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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3112/ | PR | 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 Oblig... | 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) › § 3112 - Exceptions ... | A joint debtor may utilize, against the claim of the creditor, all the exceptions arising from the nature of the obligation and those which are personal to him. Those personally pertaining to the others may be employed by him only with regard to the share of the debt for which the latter may be liable.
History —Civil C... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-v/3121/ | PR | 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 V - Divisible and Indivisibl... | 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 V - Divisible and Indivisible Obligations (§§ 3121 — 3124) › § 3121 - Effe... | The divisibility or indivisibility of things, the object of obligations, in which there is one debtor and one creditor, does not change nor modify the provisions of §§ 3011 et seq. of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1102. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-v/3122/ | PR | 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 V - Divisible and Indivisibl... | 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 V - Divisible and Indivisible Obligations (§§ 3121 — 3124) › § 3122 - Indi... | An indivisible several obligation is determined by indemnifying for losses and damages from the time any of the debtors fails to comply therewith. The debtors who may have been disposed to perform their obligations shall only contribute to the indemnity a sum equivalent to the corresponding portion of the value of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-v/3123/ | PR | 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 V - Divisible and Indivisibl... | 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 V - Divisible and Indivisible Obligations (§§ 3121 — 3124) › § 3123 - Obli... | For the purposes of §§ 3121 and 3122 of this title the obligations to give specified things and all those which are not capable of partial fulfilments shall be considered as indivisible.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1104. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-v/3124/ | PR | 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 V - Divisible and Indivisibl... | 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 V - Divisible and Indivisible Obligations (§§ 3121 — 3124) › § 3124 - Obli... | The obligations of doing shall be divisible when their purpose is the presentation of a number or days of work, the execution of works by units of measurement, or other similar things which by reason of their nature are capable of partial fulfilment.
In obligations of not doing the divisibility or indivisibility shall ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-vi/3131/ | PR | 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 VI - Obligations With a Pena... | 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 VI - Obligations With a Penal Clause (§§ 3131 — 3134) › § 3131 - Effect of... | In obligations with a penal clause the penalty shall substitute indemnity for damages and the payment of interest in case of nonfulfilments, should there be no agreement to the contrary.
This penalty can only be enforced when it is demandable in accordance with the provisions of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, §... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-vi/3132/ | PR | 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 VI - Obligations With a Pena... | 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 VI - Obligations With a Penal Clause (§§ 3131 — 3134) › § 3132 - Payment o... | The debtor cannot exempt himself from the fulfilment of the obligation by paying the penalty, unless such right has been expressly reserved to him. Neither may the creditor exact the fulfilment of the obligation and also the payment of the penalty, unless such right has been clearly granted him.
History —Civil Code, 19... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-vi/3133/ | PR | 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 VI - Obligations With a Pena... | 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 VI - Obligations With a Penal Clause (§§ 3131 — 3134) › § 3133 - Modificat... | The court of judge shall equitably modify the penalty if the principal obligation should have been partly or irregularly fulfilled by the debtor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1108. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-vi/3134/ | PR | 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 VI - Obligations With a Pena... | 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 VI - Obligations With a Penal Clause (§§ 3131 — 3134) › § 3134 - Nullity o... | The nullity of the penal clause does not carry with it that of the principal obligation.
The nullity of the principal obligation carries with it that of the penal clause.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1109. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-preliminary/3151/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§ 3151) › § 3151 - How obligations extinguish... | Obligations are extinguished:
By their payment or fulfilment.
By the loss of the thing due.
By the remission of the debt.
By the merging of the rights of the creditor and debtor.
By compensation.
By novation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1110. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3161/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3161 - When debt is considered paid | A debt shall not be considered as paid until the full amount of the thing has been delivered, or the prestation of which the obligation consisted has been made.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1111. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3162/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3162 - Who may make payment; recovery from deb... | Any person, whether he has an interest or not in the fulfilment of the obligation, and whether the debtor knows and approves it or is not aware thereof, can make the payment.
The person paying for the account of another may recover from the debtor what he may have paid, unless he has done it against his express will.
I... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3163/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3163 - Payment in name of debtor without his k... | A person paying in the name of the debtor, without the knowledge of the latter, cannot compel the creditor to subrogate him in his rights.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1113. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3164/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3164 - Payment by person without free disposal... | In obligations to give, the payment made by a person not having the free disposal of the thing due, and capacity to convey it, shall not be valid.
However, if the payment should have consisted in a sum of money or in a thing perishable, no action can be brought against the creditor who may have spent or consumed it in ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3165/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3165 - Acceptance of prestation or services of... | In obligations of doing, the creditor cannot be compelled to receive the prestation or the services from a third party, when the quality and circumstances of the person of the debtor should have been taken into account in establishing the obligation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1115. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3166/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3166 - To whom payment made | Payment must be made to the person in whose favor the obligation is constituted, or to another authorized to receive it in his name.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1116. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3167/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3167 - Payment to incapacitated person; to thi... | The payment made to a person who is incapacitated from managing his property shall be valid insofar as it may have been employed for his benefit.
A payment made to a third person shall also be valid insofar as it may have been beneficial to the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1117. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3168/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3168 - Payment in good faith to possessor of c... | A payment made in good faith to the person who is in possession of the credit shall release the debtor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1118. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3169/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3169 - Payment after order to retain debt | A payment made by the debtor to the creditor after he has been judicially ordered to retain the debt shall not be valid
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1119. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3170/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3170 - Substitution of thing or prestation | The debtor of a thing cannot oblige his creditor to receive a different one, even though it should be of equal or greater value to that due.
Neither in obligations of doing can a prestation be substituted by another against the will of the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1120. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3171/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3171 - Quality of unspecified or generic thing | If the obligation should consist in the delivery of a thing, not specified or generic, the quality and circumstances of which should not have been expressed, the creditor cannot exact one of a superior quality nor can the debtor deliver one of an inferior quality.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1121. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3172/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3172 - Expenses of payment | Extrajudicial expenses arising from the payment shall be charged to the debtor. With regard to judicial expenses the court shall decide in accordance with the law of civil procedure.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1122. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3173/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3173 - Partial payment | Unless the contract expressly authorizes it the creditor cannot be compelled to partially receive the prestations of which the obligation consists.
However, should the debt be in part determined and in part undetermined, the creditor may exact and the debtor may make payment of the former without awaiting for the liqui... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3174/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3174 - Payment of debts of money | Payments of debts of money shall be made in the specie stipulated and, should it not be possible to deliver the specie, in legal silver or gold coin current in Puerto Rico.
The delivery of promissory notes to order or drafts or other commercial paper shall only produce the effects of payment when collected or when, by ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3175/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3175 - Place of payment | Payments shall be made at the place designated in the obligation.
Should it not have been designated, and when a determined thing is to be delivered, the payment shall be made at the place where the thing existed at the time of constituting the obligation.
In any other case the place of payment shall be that of the dom... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3176/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3176 - Application of payments — declaration o... | A person having several debts of the same kind in favor of a single creditor may declare, at the time of making a payment, to which of them it is to be applied.
If the debtor should accept a receipt from the creditor, setting forth the application of the payment, he cannot make a claim against it, unless there should b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3177/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3177 - Payment—Interest bearing debt | If the debt bears interest the payment cannot be considered as made on account of the principal until the interest is covered.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1127. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3178/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3178 - Payment—Most onerous debt; pro rata | When the payment cannot be applied according to the preceding rules the debt which is most onerous for the debtor among those which may be due shall be considered as the one paid.
If the latter should have the same nature and charges the payment shall be applied to all pro rata.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1128. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3179/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3179 - Payment by assignment of property | The debtor may assign his property to creditors in payment of his debts. This assignment releases the former from liability only to the net amount of the property assigned, unless there is an agreement to the contrary. Agreements entered into between the debtor and his creditors with regard to the effect of an assignme... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3180/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3180 - Tender of payment and consignation | If the creditor to whom the tender of payment has been made should refuse to accept it, without reason, the debtor shall remain released from all liability by the consignation of the thing due.
The same effect shall be produced by the consignation alone when made in the absence of the creditor, or when the latter shoul... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3181/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3181 - Payment—Notice of consignation required | In order that the consignation of the thing due may release the obligor, notice thereof must previously be given to the persons interested in the fulfilment of the obligation.
Consignation shall have no effect when not strictly in accordance with the provisions governing payment.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1131. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3182/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3182 - Payment—How consignation made | Consignation shall be made by depositing the things due at the disposal of the judicial authority before whom the tender shall be proven in a proper case and the notice of the consignation in other cases.
After the consignation has been made the persons interested shall also be notified thereof.
History —Civil Code, 19... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3183/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3183 - Payment—Expenses of consignation | The expenses of the consignation, when proper, shall be charged to the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1133. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3184/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3184 - Payment—Cancellation of obligation; wit... | After the consignation has been duly made the debtor may request the court or judge to order the cancellation of the obligation.
Until the creditor may accept the consignation or a judicial decision should be rendered that it was properly done, the debtor may withdraw the thing or amount consigned, leaving the obligati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3185/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3185 - Payment—Consent by creditor to withdraw... | If, after the consignation has been made, the creditor should authorize the debtor to withdraw it, the former shall lose the preference he may have in the thing. The codebtors and sureties shall be released.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1135. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3191/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3191 - When loss extinguishes oblig... | An obligation, consisting in the delivery of a specified thing, shall be extinguished when said thing should be lost or destroyed without fault of the debtor and before he should be in default.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1136. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3192/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3192 - Presumption of loss by fault... | Whenever the thing should be lost, when in the possession of the debtor, it shall be presumed that the loss occurred by his fault and not by a fortuitous event, unless there is proof to the contrary and without prejudice to the provisions of § 3013 of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1137. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3193/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3193 - Impossibility of prestation ... | In obligations to do, the debtor shall also be released when the prestation appears to be legally or physically impossible.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1138. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3194/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3194 - Debt arising from crime or m... | When the debt for a certain and specified thing arises from a crime or misdemeanor, the debtor shall not be exempted from the payment of its value, whatever the cause of the loss may have been, unless, having offered the thing to the person who should have received it, the latter should have refused to accept it withou... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3195/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3195 - Actions by creditor after ex... | After the obligation is extinguished by the loss of the thing, all the actions which the debtor may have against third persons, by reason thereof shall pertain to the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1140. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3201/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3201 - Express or implied remissi... | A remission may be made either expressly or by implication.
Both shall be subject to the provisions governing illegal gifts. An express remission must, furthermore, conform to the forms of a gift.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1141. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3202/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3202 - Surrender of private instr... | The surrender, made voluntarily by a creditor to his debtor, of a private instrument proving a credit, implies the renunciation of the action which the former had against the latter.
If in order to invalidate this renunciation, it should be claimed that it is illegal, the debtor and his heirs may support it by proving ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3203/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3203 - Remission of debts—Presump... | Whenever the private instrument from which the debt appears should be in the possession of the debtor, it shall be presumed that the creditor delivered it of his own will, unless the contrary is proven.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1143. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3204/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3204 - Remission of principal deb... | The remission of the principal debt shall extinguish the accessory obligations; but the remission of the latter shall leave the former in force.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1144. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3205/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3205 - Accessory obligation of a ... | The accessory obligation of a pledge shall be considered as remitted, when the thing pledged after having been delivered to the creditor, should be in the possession of the debtor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1145. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iv/3211/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211 — 3213) › § 3211 - Merger of creditor and deb... | Whenever the characters of creditor and debtor are merged in the same person, the obligation is extinguished.
The case in which this confusion take[s] place by virtue of inheritance is excepted, if said inheritance should have been accepted under benefit of inventory.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1146. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iv/3212/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211 — 3213) › § 3212 - When confusion benefits su... | The confusion which takes place in the person of the debtor or of the principal creditor is beneficial to the sureties. That taking place in any of the latter does not extinguish the obligation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1147. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iv/3213/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211 — 3213) › § 3213 - Effect of confusion on deb... | Confusion does not extinguish debts in severalty, except with regard to the part pertaining to the creditor or debtor in whom both characters are merged.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1148. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3221/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3221 - When compensation takes place | Compensation shall take place when two (2) persons, in their own right, are mutually creditors and debtors of each other.
—Civil Code, 1930, § 1149.
History |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3222/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3222 - Requisites | In order that compensation may be proper, it is required:
(1) That each of the persons bound should be so principally, and that he be at the same time the principal creditor of the other.
(2) That both debts consist of a sum of money or, when the things due are perishable, that they be of the same kind and also of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3223/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3223 - Compensation in favor of surety | Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding section, the surety may oppose compensation with regard to what the creditor may owe his principal debtor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1151. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3224/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3224 - Assignment of rights | A debtor who may have consented to the assignment of rights made by a creditor in favor of a third person, cannot oppose, against the assignee, the compensation which should pertain to him against the assignor.
If the creditor gave him notice of the assignment and the debtor did not consent thereto, he may oppose compe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3225/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3225 - Debts payable in different places | Debts payable in different places may be compensated by an indemnity for the expenses of transportation or for the exchange at the place of payment.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1153. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3226/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3226 - Debts arising from deposits; suppo... | Compensation shall not be proper when any of the debts arise from a deposit, or from the obligations of the depositary or borrower.
Neither can it be set off to the creditor for support due by reason of a good consideration.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1154. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3227/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3227 - Order of compensation among severa... | When a person should have different debts, which may be compensated, the provisions relating to the imputation of payments shall be observed in the order of compensation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1155. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3228/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3228 - Effect of compensation | The effect of compensation is to extinguish both debts to the concurrent amount, even when the creditors and debtors have no knowledge thereof.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1156. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3241/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3241 - Modification of obligations | Obligations may be modified:
(1) By the change of their object or principal conditions.
(2) By substituting the person of the debtor.
(3) By subrogating a third person in the rights of the creditor.
—Civil Code, 1930, § 1157.
History |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3242/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3242 - Extinction of one obligation by anoth... | In order that an obligation may be extinguished by another which substitutes it, it is necessary that it should be so expressly declared, or that the old and new be incompatible in all points.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1158. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3243/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3243 - Novation without knowledge of origina... | Novation, consisting in the substitution of a debtor in the place of the original one, may be made without the knowledge of the latter, but not without the consent of the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1159. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3244/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3244 - Insolvency of new debtor | The insolvency of the new debtor, who may have been accepted by the creditor, shall not revive the action of the latter against the original debtor, unless said insolvency may have been prior, public, and known to the debtor when he transferred his debt.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1160. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3245/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3245 - Effect of novation upon accessory obl... | When the principal obligation is extinguished by reason of the novation, the accessory obligation shall only remain in force insofar as they benefit third persons who have not given their consent thereto.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1161. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3246/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3246 - Nullity of original obligation | Novation is void if the original obligation is also so, unless the cause of nullity can be claimed by the debtor only, or the ratification gives validity to acts which were void in their origin.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1162. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3247/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3247 - Subrogation of third person in rights... | The subrogation of a third person in the rights of a creditor cannot be presumed, except in the cases expressly mentioned in this title.
In other cases it shall be necessary to prove it clearly in order that it may be effective.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1163. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3248/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3248 - When subrogation presumed | Subrogation shall be presumed:
(1) When a creditor pays another preferred creditor.
(2) When a third person, who is not interested in the obligation, pays with the express or implied approval of the debtor.
(3) When the person who is interested in the fulfilment of the obligation pays, without prejudice to the effects ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3249/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3249 - Subrogation by debtor without consent... | A debtor may make the subrogation without the consent of the creditor when, in order to pay the debt, he may have borrowed money in a public instrument, stating his purpose and setting forth in the receipt the origin of the sum paid.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1165. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3250/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3250 - Subrogation transfers rights with cre... | Subrogation transfers to the subrogated the credit, with the corresponding rights, either against the debtor or against third persons, be they sureties or holders of mortgages.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1166. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3251/ | PR | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 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 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3251 - Preference to person subrogated by pa... | A creditor to whom a partial payment has been made may exercise his right with regard to the balance, with reference to the person subrogated in his place by virtue of the partial payment of the said credit.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1167. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-preliminary/3261/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§§ 3... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§§ 3261 — 3262) › § 3261 - Burden of proof of obli... | Proof of obligations devolves upon the persons claiming their fulfilment, and that of their extinction upon those opposing it.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1168. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-preliminary/3262/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§§ 3... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§§ 3261 — 3262) › § 3262 - Methods of proof | Proofs may be given by instruments, by confession, by the personal inspection of the court or judge, by experts, by witnesses, and by presumptions.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1169. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3271/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3271 - Public instruments — ... | Public instruments are those authenticated by a notary or by a competent public official, with the formalities required.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1170. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3272/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3272 - Public instruments—In... | Instruments in which a notary public takes part shall be governed by the Notarial Law.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1171. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3273/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3273 - Public instruments—Ev... | Public instruments are evidence, even against a third person, of the fact which gave rise to their execution and of the date of the latter.
They shall also be evidence against the contracting parties and their legal representatives with regard to the declarations the former may have made therein.
History —Civil Code, 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3274/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3274 - Public instruments—Ef... | Public instruments, made for the purpose of impairing a former instrument, between the same parties, shall be effective against third parties only when the contents of the former should have been entered in the proper public registry or in the margin of the original instrument, and in that of the transcript of copy, by... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3275/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3275 - Public instruments—Co... | Copies of public instruments of which there is an original or protocol, contested by those they prejudice, shall have force of proof only when they have been duly collated.
Should there be any difference between the original and the copy the contents of the former shall govern.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1174. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3276/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3276 - Public instruments—Ev... | Should the original instrument, the protocol, and the original record have disappeared, the following shall constitute evidence:
(1) First copies made by the public official who authenticated them.
(2) Subsequent copies issued by virtue of a judicial mandate, after citing the persons interested.
(3) Those which, withou... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3277/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3277 - Public instruments—We... | The entry in any public registry of an instrument which may have disappeared shall be weighed according to the rules established in the last two (2) paragraphs of § 3276 of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1176. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3278/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3278 - Public instruments—De... | An instrument which is defective by reason of the incompetency of the notary or by reason of any other fault in its form shall be considered as a private instrument when signed by the parties who executed the same.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1177. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3279/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3279 - Public instruments—In... | An instrument acknowledging an agreement or contract proves nothing against the instrument containing the same if by excess or omission they disagree therewith, unless the novation of the former is expressly proven.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1178. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3280/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3280 - Private instruments—F... | A private instrument legally acknowledged shall have, with regard to those who signed it and their legal representatives, the same force as a public instrument.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1179. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3281/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3281 - Private instruments—A... | A person against whom a written obligation, which appears signed by him, is set up in court is obliged to declare whether the signature is his or not.
The heirs or the legal representatives of the person obligated may limit themselves to state if they know whether the signature to the obligation is or is not that of th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3282/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3282 - Private instruments—D... | The date of a private instrument shall be considered, with regard to third persons, only from the date on which it may have been filed or entered in a public registry, from the death of any of those who signed it, or from the date on which it may have been delivered to a public official by virtue of his office.
The sam... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3283/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3283 - Private instruments—F... | Entries, registries, and private papers shall be evidence against the person who has written them only in all that may appear clearly stated; but a person who wishes to make use thereof is bound to accept them also in the part prejudicial to him.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1182. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3284/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3284 - Private instruments—N... | A note written or signed by a creditor at the end, in the margin, or on the back of an instrument held by him constitutes evidence in all that may be favorable to the debtor.
The same shall be understood of a note written or signed by the creditor, on the back, in the margin, or at the foot of the duplicate of an instr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3285/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3285 - Private instruments—E... | Private instruments executed for the purpose of changing the agreements made in a public instrument shall produce no effect against a third person.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1184. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-ii/3291/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299)›§ 329... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299) › § 3291 - How confession made | Confession may be made either judicially or extrajudicially.
In either case it shall be an indispensable condition for the validity of the confession that it should relate to personal acts of the confessor and that he should have legal capacity to make it.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1185. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-ii/3292/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299)›§ 329... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299) › § 3292 - Confession evidence against author | Confession is evidence against the author.
Exception is made of the case in which compliance with the laws may be evaded by the same.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1186. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-ii/3293/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299)›§ 329... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299) › § 3293 - Partial use of confession | The confession cannot be partially used against him who makes it unless it should refer to different facts, or when a part of the confession is proven by other means, or when, in any particular, it should be contrary to nature or law.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1187. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-ii/3294/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299)›§ 329... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299) › § 3294 - When confession loses effectiveness | Confession loses its effectiveness only when it is proven that on making it an error of fact was committed.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1188. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-ii/3295/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299)›§ 329... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299) › § 3295 - Judicial confession | A judicial confession must be made under oath before a judge of competent jurisdiction, and when he who may be benefited by it has actual representation in the proceedings.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1189. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-ii/3296/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299)›§ 329... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299) › § 3296 - Judicial confession under decisory oath | When a judicial confession under decisory oath is requested, the party from whom it is demanded may ask that the oath be referred to the adverse party, and should the latter refuse to take it, it shall be considered that the person has confessed.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1190. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-ii/3297/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299)›§ 329... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299) › § 3297 - When decisory oath not demandable | A decisory oath cannot be demanded on incriminating facts nor on questions with regard to which the parties cannot compromise.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1191. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-ii/3298/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299)›§ 329... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299) › § 3298 - Weight of confession under decisory oath | A confession made under decisory oath, whether deferred or referred, constitutes a proof only in favor or against the parties who submitted to it and their heirs or legal representatives.
No proof with regard to the falsity of said oath shall be admitted.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1192. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-ii/3299/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299)›§ 329... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter II - Confession (§§ 3291 — 3299) › § 3299 - Extrajudicial confession | Extrajudicial confession is considered as an act subject to the judgment of the courts, according to the rules established on evidence.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1193. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-iii/3311/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter III - Personal Inspection by the Judge... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter III - Personal Inspection by the Judge (§§ 3311 — 3312) › § 3311 - Effectiveness of ... | Evidence by personal inspection by the court or judge shall only be effective insofar as it clearly permits the court to judge, by the external appearance of the thing inspected, of the fact which he desires to ascertain.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1194. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-iii/3312/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter III - Personal Inspection by the Judge... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter III - Personal Inspection by the Judge (§§ 3311 — 3312) › § 3312 - Weight in decisio... | The inspection made by a court or judge, may be weighed in the sentence rendered by another judge, provided the former has set forth with perfect clearness in the proceedings the details and circumstances to the thing inspected.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1195. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-iv/3321/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter IV - Expert Evidence (§§ 3321 — 3322)›... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter IV - Expert Evidence (§§ 3321 — 3322) › § 3321 - Use of expert evidence | This kind of evidence may only be made use of when, in order to weigh the facts, scientific, artistic, or practical knowledge is necessary or advisable.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1196. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-iv/3322/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter IV - Expert Evidence (§§ 3321 — 3322)›... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter IV - Expert Evidence (§§ 3321 — 3322) › § 3322 - Value and form | The value of this evidence and the form in which it is to be given are the subjects of the provisions of the Law of Civil Procedure.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1197. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-v/3331/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter V - Evidence of Witnesses (§§ 3331 — 3... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter V - Evidence of Witnesses (§§ 3331 — 3334) › § 3331 - Admissibility of evidence of w... | Evidence of witnesses shall be admissible, in all cases in which it should not have been expressly forbidden.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1198. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-v/3332/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter V - Evidence of Witnesses (§§ 3331 — 3... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter V - Evidence of Witnesses (§§ 3331 — 3334) › § 3332 - Qualifications of witnesses | All persons, of either sex, who are not disqualified by natural incapacity or by the provisions of law, may be witnesses.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1199. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-v/3333/ | PR | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter V - Evidence of Witnesses (§§ 3331 — 3... | 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 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter V - Evidence of Witnesses (§§ 3331 — 3334) › § 3333 - Natural incapacity | The following are disqualified by natural incapacity:
(1) Lunatics or insane persons.
(2) The blind and deaf, in those things a knowledge of which depends upon sight and hearing.
(3) Minors under ten (10) years of age, who appear to be unable to receive exact impressions of facts on which they are examined, or to give ... |
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