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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5171/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5171 - Liability of ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5171 - Liability of debtor for his obligations | A debtor is liable for the fulfilment of his obligations with all his present and future property.
—Civil Code, 1930, § 1811.
History |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5172/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5172 - Request for r... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5172 - Request for reduction and extension of time | A debtor may judicially ask from his creditors a reduction in the amount and an extension of time in the payment of his debts, or either of the two (2) things, but the exercise of this right shall not produce judicial effects, except in the cases and in the manner prescribed in the law of Civil Procedure.
History —Civi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5173/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5173 - Bankruptcy pe... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5173 - Bankruptcy petition | A debtor, whose liabilities are greater than his assets, and who may have failed to meet his current obligations, must file a petition in bankruptcy (concurso) in a competent court, as soon as he is aware of being in such condition.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1813. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5174/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5174 - Effect of dec... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5174 - Effect of declaration in bankruptcy; discharge | A declaration in bankruptcy disqualifies the bankrupt (concursado) to administer his property and any other, which by law pertains to him.
He shall be reinstated in his rights, upon the termination of the bankruptcy, if no cause preventing it should appear from the qualification of bankruptcy.
History —Civil Code, 1930... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5175/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5175 - Immature debt... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5175 - Immature debts become due | By the declaration in bankruptcy, all the immature debts of the bankrupt become due.
Should they be paid before the time fixed in the obligation, they shall suffer the discount in proportion to the amount of the legal interest on the money.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1815. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5176/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5176 - Debts cease t... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5176 - Debts cease to bear interest | From the date of the declaration in bankruptcy, all the debts of the bankrupt shall cease to bear interest, with the exception of mortgage and pledge credits to the amount of their respective guaranties.
If, after the principal of the debts has been paid, a balance should remain, interest shall be paid, reduced to the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5177/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5177 - Binding chara... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5177 - Binding character of settlements with creditors | Settlements, which the debtor and his creditors may judicially agree to, with the formalities of law with regard to the reduction of the amount and extension of time, or in bankruptcy, shall be binding on all the concurrent parties and on those who, having been cited and notified in due form, should not have protested ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5178/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5178 - Decision of m... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5178 - Decision of majority binds all creditors | If the settlement for reduction of amount and extension of time is agreed to with creditors of the same class, the legal decision of the majority shall be binding on all, without prejudice to the respective preference of the credits.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1818. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5179/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5179 - Effect of com... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5179 - Effect of compliance or noncompliance with settlement | If the debtor should comply with the settlement, his obligations shall be extinguished in the terms stipulated in the same; but, should he fail to comply with the whole or a part of said settlement, the rights of the creditors shall revive for the sums of their original credits which they may not have received, and any... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-397/5180/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180)›§ 5180 - Rights of cre... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 397 - General Provisions (§§ 5171 — 5180) › § 5180 - Rights of creditors after termination of bankruptcy | Should there be no express stipulation to the contrary between the debtor and the creditors, the latter shall preserve their rights, after the termination of the bankruptcy, to collect from the property which the debtor may subsequently acquire that part of their credits not received.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1820. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-399/5191/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195)›§ 5191 - How cr... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195) › § 5191 - How credits classified | Credits shall be classified for their graduation and payment in the order and manner specified in this chapter.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1821. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-399/5192/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195)›§ 5192 - Credit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195) › § 5192 - Credits preferred—As to specified personal property ... | With regard to specified personal property of the debtor, the following are preferred:
(1) Credits for the construction, repair, preservation, or for the amount of the sale of personal property which may be in the possession of the debtor to the extent of the value of the same.
(2) Those secured by a pledge which may b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-399/5193/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195)›§ 5193 - Credit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195) › § 5193 - Credits preferred—As to certain real property rights... | With respect to certain real property and rights on the realty of the debtor, the following shall have preference:
(1) Credits in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Municipal Revenue Collection Center, or the corresponding municipality on the taxpayer’s assets for the amount of the last five (5) annual asses... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-399/5194/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195)›§ 5194 - Credit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195) › § 5194 - Credits preferred—As to all other personal and real ... | With respect to all other personal and real property of the debtor, the following shall have preference:
(1) Credits in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Municipal Revenue Collection Center, or the corresponding municipality, for the taxes of the last five (5) delinquent annual assessments and the current u... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-399/5195/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195)›§ 5195 - Credit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 399 - Classification of Credits (§§ 5191 — 5195) › § 5195 - Credits having no preference | Credits of any other kind or for any other consideration not included in the preceding sections, shall have no preference.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1825. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-401/5211/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 401 - Priority of Payments of Credits (§§ 5211 — 5214)›§ 5211 - ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 401 - Priority of Payments of Credits (§§ 5211 — 5214) › § 5211 - Effect of preferred credits as to certain pers... | Credits which enjoy preference with regard to certain personal property exclude all the others to the extent of the value of the personal property to which the preference refers.
When two (2) or more creditors claim preference with regard to certain personal property, the following rules shall be observed as to priorit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-401/5212/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 401 - Priority of Payments of Credits (§§ 5211 — 5214)›§ 5212 - ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 401 - Priority of Payments of Credits (§§ 5211 — 5214) › § 5212 - Effect of preferred credits as to certain real... | Credits which enjoy preference with regard to certain real property or property rights exclude all others from their amounts to the extent of the value of the real estate or property rights to which the preference refers.
If two (2) or more credits affecting certain real property or property rights should concur, the f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-401/5213/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 401 - Priority of Payments of Credits (§§ 5211 — 5214)›§ 5213 - ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 401 - Priority of Payments of Credits (§§ 5211 — 5214) › § 5213 - Disposition of residue of debtor’s estate | The residue of the estate of a debtor, after the credits which enjoy preference with regard to certain property, personal or real, have been paid, shall become part of the free property which he may possess for the payment of the other credits.
Those which enjoy preference with regard to certain property, personal or r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xvii/chapter-401/5214/ | 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 XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214)›Chapter 401 - Priority of Payments of Credits (§§ 5211 — 5214)›§ 5214 - ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVII - Concurrence and Preference of Credits (§§ 5171 — 5214) › Chapter 401 - Priority of Payments of Credits (§§ 5211 — 5214) › § 5214 - Order of payment of credits having no preferen... | Credits which have no preference with regard to certain property, and those which have preference for the amount not collected, or when the right of preference should have prescribed, shall be paid according to the following rules:
(1) In the order established in § 5194 of this title.
(2) Those preferred by dates, acco... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-405/5241/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250)›§ 5241 - Acquisition of ownership and rights; ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250) › § 5241 - Acquisition of ownership and rights; extinction of rights and actions | Ownership and other property rights are acquired by prescription in the manner and under the conditions specified by law.
Rights and actions, of any kind whatsoever, also are extinguished by prescription in the same manner.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1830. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-405/5242/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250)›§ 5242 - Who may acquire property or rights by... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250) › § 5242 - Who may acquire property or rights by prescription | Persons qualified to acquire property or rights by other legal means may also acquire the same by prescription.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1831. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-405/5243/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250)›§ 5243 - Extinction of rights and actions by p... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250) › § 5243 - Extinction of rights and actions by prescription | Rights and actions shall extinguish by prescription to the prejudice of all kinds of persons, including judicial persons, in the terms prescribed by law.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1832. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-405/5244/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250)›§ 5244 - Prescription by coproprietor or owner... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250) › § 5244 - Prescription by coproprietor or owner in common | Prescription acquired by a coproprietor or owner in common benefits all the others.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1833. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-405/5245/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250)›§ 5245 - Effects of prescription upon inherita... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250) › § 5245 - Effects of prescription upon inheritance | Prescription produces its judicial effects in favor and against the inheritance, before the latter has been accepted, and during the time granted to make an inventory and for deliberation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1834. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-405/5246/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250)›§ 5246 - Renunciation of prescription | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250) › § 5246 - Renunciation of prescription | Persons with the capacity to alienate may renounce the prescription acquired, but not the right to prescription in the future.
Prescription shall be understood as renounced in an implied manner when the renunciation arises from facts which lead to the supposition that the right acquired has been abandoned.
History —Civ... |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1836. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-405/5248/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250)›§ 5248 - Creditors and other interested person... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 405 - General Provisions (§§ 5241 — 5250) › § 5248 - Creditors and other interested persons may benefit | Creditors and any other person interested in validating a prescription may benefit thereby, notwithstanding the express or implied renunciation of the debtor or owner.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1837. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1838. |
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History... |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1840. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-407/5262/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281)›§ 5262 - Char... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281) › § 5262 - Character of possession | Possession must be in the capacity of an owner, public, peaceful, and uninterrupted.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1841. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1842. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-407/5264/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281)›§ 5264 - Inte... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281) › § 5264 - Interruption of possession naturally or civilly | For the effects of prescription, possession is interrupted either naturally or civilly.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1843. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1844. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-407/5266/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281)›§ 5266 - Civi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281) › § 5266 - Civil interruption | Civil interruption is caused by a judicial citation of the possessor, even should it be by order of a court or of a judge without jurisdiction.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1845. |
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(1) If it should be void by reason of the absence of legal formalities.
(2) If the plaintiff should withdraw his complaint or should permit the proceedings to lapse.
(3) If the suit against the possessor should be dismissed.
History... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-407/5268/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281)›§ 5268 - Civi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281) › § 5268 - Civil interruption—By judicial or notarial notice | Civil interruption shall also take place on judicial or notarial notice, provided that within two (2) months from the execution thereof a complaint as to the possession or ownership of the thing contested be presented to the court or judge.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1847. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1848. |
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History —Civil Code, 1... |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1850. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-407/5272/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281)›§ 5272 - Good... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281) › § 5272 - Good faith defined—Other requirements | The conditions of good faith, required for possession in §§ 1424, 1425, and 1651 of this title, are equally necessary for the determination of said requisite in the prescription of ownership and of other property rights.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1851. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-407/5273/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281)›§ 5273 - Prop... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281) › § 5273 - Proper title defined | By a proper title is understood that which legally suffices to transfer the ownership or property right, the prescription of which is in question.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1852. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-407/5274/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281)›§ 5274 - True... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281) › § 5274 - True and valid title required | The title for prescription must be true and valid.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1853. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1854. |
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The ownership of personal property also prescribes by uninterrupted possession for six (6) years, without the necessity of any other condition.
The provisions of § 1479 of this title shall be observe... |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-407/5278/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281)›§ 5278 - Term... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 407 - Prescription of Ownership and Other Property Rights (§§ 5261 — 5281) › § 5278 - Term of prescription for real property and rights | Ownership and other property rights in real property shall prescribe by possession for ten (10) years as to the persons present, and for twenty (20) years with regard to those absent, with good faith and with a proper title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1857. |
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If said person was present during part of the time and absent during another part, every two (2) years of absence shall be considered as ... |
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History —Civil Code, 193... |
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(1) The actual possessor may complete the time necessary for prescription by adding to his time that of his constituent.
(2) It is presumed that the actual possessor, who may have been a possessor at a former period, has c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5291/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5291 - Actions prescribed by lapse of t... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5291 - Actions prescribed by lapse of time | Actions are prescribed by the mere lapse of time specified by law.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1861. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5292/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5292 - Real actions as to personal prop... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5292 - Real actions as to personal property | Real actions with regard to personal property prescribe after the lapse of six (6) years from the loss of possession, unless the possessor may have during a shorter term acquired the ownership in accordance with § 5276 of this title, and with the exception of the cases of loss and public sale, and those of theft and ro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5293/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5293 - Real actions as to real property | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5293 - Real actions as to real property | Real actions with regard to real property prescribe after thirty (30) years.
This provision is understood without prejudice to the prescriptions relating to the acquisition of ownership or of property rights by prescription.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1863. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5294/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5294 - Mortgage action; personal action... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5294 - Mortgage action; personal actions for which term not fixed | A mortgage action prescribes after twenty (20) years, and those which are personal and for which no special term of prescription is fixed, after fifteen (15) years.
—Civil Code, 1930, § 1864.
History |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5295/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5295 - Action to demand division of inh... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5295 - Action to demand division of inheritance, division of common thing or survey o... | Among coheirs, coowners, or proprietors of adjacent estates, the action to demand the division of the inheritance, of the thing held in common, or the survey of the adjacent properties does not prescribe.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1865. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5296/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5296 - Actions which prescribe in five ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5296 - Actions which prescribe in five (5) years | Actions to demand the fulfilment of the following obligations prescribe in five (5) years:
(1) For the payment of income for support.
(2) For the payment of rents, whether derived from rural or from town property.
(3) That of any other payments which should have been made annually or in shorter periods.
History —Civil ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5297/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5297 - Actions which prescribe in three... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5297 - Actions which prescribe in three (3) years | Actions for the fulfilment of the following obligations shall prescribe in three (3) years:
(1) For the payment of judges, lawyers, registrars, notaries public, experts, agents, and clerks, for their charges and fees and the expenses and disbursements incurred by them in the discharge of their duties or offices in the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5298/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5298 - Actions which prescribe in one y... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5298 - Actions which prescribe in one year | The following prescribe in one (1) year:
(1) Actions to recover or retain possession.
(2) Actions to demand civil liability for grave insults or calumny, and for obligations arising from the fault or negligence mentioned in § 5141 of this title, from the time the aggrieved person had knowledge thereof.
—Civil Code, 193... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5299/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5299 - Date prescription begins—Actions... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5299 - Date prescription begins—Actions not otherwise provided for | The time for the prescription of all kinds of actions, when there is no special provision to the contrary, shall be counted from the day on which they could have been instituted.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1869. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5300/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5300 - Date prescription begins—Actions... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5300 - Date prescription begins—Actions as to principal with interest or rent and ann... | The time for the prescription of actions, the object of which is to demand the fulfilment of obligations with regard to principal with interest or rent, runs from the last payment of rent or interest.
The same shall be understood with regard to the principal of the consignative or transferable annuity.
In emphyteutic a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5301/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5301 - Date prescription begins—Obligat... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5301 - Date prescription begins—Obligations declared in a judgment | The period for the prescription of actions to demand the fulfilment of obligations declared in a judgment shall begin from the day the judgment became final.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1871. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5302/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5302 - Date prescription begins—Actions... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5302 - Date prescription begins—Actions as to accounts | The term for the prescription of actions to demand the rendering of accounts runs from the day on which those who should have rendered them ceased in their charges.
That pertaining to the action for the balance of accounts, from the date on which the latter was acknowledged by agreement of the parties interested.
Histo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5303/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5303 - Interruption of prescription | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5303 - Interruption of prescription | Prescription of actions is interrupted by their institution before the courts, by extrajudicial claim of the creditor, and by any act of acknowledgment of the debt by the debtor.
—Civil Code, 1930, § 1873.
History |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5304/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5304 - Effect of interruption on other ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5304 - Effect of interruption on other creditors or debtors, and heirs of debtor | Interruption of prescription of actions in joint obligations equally benefits or injures all the creditors or debtors.
This provision is likewise applicable with regard to the heirs of the debtor in all kinds of obligations.
In obligations in common, when the creditor does not claim from one of the debtors more than th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xviii/chapter-409/5305/ | 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 XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305)›Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305)›§ 5305 - Effect of interruption on surety | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XVIII - Prescription (§§ 5241 — 5305) › Chapter 409 - Prescription of Actions (§§ 5291 — 5305) › § 5305 - Effect of interruption on surety | Interruption of the prescription against the principal debtor by suit for debt shall also lie against his surety; but that arising from extrajudicial claims of the creditor or private acknowledgments of the debtor shall not prejudice said surety.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1875. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/253/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 253 - Absent person... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 253 - Absent persons | If when the cause of action accrues against a person, he is out of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the action may be commenced within the term herein limited after his return to said Commonwealth, and if, after the cause of action accrues, he departs from said Commonwealth, the time of his absence is not part of the t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/254/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 254 - Persons under... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 254 - Persons under disability | If a person entitled to bring an action, other than the recovery of real property, be at the time the cause of action accrued, either:
(1) Within the age of majority; or
(2) insane; or
(3) imprisoned on a criminal charge, or in execution under the sentence of a criminal court for a term less than for life; or
(4) a mar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/255/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 255 - Death of part... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 255 - Death of parties before limitation expires | If a person entitled to bring an action dies before the expiration of the term limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survives, an action may be commenced by his representatives, after the expiration of that time, and within one year [of] his death. If a person against whom an action may be broug... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/256/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 256 - Alien subject... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 256 - Alien subjects or citizens of country at war | When a person is an alien subject, or a citizen of a country at war with the United States, the time of the continuance of the war is not a part of the period limited for the commencement of the action.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 42. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/258/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 258 - Commencement ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 258 - Commencement stayed by injunction or statutory prohibition | When the commencement of an action is stayed by injunction or statutory prohibition, the time of the continuance of the injunction or prohibition is not part of the time limited for the commencement of the action.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 44. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/259/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 259 - Time of exist... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 259 - Time of existence of disability | No person can avail himself of a disability, unless it existed when his right of action accrued.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 45. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/260/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 260 - Two or more d... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 260 - Two or more disabilities | When two (2) or more disabilities co-exist at the time the right of action accrues, the limitation does not attach until they are removed.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 46. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/261/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 261 - Actions again... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 261 - Actions against directors or stockholders of corporations | This part does not affect actions against directors or stockholders of a corporation, to recover a penalty or forfeiture imposed, or to enforce a liability created by law; but such action must be brought within three (3) years after the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts upon which the penalty or forfeiture ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/262/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 262 - Acknowledgmen... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 262 - Acknowledgment or promise to be written and signed | No acknowledgment or promise is sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, by which to take the case out of the operation of this part unless the same is contained in some writing, signed by the party to be charged thereby.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 48. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-41/263/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264)›Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264)›§ 263 - Actions barre... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART I - Time of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 251 — 264) › Chapter 41 - Generally (§§ 251 — 264) › § 263 - Actions barred elsewhere | When a cause of action has arisen in a State or Territory of the United States, or in a foreign country, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot be maintained against a person by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against him in Puerto Rico, except in favor of one who has be... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-ii/chapter-49/352/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART II - Parties (§§ 301 — 353)›Chapter 49 - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as Party (§§ 351 — 353)›§ 352 - Representa... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART II - Parties (§§ 301 — 353) › Chapter 49 - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as Party (§§ 351 — 353) › § 352 - Representation in condemnation proceedings | In every proceeding for condemnation of private property for public use, the representation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall fall to the officer designated in the act authorizing such proceeding.
Whenever any act authorizes the condemnation of private property for public use or a proceeding of the nature of con... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-59/463/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART IV - Manner of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 451 — 464)›Chapter 59 - Generally (§§ 451 — 464)›§ 463 - Foreign co... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART IV - Manner of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 451 — 464) › Chapter 59 - Generally (§§ 451 — 464) › § 463 - Foreign corporations and companies and persons engaged i... | Any foreign corporation, joint-stock company or trust company whose capital interest is represented by certificates of transferable stock or shares, or any private person engaged in the transportation of passengers in Puerto Rico, or between Puerto Rico and the United States, or between Puerto Rico and abroad, shall su... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-iv/chapter-59/464/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART IV - Manner of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 451 — 464)›Chapter 59 - Generally (§§ 451 — 464)›§ 464 - Foreign co... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART IV - Manner of Commencing Civil Actions (§§ 451 — 464) › Chapter 59 - Generally (§§ 451 — 464) › § 464 - Foreign corporations and companies and persons engaged i... | The word “person” as used in § 463 of this title means a natural person, as well as private corporations, companies or associations, whether civil, mercantile or industrial, and also public corporations and associations with juridic personality recognized by law.
History —May 14, 1951, No. 433, p. 1224, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-viii/chapter-105/1130/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART VIII - Execution of Judgment (§§ 1121 — 1211)›Chapter 105 - Execution Generally (§§ 1121 — 1148)›§ 1130 - Homes... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART VIII - Execution of Judgment (§§ 1121 — 1211) › Chapter 105 - Execution Generally (§§ 1121 — 1148) › § 1130 - Homestead exemptions | In addition to the homestead exempted by the Homestead Law, the following property belonging to an actual resident of this Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be likewise exempted from execution, except as herein otherwise provided:
(1) Chairs, tables, desks and books, to the value of one hundred (100) dollars, belonging... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-viii/chapter-105/1133/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART VIII - Execution of Judgment (§§ 1121 — 1211)›Chapter 105 - Execution Generally (§§ 1121 — 1148)›§ 1133 - Notic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART VIII - Execution of Judgment (§§ 1121 — 1211) › Chapter 105 - Execution Generally (§§ 1121 — 1148) › § 1133 - Notice of sale-penalties for omission or destructio... | An officer selling without the notice prescribed by the last section forfeits five hundred (500) dollars to the aggrieved party, in addition to his actual damages; and a person wilfully taking down or defacing the notice posted, if done before the sale or the satisfaction of the judgment (if the judgment be satisfied b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1476/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1476 - Payment of fees in in... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1476 - Payment of fees in internal revenue stamps; cancellation | All amounts received in the office of the General Court of Justice of Puerto Rico as fees fixed by the Supreme Court for civil actions shall be paid by electronic means or through any method or instrument adopted by the court in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1477/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1477 - Schedule of fees paya... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1477 - Schedule of fees payable to clerks and marshals | A forty-dollar ($40) filing fee shall be paid for each oral or written motion or petition for stay of the hearing on the merits of any litigious civil case heard in the Court of First Instance. A twenty-dollar ($20) filing fee shall be paid in the case of an oral or written motion or petition for stay of a hearing at a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1479/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1479 - Other fees prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1479 - Other fees prohibited | Court officials may not collect fees in any civil action other than those fixed by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico through resolution in accordance with the authority conferred thereto by virtue of §§ 1476-1482 of this title. However, if the payment of such fee is made by means of stamps, court officials may receive a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1480/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1480 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1480 - Penalties | Any court official who, in any civil action, deliberately collects or receives fees other than those fixed by the Supreme Court in accordance with the authority conferred thereto by law, except in the case of a payment in excess of the fees provided under § 1479 of this title, or who deliberately fails to comply with t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1481/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1481 - Documents not bearing... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1481 - Documents not bearing stamps void | Each and every document or petition which requires the payment of a court filing fee shall be null and void, and shall not be admitted as evidence in trial unless such payment is duly evidenced, pursuant to the rules established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the person onto whom he/she so delegates.
Hist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1482/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1482 - Persons unable to pay... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1482 - Persons unable to pay fees; documents exempt from fees | Any person residing in Puerto Rico who wishes to initiate a civil action or appeal but is unable to pay the fee fixed by the Supreme Court or the fees for the stay of proceedings required under §§ 1476–1482 of this title, may present to the Court Clerk an affidavit stating his/her inability to pay such fees, together w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1482a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1482a - Payment of fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1482a - Payment of fees | Any law establishing fees other than those fixed by the Supreme Court through resolution or the fees for the stay of proceedings provided in §§ 1476—1482 of this title, shall be deemed to be repealed and the fees established for payment to the court clerks and marshals shall be those fixed by the Supreme Court in accor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1482e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1482e - Creation of Special ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1482e - Creation of Special Fund | The Administrative Director of Courts shall keep a register of all internal revenue stamps cancelled for fees in civil actions while such form of payment is used. If other forms of payment for the services of the Judicial Branch are established, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the person to who he/she delegat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1492/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1492 - Exemption from fees o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1492 - Exemption from fees of loans by United States—Authentication of doc... | Every public or private document executed for the purpose of contracting and securing mortgage loans, crop loans, or loans of any other nature, by the Government of the United States of America or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, as well as every other public or private document executed to evince the delivery... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1493/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1493 - Exemption from fees o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1493 - Exemption from fees of loans by United States—Recording free from f... | The deeds and other documents to which § 1492 of this title refers shall be recorded in the Registries of Puerto Rico free from the fees, taxes, or imposts of whatever nature prescribed by law for the operations effected in those Registries. Such judicial proceedings as it may be necessary or indispensble to prosecute ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1494/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1494 - Exemption from fees o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1494 - Exemption from fees of loans by United States—Registries of propert... | The exemption provided for the purposes indicated in § 1492 of this title is made extensive to all tariff fees prescribed by law for the granting of titles and their recording in the Registries of Property, and to the issuance of all kinds of certificates, in all government centers of the Commonwealth or of the municip... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1495/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1495 - Exemption from fees o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1495 - Exemption from fees of loans by United States—Certificates issued b... | Registrars of Property shall issue free from fees, taxes, or imposts of whatever nature, every certificate required by the Government of the United States of America or by its agencies or instrumentalities for the purposes set forth in § 1492 of this title.
History —June 22, 1954, No. 81, p. 412, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1495a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1495a - Exemption from fees ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1495a - Exemption from fees of loans by United States—Entities included | There shall be understood for the purposes of §§ 1492-1495a of this title that “United States of America or by any of its agencies or instrumentalities” includes The Federal Land Bank of Baltimore, The Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore, The Baltimore Bank for Cooperatives, The Federal Land Bank Association ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1496/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1496 - Exemption from fees o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1496 - Exemption from fees of Society for Legal Assistance—Judicial procee... | In all that is pertinent to the performance of its functions and the attainment of its aims, or necessary for the processing of the cases or matters in which it is interfering on behalf of the persons to whom it is rendering legal services gratuitously, the Society for Legal Assistance of Puerto Rico is hereby exempt f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1497/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1497 - Exemption from fees o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1497 - Exemption from fees of Society for Legal Assistance—Services of cou... | Those persons for whom the Society for Legal Assistance shall prosecute judicial actions in court shall be entitled to the services of the court officers and employees and to all orders and decrees thereof, just as if the fees required by law had been paid.
History —June 14, 1957, No. 51, p. 113, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1498/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1498 - Exemption from fees o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1498 - Exemption from fees of Society for Legal Assistance—Legal value of ... | Every document issued for the Society for Legal Assistance under § 1496 of this title shall have the same legal value as if the fees, tariffs, taxes or imposts required by law had been paid thereon.
History —June 14, 1957, No. 51, p. 113, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1499/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1499 - Exemption from fees o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1499 - Exemption from fees of Society for Legal Assistance—Signing and sea... | Judicial papers, requests for certification of public documents, and requests for registration in public registries, processed under §§ 1496-1499 of this title, shall be signed by an attorney from the Society for Legal Assistance and shall bear the seal of the Society.
History —June 14, 1957, No. 51, p. 113, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-133/1500/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500)›§ 1500 - Exemption in favor of... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 133 - Fees and Costs (§§ 1461 — 1500) › § 1500 - Exemption in favor of legal services corporations and similar entit... | The Puerto Rico Legal Services Corporation, the Centro Legal de Ayuda a Menores del Distrito de Mayagüez, Inc., the San Juan Legal Services Corporation and any other nonprofit entity or municipal organization whose duties and purposes are similar to those of said corporations shall be exempted from the payment of all k... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-135/1525/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 135 - General Provisions (§§ 1511-1520 — 1531)›§ 1525 - Compilation ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 135 - General Provisions (§§ 1511-1520 — 1531) › § 1525 - Compilation of papers in civil suits | The pleadings, determinations, and all other documents which are to form part of the papers in civil cases, including the documents presented by the parties to the suit, shall be compiled and carefully bound in the order in which they have been filed, and shall bear on the cover the name of the court, the number under ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-two/subtitle-2/part-x/chapter-135/1526/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576)›Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561)›PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531)›Chapter 135 - General Provisions (§§ 1511-1520 — 1531)›§ 1526 - Compilation ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-TWO - Code of Civil Procedure (§§ 1 — 3576) › Subtitle 2 - Procedure in Civil Actions Generally (§§ 251 — 1561) › PART X - Miscellaneous (§§ 1331 — 1531) › Chapter 135 - General Provisions (§§ 1511-1520 — 1531) › § 1526 - Compilation of papers in civil suits—Copies of judgment or... | The clerks of the court shall make, gratis, a true copy from the minutes of the court, of any judgment or determination of the court or the judge thereof, rendered during the proceedings, and shall include it in the papers.
History —Feb. 19, 1906, p. 101, § 2. |
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