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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2764/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2764 - Ownership without recor... | The petitioner, the other interested parties, the District Attorney and the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works or, in their absence, the public agencies affected, may appeal the resolution issued by the court, and should they do so, the appeal shall be heard in regular civil proceeding.
With the admission or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2765/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2765 - Ownership without recor... | When verification of a property survey is required by this subtitle, it shall be done by certification of the measurement duly sworn to by the licensed surveyor who made it, where the summoning of the bordering landowners is attested to, as well as the fact that the survey was correctly made.
History —Mortgage Law, 197... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2766/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2766 - Ownership without recor... | When registration of community property is sought, and all its members did not follow the proper procedures, the other co-owners must be summoned in the manner and terms established in § 2762 of this title.
History —Mortgage Law, 1979, § 241. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2767/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2767 - Ownership without recor... | In the event that the immediately previous owner must be summoned, but has died, the petitioner shall list the names of the heirs in the initial brief if they are known, and if they are not, shall state that they are persons unknown.
It shall not be necessary to prove documentarily that they are heirs or successors, bu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2768/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2768 - Ownership without recor... | A petitioner cannot be expected to submit the property’s acquisition title in the judicial proceeding to prove ownership when he has alleged that he does not have it. In the event that one of the persons summoned objects to the adjudication of title proposed by the petitioners, alleging that he has more right to it tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2769/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2769 - Ownership without recor... | The decision on whether or not ownership is proved shall not prevent the subsequent filing of a plenary contested suit by the person who considers himself injured, without prejudice to the provisions of § 2355 of this title, with regard to a third party.
History —Mortgage Law, 1979, § 244; June 14, 1980, No. 143, p. 53... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2770/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2770 - Registration of propert... | When the Registrar has good reason to believe that the property to be registered appears in the Registry or is part of another property already recorded, he shall demand the corresponding judicial opinion that it is a different property, with notification to those having a right in the Registry.
History —Mortgage Law, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2771/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2771 - Owner of recorded prope... | When the owner of a recorded property or of a real right on it does not appear as owner of record, he must bring a regular action against those appearing in the Registry as titleholders, and if he wins the lawsuit, the court shall order a registration in the name of the plaintiff, and the cancellations which are in ord... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2772/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2772 - Rectification of size o... | Rectification of the size of all properties already recorded may be entered in the Registry by any of the following means:
First.— By an unappealable verdict handed down in a regular procedure of judicial survey or to establish the dimensions.
Second.— By public document when it is a question of reduction of the area o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2773/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2773 - Real right on other’s u... | The titleholder of a real right imposed on someone else’s unrecorded property may request the registration of his right, in accordance with the following rules:
First.— He shall present his title in the appropriate Registry section, requesting that a cautionary notice be entered for failure to record the property befor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2774/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2774 - Registration by state, ... | The state, its agencies, instrumentalities or municipalities may register properties belonging to them, provided they have possessed the property, as shown in their records, for more than thirty years as owners, quietly, continuously, publicly and peacefully.
They may also register property possessed under similar circ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2775/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2775 - Registration by state, ... | In order to make the registration provided in § 2774 of this title, the head of the agency, in whose charge the administration or custody of the properties which are to be registered is, provided that because of his office he exercises public authority or has the power to certify, shall issue a certification in which, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2776/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2776 - Double registration; pr... | If a person who has real estate property registered in his/her name believes that another registration entered under a different number refers to the same real estate property or to the same titleholder, he/she may request that the Registrar, after summoning all interested parties pursuant to the provisions of the Rule... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-123/2777/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 123 - Concordance Between Record and Legal Reality; Registration of Property (§§ 2761 — 2777) › § 2777 - Unrecorded documents; i... | No document or legal instrument that has not been recorded in the Registry by which rights, subject to registration according to this subtitle, are constituted, conveyed, recognized, modified or extinguished shall be admitted in the courts or in those government bodies which exercise quasi-judicial powers.
Nevertheless... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-125/2801/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 125 - Registry Books and Repeals (§§ 2801 — 2802)›§ 2801 - Books; closing, fil... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 125 - Registry Books and Repeals (§§ 2801 — 2802) › § 2801 - Books; closing, filing, transfer, restoration and issuance of certi... | All that pertains to the closing and filing of Registry books existing in old accounting offices, annotating offices and mortgage-receiving offices, transfer of the Day Books, or operations of the different Registry sections to the general files, the issuing of certifications of these books, restoration of totally or p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-125/2802/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 125 - Registry Books and Repeals (§§ 2801 — 2802)›§ 2802 - Repeals | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 125 - Registry Books and Repeals (§§ 2801 — 2802) › § 2802 - Repeals | The “Mortgage Law for Overseas Provinces”, approved on July 14, 1893, and the Regulations for its enforcement, approved on July 18, 1893, as both bodies of law have been amended, §§ 1-556, 621-777, 831-1465 and 1531-1644 of this title; Act No. 3, approved on September 2, 1955, as amended, sections 1748-1765 and 1768-17... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-4/chapter-127/2821/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821)›Chapter 127 - Transitory Provisions (§ 2821)›§ 2821 - Transitory provisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 4 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; General Provisions (§§ 2001 — 2821) › Chapter 127 - Transitory Provisions (§ 2821) › § 2821 - Transitory provisions | First.— Any mention of a right subject to special and separate registration existing in Registry entries shall have no effect whatsoever, even though it may relate or refer to titles or registrations entered later, when the interested party has not requested that the right be recorded, or no legal action has been initi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-5/chapter-201/4001/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005)›Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003)›§ 4001 - Number of registrars | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005) › Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003) › § 4001 - Number of registrars | The Property Registry shall have twenty-eight (28) Registrars. The Secretary of Justice may increase their number up to a maximum of thirty-six (36), except in case a Registrar is appointed as Administrative Director, when their number may be increased to thirty-seven (37).
History —June 3, 1980, No. 86, p. 239, § 1; J... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-5/chapter-201/4002/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005)›Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003)›§ 4002 - Salaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005) › Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003) › § 4002 - Salaries | The salary of the Property Registrars shall be equal to the salary established for the office of Superior Judge of the Court of First Instance. The annual salary of the Administrative Director of the Property Registry shall be five percent (5%) higher than the salary of the Property Registrars.
History —June 3, 1980, N... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-5/chapter-201/4002a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005)›Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003)›§ 4002a - Leave | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005) › Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003) › § 4002a - Leave | Property registrars have the right to accumulate and enjoy vacation and sick leave in accordance with the applicable norms for other employees of the Justice Department.
History —June 3, 1980, No. 86, p. 239, added as § 3 (second) on Dec. 13, 1990, No. 40, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-5/chapter-201/4002b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005)›Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003)›§ 4002b - Lump sum payment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005) › Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003) › § 4002b - Lump sum payment | Upon separation from service property registrars shall have a right to lump sum payment of accumulated sick and vacation leave in accordance with the provisions of § 703a of Title 3.
History —June 3, 1980, No. 86, p. 239, added as § 4 on Dec. 13, 1990, No. 40, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-5/chapter-201/4003/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005)›Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003)›§ 4003 - Funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005) › Chapter 201 - Property Registrars (§§ 4001 — 4003) › § 4003 - Funds | The funds needed to carry out the purposes of §§ 4001-4003 of this title shall be appropriated annually in the Regular Budget Joint Resolution.
History —June 3, 1980, No. 86, p. 239, § 3; Sept 16, 1983, No. 14, p. 381, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1983. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-5/chapter-202/5001/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005)›Chapter 202 - Computerized Registry System (§§ 5001 — 5005)›§ 5001 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005) › Chapter 202 - Computerized Registry System (§§ 5001 — 5005) › § 5001 - Regulations | The Secretary shall approve the regulations that are needed for the implementation of this chapter.
The operational regulations of the Computerized Registry System, approved on March 29, 1999 by the Secretary, shall be deemed to be an approved regulation for the purposes of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3.
The Secretary sha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-5/chapter-202/5002/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005)›Chapter 202 - Computerized Registry System (§§ 5001 — 5005)›§ 5002 - Personnel and ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005) › Chapter 202 - Computerized Registry System (§§ 5001 — 5005) › § 5002 - Personnel and their training | (a) The Secretary may hire all the personnel that is needed for the updating of the operations of the Property Registry and the implementation of the electronic information systems. The Secretary may recruit temporary personnel, on a full-time or part-time basis, by designation or through a professional services contra... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-5/chapter-202/5004/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005)›Chapter 202 - Computerized Registry System (§§ 5001 — 5005)›§ 5004 - Interagency co... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005) › Chapter 202 - Computerized Registry System (§§ 5001 — 5005) › § 5004 - Interagency coordination | The Secretary of Justice and the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a joint regulation for the electronic debiting of the filing fees.
The Secretary of Justice and the Secretary of the Treasury may contract the development and establishing of electronic systems with the Notarial Bond Fund of the Puerto Rico Bar ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty/subtitle-5/chapter-202/5005/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005)›Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005)›Chapter 202 - Computerized Registry System (§§ 5001 — 5005)›§ 5005 - Presentation o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 5 - Mortgage and Property Registry Act of 1979; Additional Provisions (§§ 4001 — 5005) › Chapter 202 - Computerized Registry System (§§ 5001 — 5005) › § 5005 - Presentation of documents | The Secretary is hereby authorized to provide by regulations for the filing of documents through simultaneous electronic channels or in stages for all the sections of the Property Registry, as deemed convenient for the operation of the Registry.
History —Feb. 17, 2000, No. 48, § 24, eff. 90 days after Feb. 17, 2000. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-preliminary/chapter-1/1/ | 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 Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23)›Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23)›§ 1 - Title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23) › Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23) › § 1 - Title | This act shall be known as “The Civil Code of Puerto Rico”.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-preliminary/chapter-1/2/ | 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 Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23)›Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23)›§ 2 - Ignorance of law | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23) › Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23) › § 2 - Ignorance of law | Ignorance of the law does not excuse from compliance therewith.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 2. |
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In no case shall the retroactive effect of a law operate to the prejudice of rights acquired under previous legislative action.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 3. |
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Rights granted by the laws may be renounced, provided such renunciation be not contrary to law, to public interest or public order, or prejudicial to the interest of a third person.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 4. |
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Laws may be repealed either entirely or in part by other laws.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 5. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 6. |
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When there is no statute applicable to the case at issue, the court shall decide in accordance with equity, which means that natural justice, a... |
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If the months are referred to by name, they shall be computed by the number of days which they respectively con... |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 9. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 10. |
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When such acts are authorized by diplomatic or consular officials of the United States abroad, the formalities established for their execution by the laws of the United States s... |
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—Civil Code, 1930, § 12.
History |
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—Civil Code, 1930, § 14.
History |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 16. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 17. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-preliminary/chapter-1/18/ | 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 Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23)›Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23)›§ 18 - Laws referring to same matte... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23) › Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23) › § 18 - Laws referring to same matter | Laws which refer to the same matter, or whose object is the same, shall be interpreted with reference to each other, in order that what is clear in one may be employed for the purpose of explaining what is doubtful in another.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 18. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-preliminary/chapter-1/19/ | 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 Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23)›Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23)›§ 19 - Reason, spirit, and motives ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23) › Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23) › § 19 - Reason, spirit, and motives of law | The most effectual and universal manner of discovering the true meaning of a law, when its expressions are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit thereof, or the cause or motives which induced its enactment.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 19. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-preliminary/chapter-1/21/ | 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 Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23)›Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23)›§ 21 - Distinction of laws as odiou... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23) › Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23) › § 21 - Distinction of laws as odious or favorable | The distinction of laws into odious or favorable with a view of limiting or extending their provisions, shall not be made by those whose duty it is to interpret them.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 21. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-preliminary/chapter-1/22/ | 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 Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23)›Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23)›§ 22 - Civil laws applied without d... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle Preliminary - Subtitle Preliminary Provisions (§§ 1 — 23) › Chapter 1 - The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application (§§ 1 — 23) › § 22 - Civil laws applied without distinction | Civil laws are equally applied to all without distinction of person or sex, except in the cases otherwise specially provided in the law.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 22. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 24. |
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(2) Dementia or insanity.
(3) Prodigality.
(4) Habitual drunkenness.
(5) Deaf-mutes who cannot understand or communicate effectively by any means.
These are not more than restrictions to the capacity of performing.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 25; May 6, 1983, No. 26, p. 48, § 1; Dec. 14, 1994, No. 140, §... |
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-i/chapter-13/101/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART I - Distinction of Persons (§§ 81 — 105)›Chapter 13 - Artificial Persons (§§ 101 — 105)›§ 101 - Artificial persons—Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART I - Distinction of Persons (§§ 81 — 105) › Chapter 13 - Artificial Persons (§§ 101 — 105) › § 101 - Artificial persons—Definitions | The following are artificial persons:
(1) Corporations and associations of public interest, having artificial personality recognized by law. The personality of such bodies shall commence from the moment of their establishment in accordance with law.
(2) Private corporations, companies or associations, whether civil, co... |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 28. |
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History —Civil Code, 1930, § 29. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-i/chapter-13/104/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART I - Distinction of Persons (§§ 81 — 105)›Chapter 13 - Artificial Persons (§§ 101 — 105)›§ 104 - Artificial persons—Powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART I - Distinction of Persons (§§ 81 — 105) › Chapter 13 - Artificial Persons (§§ 101 — 105) › § 104 - Artificial persons—Powers | Artificial persons may acquire and possess property of all kinds and also contract obligations and institute civil and criminal actions, in accordance with the laws and regulations of their establishment.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 30. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-i/chapter-13/105/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART I - Distinction of Persons (§§ 81 — 105)›Chapter 13 - Artificial Persons (§§ 101 — 105)›§ 105 - Property of extinct corporations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART I - Distinction of Persons (§§ 81 — 105) › Chapter 13 - Artificial Persons (§§ 101 — 105) › § 105 - Property of extinct corporations | If any corporation or association shall cease in its functions by reason of the time for which it was established having legally expired, or the object for which they were constituted having been fulfilled, or it being impossible to continue giving to such object the necessary funds and attention, the property thereof ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/131/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 131 - Appointment of administrator | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 131 - Appointment of administrator | When any person who possesses movable or immovable property or rights and credits relating thereto shall be absent or shall reside out of Puerto Rico, without having appointed an attorney in fact to administer his estate, or when the administrator or attorney in fact so named shall die or become legally incapable, for ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/132/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 132 - Preference in appointment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 132 - Preference in appointment | In the appointment of such administrator the Court of First Instance shall prefer the husband or wife of the absentee to his presumptive heirs; the presumptive heirs to other relations; said relations to strangers; and his creditors to those persons not otherwise interested, provided the said creditors are in the full ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/133/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 133 - Oath of administrator | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 133 - Oath of administrator | The administrator appointed shall take an oath to fulfill well and faithfully the duties of his office and to present an exact account of his administration when called upon to do so by the Court of First Instance or a party having a legal right thereto.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 34. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/134/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 134 - Inventory; security | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 134 - Inventory; security | Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the administrator shall make an inventory with an appraisement of the property of the absentee over which his administration extends, before the Court of First Instance appointing him or before a notary public duly authorized to that effect by such court; and he shall, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/135/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 135 - Sale or encumbrance of property forbidden; liabilit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 135 - Sale or encumbrance of property forbidden; liability and compensation of administrator | The administrator shall only have the right of administering the property of the absentee and in no case shall he alienate or encumber the same. He is also bound, as regards his administration, by the same obligations and responsibilities as those by which tutors are bound, and shall be entitled to the same pecuniary c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/136/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 136 - Administrator as legal representative | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 136 - Administrator as legal representative | The administrator of the absentee shall be his legal representative.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 37. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/137/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 137 - Termination of administration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 137 - Termination of administration | The administration of the absentee shall cease:
(1) When the absentee or person residing out of Puerto Rico appears in person or names an attorney in fact or a representative to administer his property, which person may be either the same who is exercising the administration or any other person.
(2) When the death of t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/138/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 138 - Sale of property ten years after disappearance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 138 - Sale of property ten years after disappearance | Whenever the administrator or the attorney in fact of the absentee shall present to the Court of First Instance a petition made under oath that, according to his knowledge and belief, nothing has been known or heard of the absentee during a period of ten years since his disappearance and that he has no known heirs resi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/139/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 139 - Annual accounts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 139 - Annual accounts | The administrator of the absentee shall file annual accounts of his administration, which shall be examined in due course of law contradictorily with an administrator appointed ad hoc to represent the absentee.
The judgment rendered with respect to the said accounts shall be considered prima facie evidence of their cor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/140/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 140 - Final account | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 140 - Final account | The administrator shall render a final account of his administration upon the termination thereof, in any of the cases already established for the termination of such administration.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 41. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-19/141/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 141 - Suits against absentees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 19 - Provisional Measures in Case of Absence (§§ 131 — 141) › § 141 - Suits against absentees | If suit be brought against an absentee who has no known attorney in fact in Puerto Rico nor administrator appointed for the care of his property, the part of the Court of First Instance in which such suit is brought shall appoint an administrator ad hoc to defend the absentee in said suit.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/151/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 151 - Provisional possession by heirs after five y... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 151 - Provisional possession by heirs after five years | If a person shall not have appeared either in person or through an attorney in fact at his place of domicil or habitual residence after five years have elapsed from the time of his departure, or if no news concerning him has been received in the same period of time, his presumptive heirs may, by producing proof of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/152/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 152 - Seven years in case of power of attorney | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 152 - Seven years in case of power of attorney | If the absentee has left a power of attorney to any person at the time of his departure, his presumptive heirs shall not obtain provisional possession of his estate until seven years have elapsed from the time the said absentee was last heard of.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 44. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/153/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 153 - Expiration of power of attorney | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 153 - Expiration of power of attorney | If the power of attorney conferred by the absentee expires, his property shall be administered in the manner established in §§ 131-141 of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 45. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/154/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 154 - Presumption of death of absentee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 154 - Presumption of death of absentee | Provisional possession may also be ordered before the expiration of the terms above mentioned when there shall be offered strong presumptions that the absentee has perished.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 46. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/155/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 155 - Action on petition for provisional possessio... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 155 - Action on petition for provisional possession | In order to decide the petition referred to in the preceding section, the Court of First Instance shall take into consideration the motives of the absence and the reasons to which may be attributed the fact that nothing has been heard as to the whereabouts of the absentee.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 47. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/156/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 156 - Action upon will of absentee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 156 - Action upon will of absentee | When the presumptive heirs have been placed in provisional possession of the estate of the absentee, if there exists a will made by said absentee it may be presented or opened at the request of an interested party, and the testamentary heirs, legatees and donees as well as all persons having a claim against the said es... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/157/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 157 - Universal heir preferred | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 157 - Universal heir preferred | If the will institutes a universal heir, he shall be preferred to the presumptive heir unless they are forced heirs, and shall be given the provisional possession of the property of the absentee, but giving security for his administration.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 49. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/158/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 158 - Rights of husband or wife of absentee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 158 - Rights of husband or wife of absentee | The husband or wife of the absentee who wishes to continue enjoying the benefits derived from the community of property and matrimonial gains, may prevent the provisional possession or exercise of all the rights which may depend upon the death of the absentee, and claim and preserve for himself or herself, in preferenc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/159/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 159 - Nature of provisional possession; security | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 159 - Nature of provisional possession; security | Provisional possession is only a deposit investing those who obtain it with the administration of the estate of the absentee, to whom they are liable in case he appears or is heard from.
The security given by those who are placed in provisional possession of the property of the absentee shall not exceed the probable va... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/160/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 160 - Inventory, sale, and investment of personal ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 160 - Inventory, sale, and investment of personal property | It shall be the duty of those obtaining provisional possession of the property of the absentee, or of the husband or wife continuing in the administration of the community, to make an inventory of the movables and credits of the absentee, either through the Court of First Instance or by a notary public duly authorized ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/161/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 161 - Report on condition of real property | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 161 - Report on condition of real property | Those who shall have obtained provisional possession or legal administration of the property of the absentee may petition, for their own security, that the Court of First Instance name two experts who, under oath, shall examine the real property of the absentee and report as to its condition. Such report shall afterwar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/162/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 162 - Return of property to absentee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 162 - Return of property to absentee | The heirs of the absentee who shall have been placed in provisional possession of his property, shall, when he appears, return to him, together with the property, the balance of income remaining after paying from such income the cost of their own maintenance and the expenses caused in the preservation of the property.
... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/163/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 163 - Alienation or encumbrance of real property | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 163 - Alienation or encumbrance of real property | Persons enjoying only provisional possession can neither alienate nor encumber the real estate of the absentee, but when said real estate consists of shares or co-ownership of real estate materially indivisible and which may be destroyed by the action of time or force majeure, the part of the Court of First Instance wh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/164/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 164 - Declaration that absentee presumed dead | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 164 - Declaration that absentee presumed dead | After fifteen (15) years have passed since the day on which the provisional possession of the estate of the absentee was awarded or on which the husband or wife of said absentee took over the administration of the estate belonging to him or to her in accordance with the foregoing provisions, or after ninety (90) years ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/165/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 165 - Effective date | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 165 - Effective date | The resolution of the presumption of death shall not go into effect until after six months, to be counted from its official publication.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 57. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/166/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 166 - Discharge of securities and distribution of ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 166 - Discharge of securities and distribution of estate | After the resolution of the presumption of death the securities given to guarantee the provisional possession shall be discharged and the succession to the estate of the absentee opened, and its distribution and proper disposal among his heirs be proceeded with in accordance with law.
Persons having in charge the prope... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/167/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 167 - Appearance or proof of existence of absentee... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 167 - Appearance or proof of existence of absentee—During provisional possession | If the absentee appear or his existence be proven during the provisional possession, the effect of the resolution or decree ordering said provisional possession shall cease, without affecting the validity of the measures taken in compliance with the provisions of §§ 131-141 of this title for the preservation and admini... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/168/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 168 - Appearance or proof of existence—After absol... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 168 - Appearance or proof of existence—After absolute possession | If the absentee appear or his existence be proven after others have been put into absolute possession of his estate, he shall recover the said estate in the condition in which it may be, as also the value of such part of it as has been sold or such property as has been bought with the proceeds of the disposal of his es... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/169/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 169 - Petition for restitution by descendants | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 169 - Petition for restitution by descendants | The children or direct descendants of the absentee may, in the same manner and within thirty years from the day in which absolute possession of his estate was awarded, petition for the restitution of his estate in accordance with the provisions of the preceding section.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 61. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-21/170/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170)›§ 170 - Assertion of rights against absentee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 21 - Provisional Possession of Property of Absentee (§§ 151 — 170) › § 170 - Assertion of rights against absentee | After a judgment ordering the provisional possession or legal administration of the estate of the absentee, no person who may have rights to exercise against the absentee, can prosecute such rights, except against those who have been put into provisional possession of the estate, or legally appointed administrators of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-23/181/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 23 - Effects of Absence Upon Eventual Rights of Absentee (§§ 181 — 184)›§ 181 - Proof of rights accruing to person not ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 23 - Effects of Absence Upon Eventual Rights of Absentee (§§ 181 — 184) › § 181 - Proof of rights accruing to person not known to exist | Any person claiming a right accruing to a person whose existence is not known, shall prove that such person existed at the time when the right in question accrued; and, until this be proved, his demand shall not be admitted.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 63. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-23/182/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 23 - Effects of Absence Upon Eventual Rights of Absentee (§§ 181 — 184)›§ 182 - Share of absentee in succession | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 23 - Effects of Absence Upon Eventual Rights of Absentee (§§ 181 — 184) › § 182 - Share of absentee in succession | Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding section, when a succession is opened to which an absentee is called, the share of such absentee shall accrue to his coheirs, unless there is some person with rights of his own to claim it. In every case, the Court of First Instance shall order an inventory of the estate, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-23/183/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 23 - Effects of Absence Upon Eventual Rights of Absentee (§§ 181 — 184)›§ 183 - Actions petitioning inheritance or othe... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 23 - Effects of Absence Upon Eventual Rights of Absentee (§§ 181 — 184) › § 183 - Actions petitioning inheritance or other rights; registry of real property | The provisions of the preceding section shall not be understood to impair actions petitioning an inheritance or any other rights belonging to the absentee, his representatives and persons holding rights under him. These rights shall not be extinguished except by the lapse of the time fixed for prescription. In the insc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-23/184/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 23 - Effects of Absence Upon Eventual Rights of Absentee (§§ 181 — 184)›§ 184 - Disposition of income or products of es... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 23 - Effects of Absence Upon Eventual Rights of Absentee (§§ 181 — 184) › § 184 - Disposition of income or products of estate | Those who have taken possession of the estate in accordance with § 182 of this title, shall be owners of the income or products thereof received by them in good faith during the time preceding the appearance of the absentee or while his rights are not exercised his representatives or the holders of rights under him.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ii/chapter-25/201/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201)›Chapter 25 - Effects of Absence Respecting Marriage (§ 201)›§ 201 - Remarriage by spouse of absentee, and by absentee after rea... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART II - Absence (§§ 131 — 201) › Chapter 25 - Effects of Absence Respecting Marriage (§ 201) › § 201 - Remarriage by spouse of absentee, and by absentee after reappearance | An absence of ten years without news or knowledge of the absentee shall be sufficient cause for the husband or wife of such absentee to contract another marriage, after having been authorized to do so by the Court of First Instance on due proof of the said absence and the fact that no news has been received from the ab... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-29/221/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 29 - Nature of Marriage (§ 221)›§ 221 - Definition, validity, and dissolution of marriage | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 29 - Nature of Marriage (§ 221) › § 221 - Definition, validity, and dissolution of marriage | Marriage is a civil institution, originating in a civil contract whereby a man and a woman mutually agree to become husband and wife and to discharge toward each other the duties imposed by law. It is valid only when contracted and solemnized in accordance with the provisions of law, and it may be dissolved before the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-31/231/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265)›§ 231 - Requisites for validity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265) › § 231 - Requisites for validity | The requisites for the validity of a marriage are:
(1) The legal capacity of the contracting parties.
(2) Their consent.
(3) Authorization and celebration of a matrimonial contract according to the forms and solemnities prescribed by law.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 69. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-31/232/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265)›§ 232 - Capacity—Incapacity to contract marriage | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265) › § 232 - Capacity—Incapacity to contract marriage | The following persons are incapacitated to contract marriage:
(1) One who is already legally married.
(2) One who is not of sound mind.
(3) Those who suffer mental retardation and/or some developmental deficiency, when such condition impedes them from giving consent.
(4) A person of the male sex under eighteen (18) yea... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-31/232a/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265)›§ 232a - Capacity—Time for contracting new marriage | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265) › § 232a - Capacity—Time for contracting new marriage | After dissolution of the marriage for whatever cause, man and woman are apt to remarry at any time.
Notwithstanding, to the end of facilitating the determination of the paternity, the woman whose marriage has been dissolved and who is prepared to remarry before the lapse of 301 days from said dissolution shall present ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-31/233/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265)›§ 233 - Capacity—Impediments to contract | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265) › § 233 - Capacity—Impediments to contract | Nor can the following contract marriage with each other:
(1) Ascendants or descendants by consanguinity or affinity.
(2) Collaterals by consanguinity within the fourth degree.
(3) The adoptive father or mother and the person adopted; the latter with the surviving husband or wife of the adopter; and the adopter with the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-31/234/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265)›§ 234 - Capacity—Waiver of consanguinity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265) › § 234 - Capacity—Waiver of consanguinity | On petition of interested party, the Court of First Instance, for just cause, may waive the fourth degree of consanguinity. The party concerned shall file sworn petition with the Court together with the necessary documentary evidence.
The Court shall judge and resolve the petition on its merits without holding a hearin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-31/235/ | 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 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265)›§ 235 - Persons who suffer from diseases or development... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 31 - Requisites Necessary to Contract Marriage (§§ 231 — 265) › § 235 - Persons who suffer from diseases or developmental deficiencies—Marriage prohibited; annulment | It is hereby prohibited for any persons suffering from insanity, mental retardation, or developmental deficiency when said condition is an impediment to give their consent, or from syphilis or any sexually transmitted disease, to contract marriage while the disease, mental condition, or deficiency subsists; and if such... |
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