject to indemnify for the losses and damages caused thereby. —Civil Code, 1930, § 1054. History
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3019 - Liability arising from fraud
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3019 - Liability arising from fraud
Liability arising from fraud is demandable in all obligations. The renunciation of the action to enforce it is void. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1055.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3020 - Liability arising from negligence
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3020 - Liability arising from negligence
Liability arising from negligence is also demandable in the fulfilment of all kinds of obligations; but it may be mitigated by the court according to the case. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1056.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3021 - What constitutes fault or negligence
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3021 - What constitutes fault or negligence
The fault or negligence of the debtor consists of the omission of the steps which may be required by the character of the obligation and which may pertain to the circumstances of the persons, time, and place. Should the obligation not state what conduct is to be observed in its fulfilment, that observed by a good father of a family shall be required. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1057.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3022 - Unforeseen or inevitable events
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3022 - Unforeseen or inevitable events
No one shall be liable for events which could not be foreseen, or which having been foreseen were inevitable, with the exception of the cases expressly mentioned in the law or those in which the obligation so declares. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1058.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3023 - Indemnity for losses and damages
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3023 - Indemnity for losses and damages
Indemnity for losses and damages includes not only the amount of the loss which may have been suffered, but also that of the profit which the creditor may have failed to realize, reserving the provisions contained in the following sections. —Civil Code, 1930, § 1059. History
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3024 - Losses and damages for which debtor liable
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3024 - Losses and damages for which debtor liable
The losses and damages for which a debtor in good faith is liable, are those foreseen or which may have been foreseen, at the time of constituting the obligation, and which may be a necessary consequence of its nonfulfillment. In case of fraud, the debtor shall be liable for all those which clearly may originate from the nonfulfillment of the obligation. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1060.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3025 - Interest as indemnity for nonpayment of money
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3025 - Interest as indemnity for nonpayment of money
Should the obligation consist in the payment of a sum of money, and the debtor should be in default, the indemnity for losses and damages, should there not be a stipulation to the contrary, shall consist in the payment of the interest agreed upon, and should there be no agreement, in that of the legal interest. Until another rate is fixed by the Government, interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum shall be considered as legal. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1061.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3026 - Legal interest on interest due; commercial transactions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3026 - Legal interest on interest due; commercial transactions
Interest due shall earn legal interest from the time it is judicially demanded, even if the obligations should have been silent on this point. In commercial transactions the provisions of the Code of Commerce, Title 10, Subtitle 2, shall be observed. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1062.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3027 - Receipt extinguishes obligation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3027 - Receipt extinguishes obligation
A receipt from the creditor for the principal, without any stipulation regarding interest, extinguishes the obligation of the debtor with regard thereto. The receipt for the last instalment of a debt, when the creditor has made no reservation, shall also extinguish the obligation with regard to the previous instalments. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1063.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3028 - Rights of creditors attaching property
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3028 - Rights of creditors attaching property
Creditors, after having attached the property of which the debtor may be in possession, in order to collect all that is due them, may exercise all the rights and actions of the latter for the same purpose, excepting those inherent in his person; they may also impugn the acts which the debtor may have performed in fraud of their right. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1064.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029)›§ 3029 - Transmission of rights
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 243 - Nature and Effects of Obligations (§§ 3011 — 3029) › § 3029 - Transmission of rights
All the rights acquired by virtue of an obligation are transmissible, subject to law, should there be no stipulation to the contrary. —Civil Code, 1930, § 1065. History
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3041 - When obligations demandable
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3041 - When obligations demandable
Every obligation, the fulfillment of which should not depend upon a future or uncertain event or upon a past event, unknown to the parties in interest, shall be immediately demandable. Every obligation, containing a condition subsequent, shall also be demandable without prejudice to the effect of the performance. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1066.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3042 - Rights in conditional obligations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3042 - Rights in conditional obligations
In conditional obligations, the acquisition of rights, as well as the extinction or loss of those already acquired, shall depend upon the event constituting the condition. —Civil Code, 1930, § 1067. History
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3043 - Validity and effect of conditional obligation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3043 - Validity and effect of conditional obligation
If the fulfillment of the condition should depend upon the exclusive will of the debtor, the conditional obligation shall be void. If it should depend upon chance or upon the will of a third person, the obligation shall produce all its effects in accordance with the provisions of this title. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1068.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3044 - Impossible, immoral, and illegal conditions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3044 - Impossible, immoral, and illegal conditions
Impossible conditions, those contrary to morality, and those forbidden by law, shall annul the obligation depending upon them. The condition of not doing a thing which is impossible is considered as not imposed. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1069.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3045 - Condition that event happen within fixed period
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3045 - Condition that event happen within fixed period
The condition that a certain event shall happen within a fixed period, shall extinguish the obligation from the time the period lapses or when there is no doubt that the event will not take place. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1070.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3046 - Condition that event shall not happen
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3046 - Condition that event shall not happen
The condition that a certain event shall not occur within a fixed period shall render the obligation binding from the time the period fixed elapses, or when it becomes evident that such event cannot occur. Should there not be a fixed period, the condition shall be considered as fulfilled within the time which would probably have been fixed, in view of the nature of the obligation. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1071.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3047 - When condition considered fulfilled
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3047 - When condition considered fulfilled
The condition shall be considered as fulfilled when the obligated party should voluntarily prevent its fulfilment. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1072.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3048 - Retroactive effect of fulfillment of condition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3048 - Retroactive effect of fulfillment of condition
The effects of a conditional obligation to give after the condition has been fulfilled shall retroact to the day on which it was constituted. Nevertheless, if the obligation should impose mutual prestations on the parties concerned, the fruits and interest for the time during which the condition has been pending shall be understood as compensating each other. Should the obligation be unilateral, the debtor shall become the owner of the fruits and interest collected, unless by reason of the nature and circumstances of the obligation it must be inferred that the will of the person constituting it was otherwise. In the obligations of doing or of not doing, the courts shall determine in each case the retroactive effect of the condition fulfilled. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1073.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3049 - Actions before fulfillment of conditions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3049 - Actions before fulfillment of conditions
The creditor may, before fulfilling the conditions, enforce the actions which may be proper for the preservation of his right. The debtor may recover what he may have paid during the same period. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1074.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3050 - Rules if conditions established to suspend efficiency of obligation to give
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3050 - Rules if conditions established to suspend efficiency of obligation to give
Should the conditions be established for the purpose of suspending the efficiency of the obligation to give, the following rules shall be observed in case the thing should improve, or be lost or impaired while the condition is pending: (1) If the thing was lost without fault of the debtor, the obligation shall be extinguished. (2) If the thing was lost by the fault of the debtor, he is obliged to make good the losses and damages. It is understood the thing is lost when it perishes, becomes unsaleable, or disappears in such a manner that its existence is unknown, or it is not possible to recover it. (3) If the thing deteriorates without fault of the debtor, the deterioration shall be borne by the creditor. (4) If the thing should deteriorate by the fault of the debtor, the creditor may choose between the rescission of the obligation and its fulfilment, with indemnity for damages in both cases. (5) If the thing should improve by its nature or by time, the improvements accrue to the benefit of the creditor. (6) If it should improve at the expense of the debtor, the latter shall have no more rights than those granted a usufructuary. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1075.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3051 - Conditions to rescind obligation to give; obligations of doing or not doing
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3051 - Conditions to rescind obligation to give; obligations of doing or not doing
If the object of the conditions should be to rescind the obligation to give, after they are performed, the parties in interest shall mutually return all they may have received. In cases of loss, deterioration or improvement of the thing, the provisions relating to debtors, contained in § 3050 of this title, shall be applied to the person obliged to make restitution. With regard to the obligations of doing or not doing, the provisions of the second paragraph of § 3048 of this title shall be observed insofar as the effects of the rescission are concerned. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1076.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052)›§ 3052 - Right to rescind mutual obligations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3052 - Right to rescind mutual obligations
The right to rescind the obligations is considered as implied in mutual ones, in case one of the obligated persons does not comply with what is incumbent upon him. The person prejudiced may choose between exacting the fulfilment of the obligation or its rescission, with indemnity for damages and payment of interest in either case. He may also demand the rescission, even after having requested its fulfilment, should the latter appear impossible. The court shall order the rescission demanded, unless there are sufficient causes authorizing it to fix a period. This is understood without prejudice to the rights of third acquirers, in accordance with §§ 3496 and 3499 of this title, and with the provisions of the Mortgage Law and of the Property Registry, §§ 2001 et seq. of Title 30. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1077.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066)›§ 3061 - Fulfillment fixed for day certain
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3061 - Fulfillment fixed for day certain
Obligations, the fulfillment of which has been fixed for a day certain, shall only be demandable when the proper day arrives. A day certain is understood to be one which must necessarily arrive, even though its date be unknown. If the uncertainty should consist in the arrival or nonarrival of the day, the obligation is conditional and shall be governed by the rules of §§ 3041-3052 of this title. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1078.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066)›§ 3062 - Advance payments
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3062 - Advance payments
In obligations with definite periods, what has been paid in advance cannot be recovered. If the person who paid was not aware when he did so of the existence of the period, he shall have a right to claim from the creditor the interest or fruits which the latter may have received from the thing. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1079.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066)›§ 3063 - Benefit of period fixed in obligations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3063 - Benefit of period fixed in obligations
Whenever a period should be fixed in obligations, it is presumed as established for the benefit of the creditor as well as of the debtor, unless from their tenor or from other circumstances it should appear that it was established for the benefit of one or the other. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1080.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066)›§ 3064 - Duration of period fixed by courts
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3064 - Duration of period fixed by courts
Should the obligation not fix a period, but it can be inferred from its nature and circumstances that there was an intention to grant it to the debtor, the courts shall fix the duration of the same. The court shall also fix the duration of the period when it may have been left to the will of the debtor. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1081.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066)›§ 3065 - Loss of benefit of period by debtor
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3065 - Loss of benefit of period by debtor
The debtor shall lose all right to profit by the period: (1) If after contracting the obligation it should appear that he is insolvent, unless he gives security for the debt. (2) If he does not give to the creditor the guaranties stipulated. (3) If by his own acts he should have reduced said guaranties after giving them, and if they disappear through a fortuitous event, unless they are immediately substituted by new ones equally safe. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1082.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066)›§ 3066 - Computation of days
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3066 - Computation of days
If the period of the obligation be fixed by days, to be counted from a specified one, such day shall be excluded from the computation, which must begin on the following one. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1083.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086)›§ 3081 - Full compliance with one alternative required
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3081 - Full compliance with one alternative required
A person who is alternatively obliged to make different prestations must fully comply with one of them. A creditor cannot be compelled to receive a part of one and a part of another. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1084.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086)›§ 3082 - When option pertains to debtor; impossible or illicit prestations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3082 - When option pertains to debtor; impossible or illicit prestations
The option pertains to the debtor unless it has been expressly granted the creditor. A debtor shall not have the right to choose prestations which are impossible, illicit, or which could not have been the object of the obligation. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1085.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086)›§ 3083 - When election effective
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3083 - When election effective
The election shall be effective only from the time it was made known. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1086.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086)›§ 3084 - Loss of option
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3084 - Loss of option
A debtor shall lose the right of option when, of the prestations which he is alternatively obliged to make, only one is feasible. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1087.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086)›§ 3085 - Indemnity when all alternatives become impossible
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3085 - Indemnity when all alternatives become impossible
A creditor shall have the right to indemnity for losses and damages when, by the fault of the debtor, all the things which were alternatively the objects of the obligations should have disappeared, or it should have become impossible to fulfill the latter. The indemnity shall be fixed, taking as a basis the value of the last thing which may have disappeared or of the last service which has become impossible. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1088.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086)›§ 3086 - Rules governing liability of debtor
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3086 - Rules governing liability of debtor
When an option has been expressly granted the creditor the obligation shall cease to be alternative from the day on which notice of said option may have been given to the debtor. Until then the liability of the debtor shall be governed by the following rules: (1) If any of the things should have been lost by a fortuitous event, he shall perform by delivering the one which the creditor may select from among those remaining, or the one remaining if only one should exist. (2) If the loss of any of the things should have been caused by the fault of the debtor the creditor may claim any of those remaining or the value of the one which has disappeared by the fault of the debtor. (3) If all the things should have been lost by the fault of the debtor the creditor shall have a right to select the value of any one of them. The same rules shall be applied to the obligations of doing or not doing, in case that any or all of the prestations should be impossible. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1089.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3101 - Concurrence of two (2) or more creditors or debtors; joint obligation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3101 - Concurrence of two (2) or more creditors or debtors; joint obligation
The concurrence of two (2) or more creditors, or of two (2) or more debtors in a single obligation, does not imply that each one of the former has a right to ask, nor that each one of the latter is bound to comply in full with the things which are the object of the same. This shall only take place when the obligation determines it expressly, being constituted as a joint obligation. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1090.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3102 - Division of credit or debt
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3102 - Division of credit or debt
If from the context of the obligations referred to in section 3101 of this title any other thing does not appear the credit or the debt shall be presumed as divided in as many equal parts as there are creditors or debtors, being considered as credits or debts, each one different from the other. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1091.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3103 - Effect of indivisibility
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3103 - Effect of indivisibility
If the division should be impossible, the right of the creditors shall only be prejudiced by the collective acts of the same, and the debt shall only be recoverable by proceedings against all of the debtors. If any of the latter should be insolvent, the rest shall not be obliged to pay his share. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1092.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3104 - When solidarity may exist
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3104 - When solidarity may exist
Solidarity may exist, even though the creditors and debtors are not bound in the same manner, and for the same periods and under the same conditions. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1093.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3105 - Acts of joint creditors; action against joint debtors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3105 - Acts of joint creditors; action against joint debtors
Each of the joint creditors may do whatever may be profitable to the others, but not what may be prejudicial. The actions instituted against any one of the joint debtors shall prejudice all of them. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1094.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3106 - Payment to any one of joint creditors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3106 - Payment to any one of joint creditors
A debtor may pay the debt to any one of the joint creditors; but should it [he] have been sued by any one of them, he must make the payment to the latter. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1095.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3107 - Novation, compensation, confusion, or remission of debt
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3107 - Novation, compensation, confusion, or remission of debt
Novation, compensation, confusion, or remission of the debt, made by any of the joint creditors, or with any of the debtors of the same class, extinguishes the obligation without prejudice to the provisions of § 3110 of this title. A creditor who may have executed any of these acts, as well as the person who collects the debt, shall be liable to the others for the part pertaining to them in the obligation. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1096.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3108 - Actions against joint debtors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3108 - Actions against joint debtors
A creditor may sue any of the joint debtors or all of them simultaneously. The actions instituted against one shall not be an obstacle for those that may be brought subsequently against the others, as long as it does not appear that the debt has been collected in full. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1097.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3109 - Payment by one of joint debtors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3109 - Payment by one of joint debtors
The payment made by any of the joint debtors extinguishes the obligation. The person who made the payment can only claim from his codebtors the shares pertaining to each one with interest on the amounts advanced. The nonfulfilment of the obligation by reason of the insolvency of a joint debtor shall be made good by his codebtors in proportion to the debt of each of them. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1098.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3110 - Waiver or remission of part affecting one of joint debtors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3110 - Waiver or remission of part affecting one of joint debtors
The waiver or remission made by the creditor of the part affecting one of the joint debtors does not release the latter from his liability with regard to the codebtors in case the debt should have been paid in full by any of them. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1099.
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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 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112)›§ 3111 - Effect if thing perishes or prestation becomes impossible
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3111 - Effect if thing perishes or prestation becomes impossible
If the thing should have perished, or the prestation should have become impossible, without any fault of the joint debtors, the obligation shall be extinguished. If there should have been any fault on the part of any of them, all shall be liable with regard to the creditor for the value and the indemnity for damages and payment of interest, without prejudice to his action against the culpable or negligent person. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1100.