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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-i/3049/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3049 - Actions b... | The creditor may, before fulfilling the conditions, enforce the actions which may be proper for the preservation of his right.
The debtor may recover what he may have paid during the same period.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1074. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-i/3050/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3050 - Rules if ... | Should the conditions be established for the purpose of suspending the efficiency of the obligation to give, the following rules shall be observed in case the thing should improve, or be lost or impaired while the condition is pending:
(1) If the thing was lost without fault of the debtor, the obligation shall be extin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-i/3051/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3051 - Condition... | If the object of the conditions should be to rescind the obligation to give, after they are performed, the parties in interest shall mutually return all they may have received.
In cases of loss, deterioration or improvement of the thing, the provisions relating to debtors, contained in § 3050 of this title, shall be ap... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-i/3052/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter I - Pure and Conditional Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3052) › § 3052 - Right to ... | The right to rescind the obligations is considered as implied in mutual ones, in case one of the obligated persons does not comply with what is incumbent upon him.
The person prejudiced may choose between exacting the fulfilment of the obligation or its rescission, with indemnity for damages and payment of interest in ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-ii/3061/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Defini... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3061 - Fulfill... | Obligations, the fulfillment of which has been fixed for a day certain, shall only be demandable when the proper day arrives.
A day certain is understood to be one which must necessarily arrive, even though its date be unknown.
If the uncertainty should consist in the arrival or nonarrival of the day, the obligation is... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-ii/3062/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Defini... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3062 - Advance... | In obligations with definite periods, what has been paid in advance cannot be recovered.
If the person who paid was not aware when he did so of the existence of the period, he shall have a right to claim from the creditor the interest or fruits which the latter may have received from the thing.
History —Civil Code, 193... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-ii/3063/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Defini... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3063 - Benefit... | Whenever a period should be fixed in obligations, it is presumed as established for the benefit of the creditor as well as of the debtor, unless from their tenor or from other circumstances it should appear that it was established for the benefit of one or the other.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1080. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-ii/3064/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Defini... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3064 - Duratio... | Should the obligation not fix a period, but it can be inferred from its nature and circumstances that there was an intention to grant it to the debtor, the courts shall fix the duration of the same.
The court shall also fix the duration of the period when it may have been left to the will of the debtor.
History —Civil ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-ii/3065/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Defini... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3065 - Loss of... | The debtor shall lose all right to profit by the period:
(1) If after contracting the obligation it should appear that he is insolvent, unless he gives security for the debt.
(2) If he does not give to the creditor the guaranties stipulated.
(3) If by his own acts he should have reduced said guaranties after giving the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-ii/3066/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter II - Obligations With Defini... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter II - Obligations With Definite Periods (§§ 3061 — 3066) › § 3066 - Computa... | If the period of the obligation be fixed by days, to be counted from a specified one, such day shall be excluded from the computation, which must begin on the following one.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1083. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iii/3081/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3081 - Full compliance ... | A person who is alternatively obliged to make different prestations must fully comply with one of them.
A creditor cannot be compelled to receive a part of one and a part of another.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1084. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iii/3082/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3082 - When option pert... | The option pertains to the debtor unless it has been expressly granted the creditor.
A debtor shall not have the right to choose prestations which are impossible, illicit, or which could not have been the object of the obligation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1085. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iii/3083/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3083 - When election ef... | The election shall be effective only from the time it was made known.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1086. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iii/3084/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3084 - Loss of option | A debtor shall lose the right of option when, of the prestations which he is alternatively obliged to make, only one is feasible.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1087. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iii/3085/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3085 - Indemnity when a... | A creditor shall have the right to indemnity for losses and damages when, by the fault of the debtor, all the things which were alternatively the objects of the obligations should have disappeared, or it should have become impossible to fulfill the latter.
The indemnity shall be fixed, taking as a basis the value of th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iii/3086/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter III - Alternative Obligation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter III - Alternative Obligations (§§ 3081 — 3086) › § 3086 - Rules governing ... | When an option has been expressly granted the creditor the obligation shall cease to be alternative from the day on which notice of said option may have been given to the debtor.
Until then the liability of the debtor shall be governed by the following rules:
(1) If any of the things should have been lost by a fortuito... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3101/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3101 - Concurrence... | The concurrence of two (2) or more creditors, or of two (2) or more debtors in a single obligation, does not imply that each one of the former has a right to ask, nor that each one of the latter is bound to comply in full with the things which are the object of the same. This shall only take place when the obligation d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3102/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3102 - Division of... | If from the context of the obligations referred to in section 3101 of this title any other thing does not appear the credit or the debt shall be presumed as divided in as many equal parts as there are creditors or debtors, being considered as credits or debts, each one different from the other.
History —Civil Code, 193... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3103/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3103 - Effect of i... | If the division should be impossible, the right of the creditors shall only be prejudiced by the collective acts of the same, and the debt shall only be recoverable by proceedings against all of the debtors. If any of the latter should be insolvent, the rest shall not be obliged to pay his share.
History —Civil Code, 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3104/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3104 - When solida... | Solidarity may exist, even though the creditors and debtors are not bound in the same manner, and for the same periods and under the same conditions.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1093. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3105/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3105 - Acts of joi... | Each of the joint creditors may do whatever may be profitable to the others, but not what may be prejudicial.
The actions instituted against any one of the joint debtors shall prejudice all of them.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1094. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3106/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3106 - Payment to ... | A debtor may pay the debt to any one of the joint creditors; but should it [he] have been sued by any one of them, he must make the payment to the latter.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1095. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3107/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3107 - Novation, c... | Novation, compensation, confusion, or remission of the debt, made by any of the joint creditors, or with any of the debtors of the same class, extinguishes the obligation without prejudice to the provisions of § 3110 of this title.
A creditor who may have executed any of these acts, as well as the person who collects t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3108/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3108 - Actions aga... | A creditor may sue any of the joint debtors or all of them simultaneously. The actions instituted against one shall not be an obstacle for those that may be brought subsequently against the others, as long as it does not appear that the debt has been collected in full.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1097. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3109/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3109 - Payment by ... | The payment made by any of the joint debtors extinguishes the obligation.
The person who made the payment can only claim from his codebtors the shares pertaining to each one with interest on the amounts advanced.
The nonfulfilment of the obligation by reason of the insolvency of a joint debtor shall be made good by his... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3110/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3110 - Waiver or r... | The waiver or remission made by the creditor of the part affecting one of the joint debtors does not release the latter from his liability with regard to the codebtors in case the debt should have been paid in full by any of them.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1099. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3111/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3111 - Effect if t... | If the thing should have perished, or the prestation should have become impossible, without any fault of the joint debtors, the obligation shall be extinguished.
If there should have been any fault on the part of any of them, all shall be liable with regard to the creditor for the value and the indemnity for damages an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-iv/3112/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Oblig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter IV - Several and Joint Obligations (§§ 3101 — 3112) › § 3112 - Exceptions ... | A joint debtor may utilize, against the claim of the creditor, all the exceptions arising from the nature of the obligation and those which are personal to him. Those personally pertaining to the others may be employed by him only with regard to the share of the debt for which the latter may be liable.
History —Civil C... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-v/3121/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter V - Divisible and Indivisibl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter V - Divisible and Indivisible Obligations (§§ 3121 — 3124) › § 3121 - Effe... | The divisibility or indivisibility of things, the object of obligations, in which there is one debtor and one creditor, does not change nor modify the provisions of §§ 3011 et seq. of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1102. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-v/3122/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter V - Divisible and Indivisibl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter V - Divisible and Indivisible Obligations (§§ 3121 — 3124) › § 3122 - Indi... | An indivisible several obligation is determined by indemnifying for losses and damages from the time any of the debtors fails to comply therewith. The debtors who may have been disposed to perform their obligations shall only contribute to the indemnity a sum equivalent to the corresponding portion of the value of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-v/3123/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter V - Divisible and Indivisibl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter V - Divisible and Indivisible Obligations (§§ 3121 — 3124) › § 3123 - Obli... | For the purposes of §§ 3121 and 3122 of this title the obligations to give specified things and all those which are not capable of partial fulfilments shall be considered as indivisible.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1104. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-v/3124/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter V - Divisible and Indivisibl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter V - Divisible and Indivisible Obligations (§§ 3121 — 3124) › § 3124 - Obli... | The obligations of doing shall be divisible when their purpose is the presentation of a number or days of work, the execution of works by units of measurement, or other similar things which by reason of their nature are capable of partial fulfilment.
In obligations of not doing the divisibility or indivisibility shall ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-vi/3131/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter VI - Obligations With a Pena... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter VI - Obligations With a Penal Clause (§§ 3131 — 3134) › § 3131 - Effect of... | In obligations with a penal clause the penalty shall substitute indemnity for damages and the payment of interest in case of nonfulfilments, should there be no agreement to the contrary.
This penalty can only be enforced when it is demandable in accordance with the provisions of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, §... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-vi/3132/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter VI - Obligations With a Pena... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter VI - Obligations With a Penal Clause (§§ 3131 — 3134) › § 3132 - Payment o... | The debtor cannot exempt himself from the fulfilment of the obligation by paying the penalty, unless such right has been expressly reserved to him. Neither may the creditor exact the fulfilment of the obligation and also the payment of the penalty, unless such right has been clearly granted him.
History —Civil Code, 19... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-vi/3133/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter VI - Obligations With a Pena... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter VI - Obligations With a Penal Clause (§§ 3131 — 3134) › § 3133 - Modificat... | The court of judge shall equitably modify the penalty if the principal obligation should have been partly or irregularly fulfilled by the debtor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1108. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-245/subchapter-vi/3134/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134)›Subchapter VI - Obligations With a Pena... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 245 - Different Kinds of Obligations (§§ 3041 — 3134) › Subchapter VI - Obligations With a Penal Clause (§§ 3131 — 3134) › § 3134 - Nullity o... | The nullity of the penal clause does not carry with it that of the principal obligation.
The nullity of the principal obligation carries with it that of the penal clause.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1109. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-preliminary/3151/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§ 3151) › § 3151 - How obligations extinguish... | Obligations are extinguished:
By their payment or fulfilment.
By the loss of the thing due.
By the remission of the debt.
By the merging of the rights of the creditor and debtor.
By compensation.
By novation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1110. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3161/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3161 - When debt is considered paid | A debt shall not be considered as paid until the full amount of the thing has been delivered, or the prestation of which the obligation consisted has been made.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1111. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3162/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3162 - Who may make payment; recovery from deb... | Any person, whether he has an interest or not in the fulfilment of the obligation, and whether the debtor knows and approves it or is not aware thereof, can make the payment.
The person paying for the account of another may recover from the debtor what he may have paid, unless he has done it against his express will.
I... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3163/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3163 - Payment in name of debtor without his k... | A person paying in the name of the debtor, without the knowledge of the latter, cannot compel the creditor to subrogate him in his rights.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1113. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3164/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3164 - Payment by person without free disposal... | In obligations to give, the payment made by a person not having the free disposal of the thing due, and capacity to convey it, shall not be valid.
However, if the payment should have consisted in a sum of money or in a thing perishable, no action can be brought against the creditor who may have spent or consumed it in ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3165/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3165 - Acceptance of prestation or services of... | In obligations of doing, the creditor cannot be compelled to receive the prestation or the services from a third party, when the quality and circumstances of the person of the debtor should have been taken into account in establishing the obligation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1115. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3166/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3166 - To whom payment made | Payment must be made to the person in whose favor the obligation is constituted, or to another authorized to receive it in his name.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1116. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3167/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3167 - Payment to incapacitated person; to thi... | The payment made to a person who is incapacitated from managing his property shall be valid insofar as it may have been employed for his benefit.
A payment made to a third person shall also be valid insofar as it may have been beneficial to the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1117. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3168/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3168 - Payment in good faith to possessor of c... | A payment made in good faith to the person who is in possession of the credit shall release the debtor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1118. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3169/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3169 - Payment after order to retain debt | A payment made by the debtor to the creditor after he has been judicially ordered to retain the debt shall not be valid
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1119. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3170/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3170 - Substitution of thing or prestation | The debtor of a thing cannot oblige his creditor to receive a different one, even though it should be of equal or greater value to that due.
Neither in obligations of doing can a prestation be substituted by another against the will of the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1120. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3171/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3171 - Quality of unspecified or generic thing | If the obligation should consist in the delivery of a thing, not specified or generic, the quality and circumstances of which should not have been expressed, the creditor cannot exact one of a superior quality nor can the debtor deliver one of an inferior quality.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1121. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3172/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3172 - Expenses of payment | Extrajudicial expenses arising from the payment shall be charged to the debtor. With regard to judicial expenses the court shall decide in accordance with the law of civil procedure.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1122. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3173/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3173 - Partial payment | Unless the contract expressly authorizes it the creditor cannot be compelled to partially receive the prestations of which the obligation consists.
However, should the debt be in part determined and in part undetermined, the creditor may exact and the debtor may make payment of the former without awaiting for the liqui... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3174/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3174 - Payment of debts of money | Payments of debts of money shall be made in the specie stipulated and, should it not be possible to deliver the specie, in legal silver or gold coin current in Puerto Rico.
The delivery of promissory notes to order or drafts or other commercial paper shall only produce the effects of payment when collected or when, by ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3175/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3175 - Place of payment | Payments shall be made at the place designated in the obligation.
Should it not have been designated, and when a determined thing is to be delivered, the payment shall be made at the place where the thing existed at the time of constituting the obligation.
In any other case the place of payment shall be that of the dom... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3176/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3176 - Application of payments — declaration o... | A person having several debts of the same kind in favor of a single creditor may declare, at the time of making a payment, to which of them it is to be applied.
If the debtor should accept a receipt from the creditor, setting forth the application of the payment, he cannot make a claim against it, unless there should b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3177/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3177 - Payment—Interest bearing debt | If the debt bears interest the payment cannot be considered as made on account of the principal until the interest is covered.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1127. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3178/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3178 - Payment—Most onerous debt; pro rata | When the payment cannot be applied according to the preceding rules the debt which is most onerous for the debtor among those which may be due shall be considered as the one paid.
If the latter should have the same nature and charges the payment shall be applied to all pro rata.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1128. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3179/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3179 - Payment by assignment of property | The debtor may assign his property to creditors in payment of his debts. This assignment releases the former from liability only to the net amount of the property assigned, unless there is an agreement to the contrary. Agreements entered into between the debtor and his creditors with regard to the effect of an assignme... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3180/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3180 - Tender of payment and consignation | If the creditor to whom the tender of payment has been made should refuse to accept it, without reason, the debtor shall remain released from all liability by the consignation of the thing due.
The same effect shall be produced by the consignation alone when made in the absence of the creditor, or when the latter shoul... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3181/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3181 - Payment—Notice of consignation required | In order that the consignation of the thing due may release the obligor, notice thereof must previously be given to the persons interested in the fulfilment of the obligation.
Consignation shall have no effect when not strictly in accordance with the provisions governing payment.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1131. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3182/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3182 - Payment—How consignation made | Consignation shall be made by depositing the things due at the disposal of the judicial authority before whom the tender shall be proven in a proper case and the notice of the consignation in other cases.
After the consignation has been made the persons interested shall also be notified thereof.
History —Civil Code, 19... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3183/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3183 - Payment—Expenses of consignation | The expenses of the consignation, when proper, shall be charged to the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1133. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3184/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3184 - Payment—Cancellation of obligation; wit... | After the consignation has been duly made the debtor may request the court or judge to order the cancellation of the obligation.
Until the creditor may accept the consignation or a judicial decision should be rendered that it was properly done, the debtor may withdraw the thing or amount consigned, leaving the obligati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-i/3185/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185)›§ 31... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter I - Payment (§§ 3161 — 3185) › § 3185 - Payment—Consent by creditor to withdraw... | If, after the consignation has been made, the creditor should authorize the debtor to withdraw it, the former shall lose the preference he may have in the thing. The codebtors and sureties shall be released.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1135. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3191/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3191 - When loss extinguishes oblig... | An obligation, consisting in the delivery of a specified thing, shall be extinguished when said thing should be lost or destroyed without fault of the debtor and before he should be in default.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1136. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3192/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3192 - Presumption of loss by fault... | Whenever the thing should be lost, when in the possession of the debtor, it shall be presumed that the loss occurred by his fault and not by a fortuitous event, unless there is proof to the contrary and without prejudice to the provisions of § 3013 of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1137. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3193/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3193 - Impossibility of prestation ... | In obligations to do, the debtor shall also be released when the prestation appears to be legally or physically impossible.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1138. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3194/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3194 - Debt arising from crime or m... | When the debt for a certain and specified thing arises from a crime or misdemeanor, the debtor shall not be exempted from the payment of its value, whatever the cause of the loss may have been, unless, having offered the thing to the person who should have received it, the latter should have refused to accept it withou... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-ii/3195/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 —... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter II - Loss of Thing Due (§§ 3191 — 3195) › § 3195 - Actions by creditor after ex... | After the obligation is extinguished by the loss of the thing, all the actions which the debtor may have against third persons, by reason thereof shall pertain to the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1140. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3201/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3201 - Express or implied remissi... | A remission may be made either expressly or by implication.
Both shall be subject to the provisions governing illegal gifts. An express remission must, furthermore, conform to the forms of a gift.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1141. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3202/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3202 - Surrender of private instr... | The surrender, made voluntarily by a creditor to his debtor, of a private instrument proving a credit, implies the renunciation of the action which the former had against the latter.
If in order to invalidate this renunciation, it should be claimed that it is illegal, the debtor and his heirs may support it by proving ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3203/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3203 - Remission of debts—Presump... | Whenever the private instrument from which the debt appears should be in the possession of the debtor, it shall be presumed that the creditor delivered it of his own will, unless the contrary is proven.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1143. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3204/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3204 - Remission of principal deb... | The remission of the principal debt shall extinguish the accessory obligations; but the remission of the latter shall leave the former in force.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1144. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iii/3205/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter III - Remission of Debts (§§ 3201 — 3205) › § 3205 - Accessory obligation of a ... | The accessory obligation of a pledge shall be considered as remitted, when the thing pledged after having been delivered to the creditor, should be in the possession of the debtor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1145. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iv/3211/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211 — 3213) › § 3211 - Merger of creditor and deb... | Whenever the characters of creditor and debtor are merged in the same person, the obligation is extinguished.
The case in which this confusion take[s] place by virtue of inheritance is excepted, if said inheritance should have been accepted under benefit of inventory.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1146. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iv/3212/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211 — 3213) › § 3212 - When confusion benefits su... | The confusion which takes place in the person of the debtor or of the principal creditor is beneficial to the sureties. That taking place in any of the latter does not extinguish the obligation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1147. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-iv/3213/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter IV - Confusion of Rights (§§ 3211 — 3213) › § 3213 - Effect of confusion on deb... | Confusion does not extinguish debts in severalty, except with regard to the part pertaining to the creditor or debtor in whom both characters are merged.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1148. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3221/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3221 - When compensation takes place | Compensation shall take place when two (2) persons, in their own right, are mutually creditors and debtors of each other.
—Civil Code, 1930, § 1149.
History |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3222/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3222 - Requisites | In order that compensation may be proper, it is required:
(1) That each of the persons bound should be so principally, and that he be at the same time the principal creditor of the other.
(2) That both debts consist of a sum of money or, when the things due are perishable, that they be of the same kind and also of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3223/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3223 - Compensation in favor of surety | Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding section, the surety may oppose compensation with regard to what the creditor may owe his principal debtor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1151. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3224/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3224 - Assignment of rights | A debtor who may have consented to the assignment of rights made by a creditor in favor of a third person, cannot oppose, against the assignee, the compensation which should pertain to him against the assignor.
If the creditor gave him notice of the assignment and the debtor did not consent thereto, he may oppose compe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3225/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3225 - Debts payable in different places | Debts payable in different places may be compensated by an indemnity for the expenses of transportation or for the exchange at the place of payment.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1153. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3226/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3226 - Debts arising from deposits; suppo... | Compensation shall not be proper when any of the debts arise from a deposit, or from the obligations of the depositary or borrower.
Neither can it be set off to the creditor for support due by reason of a good consideration.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1154. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3227/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3227 - Order of compensation among severa... | When a person should have different debts, which may be compensated, the provisions relating to the imputation of payments shall be observed in the order of compensation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1155. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-v/3228/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228)... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter V - Compensation (§§ 3221 — 3228) › § 3228 - Effect of compensation | The effect of compensation is to extinguish both debts to the concurrent amount, even when the creditors and debtors have no knowledge thereof.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1156. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3241/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3241 - Modification of obligations | Obligations may be modified:
(1) By the change of their object or principal conditions.
(2) By substituting the person of the debtor.
(3) By subrogating a third person in the rights of the creditor.
—Civil Code, 1930, § 1157.
History |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3242/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3242 - Extinction of one obligation by anoth... | In order that an obligation may be extinguished by another which substitutes it, it is necessary that it should be so expressly declared, or that the old and new be incompatible in all points.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1158. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3243/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3243 - Novation without knowledge of origina... | Novation, consisting in the substitution of a debtor in the place of the original one, may be made without the knowledge of the latter, but not without the consent of the creditor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1159. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3244/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3244 - Insolvency of new debtor | The insolvency of the new debtor, who may have been accepted by the creditor, shall not revive the action of the latter against the original debtor, unless said insolvency may have been prior, public, and known to the debtor when he transferred his debt.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1160. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3245/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3245 - Effect of novation upon accessory obl... | When the principal obligation is extinguished by reason of the novation, the accessory obligation shall only remain in force insofar as they benefit third persons who have not given their consent thereto.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1161. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3246/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3246 - Nullity of original obligation | Novation is void if the original obligation is also so, unless the cause of nullity can be claimed by the debtor only, or the ratification gives validity to acts which were void in their origin.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1162. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3247/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3247 - Subrogation of third person in rights... | The subrogation of a third person in the rights of a creditor cannot be presumed, except in the cases expressly mentioned in this title.
In other cases it shall be necessary to prove it clearly in order that it may be effective.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1163. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3248/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3248 - When subrogation presumed | Subrogation shall be presumed:
(1) When a creditor pays another preferred creditor.
(2) When a third person, who is not interested in the obligation, pays with the express or implied approval of the debtor.
(3) When the person who is interested in the fulfilment of the obligation pays, without prejudice to the effects ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3249/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3249 - Subrogation by debtor without consent... | A debtor may make the subrogation without the consent of the creditor when, in order to pay the debt, he may have borrowed money in a public instrument, stating his purpose and setting forth in the receipt the origin of the sum paid.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1165. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3250/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3250 - Subrogation transfers rights with cre... | Subrogation transfers to the subrogated the credit, with the corresponding rights, either against the debtor or against third persons, be they sureties or holders of mortgages.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1166. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-247/subchapter-vi/3251/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251)›Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251)›§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 247 - Extinction of Obligations (§§ 3151 — 3251) › Subchapter VI - Novation (§§ 3241 — 3251) › § 3251 - Preference to person subrogated by pa... | A creditor to whom a partial payment has been made may exercise his right with regard to the balance, with reference to the person subrogated in his place by virtue of the partial payment of the said credit.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1167. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-preliminary/3261/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§§ 3... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§§ 3261 — 3262) › § 3261 - Burden of proof of obli... | Proof of obligations devolves upon the persons claiming their fulfilment, and that of their extinction upon those opposing it.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1168. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-preliminary/3262/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§§ 3... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter Preliminary - General Provisions (§§ 3261 — 3262) › § 3262 - Methods of proof | Proofs may be given by instruments, by confession, by the personal inspection of the court or judge, by experts, by witnesses, and by presumptions.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1169. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3271/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3271 - Public instruments — ... | Public instruments are those authenticated by a notary or by a competent public official, with the formalities required.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1170. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3272/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3272 - Public instruments—In... | Instruments in which a notary public takes part shall be governed by the Notarial Law.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1171. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3273/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3273 - Public instruments—Ev... | Public instruments are evidence, even against a third person, of the fact which gave rise to their execution and of the date of the latter.
They shall also be evidence against the contracting parties and their legal representatives with regard to the declarations the former may have made therein.
History —Civil Code, 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-i/chapter-249/subchapter-i/3274/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305)›PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344)›Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344)›Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART I - Obligations (§§ 2991 — 3344) › Chapter 249 - Proof of Obligations (§§ 3261 — 3344) › Subchapter I - Public and Private Instruments (§§ 3271 — 3285) › § 3274 - Public instruments—Ef... | Public instruments, made for the purpose of impairing a former instrument, between the same parties, shall be effective against third parties only when the contents of the former should have been entered in the proper public registry or in the margin of the original instrument, and in that of the transcript of copy, by... |
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