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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-169/1447/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448)›§ 1447 - Clandestine and toler...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1447 - Clandestine and tolerated acts
Acts merely tolerated and those clandestinely executed, without the knowledge of the possessor of a thing, or with violence, do not affect possession. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 373.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-169/1448/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448)›§ 1448 - Possession not recogn...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 169 - Acquisition of Possession (§§ 1441 — 1448) › § 1448 - Possession not recognized in different personalities
Possession, as a fact, cannot be recognized in two different personalities, unless in cases of indivisibility. If a question arises regarding the fact of possession, preference shall be given to the present possessor; if there be two possessors, to the one longest in possession; if the dates of the possessions coincide...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1461/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1461 - Rights of possessor
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1461 - Rights of possessor
Every possessor has a right to be respected in his possession; and if he be disturbed therein, he shall be protected or reinstated in such possession by the means established in the laws of procedure. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 375.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1462/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1462 - Possession necessary for ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1462 - Possession necessary for acquisition of ownership
Only the possession acquired and enjoyed by a person in the belief that he is the owner can serve as a title to acquire ownership. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 376.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1463/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1463 - Presumption of just title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1463 - Presumption of just title
The possessor who believes himself owner has in his favor the legal presumption that he possesses under a just title and he cannot be compelled to show the same. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 377.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1464/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1464 - Furniture and objects
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1464 - Furniture and objects
The possession of any tenement presumes the possession of the furniture and objects therein, so long as it be not shown or proven that they should be excluded. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 378.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1465/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1465 - Possession in common
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1465 - Possession in common
Each one of the participants of a thing possessed in common, is deemed to have possessed the part allotted to him upon the division thereof during the whole time that the property remained intact. Interruption in the possession of the whole or part of a thing possessed in common shall be to the equal prejudice of all t...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1466/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1466 - Ownership of fruits colle...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1466 - Ownership of fruits collected
A possessor in good faith becomes the owner of the fruits collected, so long as the possession is not legally interrupted. Natural and cultivated fruits are considered as collected from the time they are gathered or separated. Civil fruits are considered as daily proceeds, and belong, in that proportion, to the possess...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1467/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1467 - Fruits ungathered when go...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1467 - Fruits ungathered when good faith ceases
If, when good faith ceases to exist, there are any natural or cultivated fruits still ungathered, the possessor shall have the right to recover the expenses he may have incurred in their production, and, moreover, to a part of the net proceeds of the crop in proportion to the duration of his possession. The cost shall ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1468/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1468 - Refund of necessary and u...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1468 - Refund of necessary and useful expenses
Necessary expenses are refunded to every possessor; but only the possessor in good faith may retain a thing until such expenses are made good to him. Useful expenses are refunded to the possessor in good faith with the same right of retention, it being at the option of the party who has defeated him in his possession t...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1469/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1469 - Expenses for luxury or pl...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1469 - Expenses for luxury or pleasure
Expenses incurred purely for luxury or mere pleasure are not returnable to the possessor in good faith; but he may remove the ornaments with which he has embellished the principal thing if it suffer no injury thereby, and if his successor in the possession does not prefer to refund the amount expended. History —Civil C...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1470/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1470 - Fruits and expenses in ca...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1470 - Fruits and expenses in case of possessor in bad faith
A possessor in bad faith shall pay for the fruits collected and for those which the lawful possessor might have collected, and shall only have the right to be reimbursed for the necessary expenses incurred in the preservation of the thing. Expenses incurred in improvements for luxury and pleasure shall not be refunded ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1471/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1471 - Improvements caused by na...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1471 - Improvements caused by nature or time
Improvements caused by nature or time always redound to the benefit of the person who has succeeded in acquiring possession. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 385.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1472/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1472 - Deterioration or loss
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1472 - Deterioration or loss
A possessor in good faith is not responsible for the deterioration or loss of the thing possessed, except in those cases in which it is proven that he has acted with fraudulent intent. A possessor in bad faith is in every case responsible for any deterioration or loss, and even of such as are caused by vis major, when ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1473/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1473 - Improvements that have ce...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1473 - Improvements that have ceased to exist
The person who obtains possession is not bound to pay for improvements that have ceased to exist at the time he acquires the thing. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 387.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1474/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1474 - Continuation of possessio...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1474 - Continuation of possession presumed
A present possessor who shows his possession at some previous time is presumed to have held possession also during the intermediate period, unles the contrary be proven. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 388.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1475/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1475 - Loss of possession
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1475 - Loss of possession
A possessor may lose possession: (1) By abandonment of the thing. (2) By an assignment made to another person, either for a valuable consideration or by a deed of gift. (3) By the destruction or total loss of the thing, or because the same becomes unmarketable. (4) By the possession of another person, even against the ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1476/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1476 - Loss of possession of mov...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1476 - Loss of possession of movable
The possession of a movable is not considered as lost so long as it remains under the control of the possessor, although he may by chance be ignorant of the whereabouts thereof. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 390.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1477/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1477 - Loss of possession of imm...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1477 - Loss of possession of immovables
The possession of immovables and real rights is not deemed lost, nor transferred for the purposes of prescription to the prejudice of a third person, except in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage Law. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 391.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1478/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1478 - Effect of acts relating t...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1478 - Effect of acts relating to possession
Acts relating to possession, either executed or agreed to by a person who possesses a thing belonging to another person merely as an occupant to benefit by or retain it for any reason, do not bind nor obligate the owner, unless he has granted to the said occupant special authority to execute the said acts, or shall sub...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1479/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1479 - Possession of personal pr...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1479 - Possession of personal property as equivalent to title
The possession of personal property acquired in good faith, is equivalent to a title thereto. Nevertheless, any person who has lost any movable or has been illegally deprived thereof, may recover it from the person in possession of the same. If the possessor of a movable lost or stolen has acquired the same in good fai...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1480/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1480 - Animals
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1480 - Animals
Wild animals are only possessed so long as they are under control; domesticated or tamed animals are considered as tame or domestic if they retain the habit of returning to the home of the possessor. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 394.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-v/chapter-171/1481/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481)›Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481)›§ 1481 - Recovery of possession un...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART V - Possession (§§ 1421 — 1481) › Chapter 171 - Effects of Possession (§§ 1461 — 1481) › § 1481 - Recovery of possession unlawfully lost
Any person who, according to law, recovers possession unlawfully lost, is considered to have held it uninterruptedly for all purposes which may redound to his benefit. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 395.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-vi/chapter-175/subchapter-i/1501/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604)›Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580)›Subchapter I - Usufruct Gene...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter I - Usufruct Generally (§§ 1501 — 1504) › § 1501 - Definition
Usufruct is the right to enjoy a thing owned by another person and to receive all the products, utilities and advantages produced thereby, under the obligation of preserving its form and substance, unless the deed constituting such usufruct or the law otherwise decree. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 396.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-vi/chapter-175/subchapter-i/1502/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604)›Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580)›Subchapter I - Usufruct Gene...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter I - Usufruct Generally (§§ 1501 — 1504) › § 1502 - How created
Usufruct is constituted by law, by the wish of the parties expressed in instruments inter vivos, or by last will, and by prescription. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 397.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-2/part-vi/chapter-175/subchapter-i/1503/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604)›Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580)›Subchapter I - Usufruct Gene...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter I - Usufruct Generally (§§ 1501 — 1504) › § 1503 - Forms of usu...
Usufruct may be constituted on the whole or on part of the fruits of a thing, in favor of one or several persons, simultaneously or successively, and in any case from or to a certain day, with or without conditions. It may also be constituted on a right, provided the same is not absolutely personal or not transferable....
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter I - Usufruct Generally (§§ 1501 — 1504) › § 1504 - Rights and o...
The rights and obligations of the usufructuary shall be those stated in the deed establishing the usufruct; in default of such deed, or because of its incompleteness, the provisions contained in the two following subchapters shall be observed. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 399.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1511 - Fruits;...
The usufructuary shall have the right to all the natural, cultivated and civil fruits on the property in usufruct. As regards treasures that may be found on the tenement, he shall be deemed a stranger. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 400.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1512 - Ungathe...
Natural or cultivated fruits ungathered at the time the usufruct begins, belong to the usufructuary. Those ungathered at the time the usufruct terminates, belong to the owner. In the preceding cases the usufructuary, at the beginning of the usufruct, is not bound to refund to the owner any expenses incurred; but at the...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1513 - Rent pa...
If the usufructuary has leased the lands or tenements given in usufruct, and the usufruct expires before the termination of the lease, he or his heirs and successors shall receive only the proportionate share of the rent paid by the lessee. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 402.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1514 - Civil f...
Civil fruits are considered as daily proceeds, and belong to the usufructuary in proportion to the time the usufructs last. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 403.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1515 - Right t...
When usufruct is established on the right to collect a rent or periodical allowance, whether in money or in fruits, or in interest on obligations or certificates payable to the bearer, each payment due shall be considered as proceeds or fruits of the said right. When it consists in the enjoyment of benefits accruing fr...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1516 - Proceed...
The usufructuary of lands containing mines is not entitled to the proceeds of such mines unless they are expressly ceded to him in the deed establishing the usufruct, or unless such usufruct be universal. Nevertheless, the usufructuary may remove stones, lime and chalk from quarries for repairs or works that he may be ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1517 - Proceed...
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding section, in legal usufructs the usufructuary may work the mines existing in the lands, retaining one-half of the proceeds which result after deducting the expenses, which he shall share equally with the owner. Exception is made of the case where, during the usufruct by th...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1518 - Ownersh...
The status of usufructuary does not deprive the owner of the land of the right of ownership to minerals of all kinds which may exist under the surface. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 407.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1519 - Right t...
The usufructuary shall have the right to enjoy the increase which the thing in usufruct may acquire through accession, as also the servitudes existing in its favor, and, in general, all benefits inherent therein. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 408.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1520 - Lease o...
The usufructuary may personally benefit by the property in usufruct, lease it to another person, and alienate his right to the usufruct, even though it be by deed of gift; but all contracts he may enter into as such usufructuary shall terminate at the end of the usufruct, except the lease of rural tenements, which shal...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1521 - Liabili...
When the usufruct includes things which, without being consumed, gradually deteriorate through use, the usufructuary shall have the right to make use thereof, in accordance with the purpose they are intended for, and shall not be obliged to return them at the termination of the usufruct, except in the condition in whic...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1522 - Use of ...
When the usufruct includes property which cannot be used without being consumed, the usufructuary shall have the right to make use of them, under the obligation of paying their appraised value on the expiration of the usufruct, if they were appraised when given to him. When they have not been appraised he shall have th...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1523 - Use of ...
The usufructuary of cane or coffee plantations, or of any trees or shrubs, may make use of the dead trunks, or even of those cut off or torn off by accident, under the obligation of replacing them with others. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 412.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1524 - Trees o...
If, in consequence of a storm, flood, calamity or extraordinary event, the cane or coffee plantations, or other trees or shrubs, shall have disappeared in such a considerable number that it would not be possible or be too costly to replace them, the usufructuary may leave the dead, fallen or destroyed trunks at the dis...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1525 - Woodlan...
The usufructuary of woodland shall enjoy all the profits which the same may produce, according to the nature thereof. If the woodland is a copse or consists of timber for building, the usufructuary may do such ordinary cutting and felling as the owner was in the habit of doing, and, in default of this, he may do so in ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1526 - Usufruc...
The usufructuary of an action to recover a tenement or real right, or any movable, has the right to enforce it and to oblige the owner of the action to assign him, for this purpose, his own power as owner, and to afford him whatever elements of evidence he may have. When, as a result of the enforcement of such action, ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1527 - Improve...
The usufructuary may make, on the property given in usufruct, whatever improvements he deems proper, either for a useful purpose or for pleasure, provided he does not change its form or substance; but he shall have no right to be indemnified therefor. He may, however, remove the said improvement, if it be possible to d...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1528 - Damages...
The usufructuary may set off any damage to the property with the improvements he may have made thereon. The owner of any property, the usufruct of which is held by another person, may alienate it, but he may not change its form or substance, nor do anything thereon prejudicial to the usufructuary. History —Civil Code, ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter II - Rights of Usufructuary (§§ 1511 — 1529) › § 1529 - Usufruc...
The usufructuary of a part of a thing held in common shall exercise all the rights appertaining to the owner thereof, with respect to the administration and collection of fruits and interests. If the common ownership cease by reason of the division of the thing held in common, the usufruct of the part allotted to the o...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1541 - I...
The usufructuary, before entering on the enjoyment of any property, is obliged: (1) To make, after summoning the owner or his legitimate representative, an inventory of all the property, causing an appraisement of the furniture and a description of the condition of the immovables to be made. (2) To give security, bindi...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1542 - E...
The provisions contained in number 2 of the preceding section are not applicable to the vendor or donor who has reserved to himself the usufruct of the property sold or donated, nor to parents who are usufructuaries of the property of their children, nor to the surviving husband or wife with respect to the hereditary p...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1543 - E...
The usufructuary, whatever be the title to the right of usufruct, may be excused from the obligation of making an inventory or of giving security, when no one be injured thereby. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 421.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1544 - P...
Should the usufructuary not give security in the cases when he is bound to give it, the owner may require that the immovables be placed under administration, that the movables be sold, that the public securities, deeds of credit, either payable to order or to bearer, be converted into certificates or deposited in a ban...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1545 - D...
If the usufructuary who has not given security demands, under security given by oath (caucion juratoria), the delivery of the furniture necessary for his use, and that a room in some house included in the usufruct be assigned to him and his family, the Court of First Instance may grant his petition, after a considerati...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1546 - R...
After security has been given by the usufructuary, he shall have the right to all the products from the day on which he should have begun to receive them, in accordance with the deed constituting the usufruct. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 424.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1547 - C...
The usufructuary shall care for the property given in usufruct as any good father of a family would do. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 425.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1548 - L...
A usufructuary who alienates or leases his right of usufruct shall be liable for any damages suffered by the property in usufruct through the fault or neglect of the person who substitutes him. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 426.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1549 - U...
If the usufruct be established on cattle of any kind, the usufructuary shall be obliged to replace, with the young thereof, those that die during each year through natural causes or are missing by reason of the rapacity of beasts of prey. If the said cattle on which the usufruct is established shall all perish without ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1550 - O...
The usufructuary shall be obliged to make the ordinary repairs necessary on things given in usufruct. By ordinary repairs are understood such as are required by the wear and tear produced by the natural use of things and which are indispensable for the preservation of such things. If the usufructuary shall not make the...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1551 - E...
Extraordinary repairs shall be made at the expense of the owner. The usufructuary is obliged to notify the owner when the necessity for such repairs is urgent. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 429.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1552 - E...
If the owner shall make extraordinary repairs, he has the right to demand of the usufructuary the legal interest on the amount invested in such repairs during the continuance of the usufruct. If he shall not make them when indispensable for the maintenance of the thing, the usufructuary may make them; but he shall have...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1553 - W...
The owner may construct the works and make the improvements of which the tenement in usufruct is susceptible, or new plantings, if the property is a farm, provided the same does not cause a diminution in the value of the usufruct nor prejudice the rights of the usufructuary. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 431.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1554 - C...
Except as provided in the following section, the payment of charges and annual taxes and of those considered as liens on the fruits, shall be at the expense of the usufructuary so long as the usufruct continues. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 432.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1555 - T...
Taxes imposed directly upon the capital, during the usufruct, shall be paid by the owner. If the latter has paid them, the usufructuary shall pay him proper interest on the sums he may have disbursed by reason thereof and, if the usufructuary advance the amounts of such taxes, he shall receive the amount thereof at the...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1556 - D...
If the usufruct be established on the whole of any patrimony, and if, at the time it is established, the owner has debts, it shall be understood that the usufructuary is only obliged to pay the debts contracted before such establishment, or when the usufruct has been established to defraud the creditors. The same provi...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1557 - C...
The usufructuary may personally claim the credits due which form a part of the usufruct, if he has given or gives the proper security. If he has been released from giving security or if he cannot give it, or if that given is not sufficient, he shall require the authorization of the owner or, in his default, of the Cour...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1558 - P...
A universal usufructuary shall pay in full any legacy consisting of a life annuity or allowance for support. The usufructuary of any aliquot part of an inheritance shall pay such legacy in proportion to his share. In neither of the two cases shall the owner be obliged to make any reimbursement. The usufructuary of one ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1559 - D...
The usufructuary of a mortgaged tenement shall not be obliged to pay the debts for the security of which the mortgage was made. When the tenement is attached or judicially sold for the payment of the said debt, the owner shall be liable to the usufructuary for what he may lose by reason thereof. History —Civil Code, 19...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1560 - D...
If the usufruct be on the whole or any aliquot part of any inheritance, the usufructuary may advance the sums which may belong to the property in usufruct for the payment of the debts of the said inheritance, and shall have the right to demand their return from the owner, without interest, at the expiration of the usuf...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1561 - A...
The usufructuary is obliged to notify the owner of any act of any third person, which may come to his knowledge and which may be prejudicial to the rights of ownership, and shall be liable, should he not do so, for the damages and injuries, as if they were caused by his own fault. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 439.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Usufructuary (§§ 1541 — 1562) › § 1562 - S...
The expenses, costs, and condemnations of the suits instituted with regard to the usufruct, shall be charged to the usufructuary. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 440.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter IV - Manner in Which Usufructs Extinguished (§§ 1571 — 1580) › ...
Usufruct is extinguished: (1) By the death of the usufructuary. (2) By the expiration of the period for which it was established, or by the fulfillment of the resolutory condition expressed in the deed establishing the usufruct. (3) By merger of usufruct and ownership in the same party. (4) By the renunciation of the u...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter IV - Manner in Which Usufructs Extinguished (§§ 1571 — 1580) › ...
If the thing given in usufruct be lost only in part, the said right shall continue with regard to the remainder. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 442.
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The usufruct cannot be established in favor of a town, corporation or association for more than thirty years. If it has been established and before the said period the town becomes deserted or the corporation or association is dissolved, the usufruct shall be extinguished by reason thereof. History —Civil Code, 1930, §...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter IV - Manner in Which Usufructs Extinguished (§§ 1571 — 1580) › ...
Usufruct granted for the time that may transpire before a third person attains a certain age, shall continue during the number of years specified, even though the said third person dies before the time expires, unless the said usufruct has been expressly established only because of the existence of the said person. His...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 175 - Usufruct (§§ 1501 — 1580) › Subchapter IV - Manner in Which Usufructs Extinguished (§§ 1571 — 1580) › ...
If a usufruct shall be established on a tenement of which a building forms a part, and the latter shall, by any means, be destroyed, the usufructuary shall have the right to enjoy the land and materials. This shall also be the case if the usufruct is established only upon a building and the same be destroyed. But, in s...
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If the usufructuary shares with the owner the insurance of the tenement given in usufruct, the usufructuary shall, in case of loss, continue in the enjoyment of the new building, if the same be constructed, or shall receive the interest on the amount of the insurance, if the owner does not wish to rebuild. If the owner...
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If the thing in usufruct shall be expropriated for reasons of public utility, the owner shall be obliged, either to replace it with another thing of the same value, and having similar conditions, or to pay the usufructuary the legal interest on the amount of the indemnity during all the time the usufruct continues. If ...
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Usufruct is not extinguished by misuse of the thing in usufruct; but if the abuse causes considerable injury to the owner, the latter may demand that the thing be delivered to him, binding himself to pay annually to the usufructuary the net proceeds of the same, after deducting the expenses and the compensation that ma...
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Usufruct established in favor of several persons living at the time of its establishment, shall not be extinguished until the death of the last survivor of them. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 449.
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Upon the termination of the usufruct, the thing in usufruct shall be delivered to the owner, unless the right of retention appertaining to the usufructuary or to his heirs, for such expenses which they should recover, be enforced. After the delivery is made, the bond or the mortgage shall be cancelled. History —Civil C...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 177 - Use and Habitation (§§ 1591 — 1604) › § 1591 - Use defined
Use is the right granted to a person to make gratuitous use of a thing belonging to another, or to receive a part of the fruits of the same, insofar as they be sufficient for the wants of the said person and his family. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 451.
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The right of habitation is the right to gratuitously occupy a house belonging to another person. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 452.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 177 - Use and Habitation (§§ 1591 — 1604) › § 1593 - Establishment of rights of use and habitation
The rights of use and habitation are established in the same manner as usufruct. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 453.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 177 - Use and Habitation (§§ 1591 — 1604) › § 1594 - Distinction between use and usufruct
The usufruct of any property is distinguished from the use of the same in that the enjoyment of the thing by the usufructuary is not confined to what is necessary for the maintenance of himself and his family, but he may receive all the fruits and dispose of them as he pleases. The person who has the use of an estate h...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 177 - Use and Habitation (§§ 1591 — 1604) › § 1595 - Rights and obligations of persons having rights of use ...
The rights and obligations of a person having the use of a thing and of the one who has the right of habitation shall be governed by the deed constituting such rights, and in default of them, by the following provisions. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 455.
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The rights of use and habitation cannot be leased nor transferred by any title whatever to another person. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 456.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 177 - Use and Habitation (§§ 1591 — 1604) › § 1597 - Use of cattle
The person having the use of cattle, may make use of the young, milk and wool thereof, insofar as may be sufficient for the consumption of himself and his family, as well as of the dung required for manuring the land he may cultivate. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 457.
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If the person who has the use of a thing belonging to another person consume all the fruits thereof, or if the person having the right of habitation shall occupy the entire building, he shall be under obligation to pay all expenses of cultivation, the ordinary repairs for the preservation of the property, and taxes, in...
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The right of use may be granted during the life of the person to whom it is granted, in case the deed constituting it has not fixed the time of its duration. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 459.
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He who has the right of habitation of a house may reside therein with his family, although he may not have been married at the time this right was granted to him. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 460.
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Even when the right of habitation only grants to a party having the use thereof the right to occupy the house, insofar as may be necessary for himself and his family, he may, nevertheless, use the same to receive therein, or in the part granted to him, such friends, guests or boarders as may live with him. History —Civ...
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The person granted the use or the right of habitation is obliged to make use of the thing of which he has the use or habitation, with the care and attention of a good father of a family, and to return it to the owner at the end of the period of such use or habitation, in the same condition in which he received it, and ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VI - Usufruct, Use, and Occupancy (§§ 1501 — 1604) › Chapter 177 - Use and Habitation (§§ 1591 — 1604) › § 1603 - Provisions governing usufruct applicable
The provisions established for usufruct are applicable to the rights of use and habitation, insofar as they are not opposed to the provisions of this chapter. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 463.
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The rights of use and habitation are extinguished for the same causes as usufruct and also by reason of serious abuse of the thing or the dwelling. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 464.
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A servitude is a charge imposed upon an immovable for the benefit of another tenement belonging to a different owner. The immovable in favor of which the servitude is established is called the dominant tenement; the one subject thereto is called the servient tenement. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 465.
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Servitudes may also be established for the benefit of one or more persons or of a community to whom the encumbered tenement does not belong. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 466.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VII - Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1831) › Chapter 181 - Servitudes Generally (§§ 1631 — 1683) › Subchapter I - Kinds of Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1638) › § 1633 - Classes of servi...
All servitudes which affect lands may be divided into two classes, personal and real. Personal servitudes are those which are inseparably attached to the person in whose benefit they have been established, and which terminate with his life. Such servitudes are of three kinds: usufruct, use and habitation. Real servitud...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VII - Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1831) › Chapter 181 - Servitudes Generally (§§ 1631 — 1683) › Subchapter I - Kinds of Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1638) › § 1634 - Kinds of servitu...
Servitudes may be continuous or discontinuous, apparent or not apparent. Continuous servitudes are those the use of which is or may be uninterrupted, without the intervention of any human act. Discontinuous servitudes are those used at long or short intervals, and which depend upon human acts. Apparent servitudes are t...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VII - Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1831) › Chapter 181 - Servitudes Generally (§§ 1631 — 1683) › Subchapter I - Kinds of Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1638) › § 1635 - Kinds of servitu...
Servitudes are also positive or negative. A positive servitude is one which imposes upon the owner of the servient tenement the obligation of allowing something to be done or of doing it himself, and a negative servitude is one which prohibits the owner of the servient tenement doing something which would be licit for ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART VII - Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1831)›Chapter 181 - Servitudes Generally (§§ 1631 — 1683)›Subchapter I - Kinds of Servitude...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VII - Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1831) › Chapter 181 - Servitudes Generally (§§ 1631 — 1683) › Subchapter I - Kinds of Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1638) › § 1636 - Inseparable from...
Servitudes are inseparable from the tenement to which they actively or passively belong. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 470.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART VII - Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1831)›Chapter 181 - Servitudes Generally (§§ 1631 — 1683)›Subchapter I - Kinds of Servitude...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VII - Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1831) › Chapter 181 - Servitudes Generally (§§ 1631 — 1683) › Subchapter I - Kinds of Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1638) › § 1637 - Servitudes indiv...
Servitudes are indivisible. When the servient tenement is divided among two or more persons the servitude is not modified and each of them shall be subject to the servitude in the part corresponding to him. If the dominant tenement is the one divided among two or more persons, each part-holder may use the servitude in ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875)›PART VII - Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1831)›Chapter 181 - Servitudes Generally (§§ 1631 — 1683)›Subchapter I - Kinds of Servitude...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART VII - Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1831) › Chapter 181 - Servitudes Generally (§§ 1631 — 1683) › Subchapter I - Kinds of Servitudes (§§ 1631 — 1638) › § 1638 - Legal and volunt...
Servitudes are established either by law or by the will of the owners. The former are called legal servitudes and the latter voluntary servitudes. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 472.