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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-321/subchapter-i/4354/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373)›Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Amon... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373) › Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Among Themselves (§§ 4341 — 4358) › § 4354 - Power... | The partner who has been appointed manager in the articles of copartnership may execute all administrative acts, notwithstanding the opposition of his partners, unless he should act in bad faith; and his power is irrevocable without legitimate cause.
A power executed after the agreement, without there having been stipu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-321/subchapter-i/4355/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373)›Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Amon... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373) › Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Among Themselves (§§ 4341 — 4358) › § 4355 - Attri... | If two or more partners have been entrusted with the management of the partnership without their duties having been fixed, or without a statement having been made that one of them shall not act without the consent of the others, each one may severally exercise all acts of administration; but any of them may oppose the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-321/subchapter-i/4356/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373)›Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Amon... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373) › Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Among Themselves (§§ 4341 — 4358) › § 4356 - Agree... | In case it should have been agreed that some of the managing partners are not to act without the consent of the others, the consent of all shall be necessary for the validity of the acts; and the absence or incapacity of any one of them cannot be alleged unless there should be imminent danger of a serious or irreparabl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-321/subchapter-i/4357/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373)›Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Amon... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373) › Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Among Themselves (§§ 4341 — 4358) › § 4357 - Rules... | Should no agreement have been made with regard to the form of management, the following rules shall be observed:
(1) All the partners shall be considered agents, and whatever any one of them may do by himself shall bind the partnership; but each one may oppose the act of the others before they may have produced any leg... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-321/subchapter-i/4358/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373)›Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Amon... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373) › Subchapter I - Obligations of Partners Among Themselves (§§ 4341 — 4358) › § 4358 - Right... | Every partner may associate another person in his share, but said person shall not enter the partnership without the unanimous consent of the other partners, even when the former is the manager.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1587. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-321/subchapter-ii/4371/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373)›Subchapter II - Obligations of Partners Wit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373) › Subchapter II - Obligations of Partners With Regard to Third Persons (§§ 4371 — 4373) › §... | In order that the partnership may be liable to a third person for the acts of one of the partners, it is necessary:
(1) That the partner should have acted as such for the account of the partnership.
(2) That he should have the power to bind the partnership by virtue of an express or implied authority.
(3) That he may h... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-321/subchapter-ii/4372/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373)›Subchapter II - Obligations of Partners Wit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373) › Subchapter II - Obligations of Partners With Regard to Third Persons (§§ 4371 — 4373) › §... | The partners shall not be jointly and severally liable for the partnership’s debts, and no one can hold the other liable for a personal act, if the power to do so has not been conferred on him.
The partnership shall not be held liable to a third party for acts that a partner has performed in his own name or without the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-321/subchapter-ii/4373/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373)›Subchapter II - Obligations of Partners Wit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 321 - Obligations of Partners (§§ 4341 — 4373) › Subchapter II - Obligations of Partners With Regard to Third Persons (§§ 4371 — 4373) › §... | The creditors of the partnership shall be preferred to the creditors of each partner with regard to the partnership property. Without prejudice to this right, the private creditors of each partner may demand the attachment and sale at auction of the latter’s share in the partnership capital.
History —Civil Code, 1930, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-323/4391/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399)›§ 4391 - Partnership, how extingui... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399) › § 4391 - Partnership, how extinguished | A partnership is extinguished:
(1) When the term for which it was constituted expires.
(2) When the thing is lost, or the business for which it was constituted ends.
(3) By the natural death or insolvency of any of the partners, and in the case foreseen in § 4373 of this title.
(4) By the will of any of the partners, s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-323/4392/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399)›§ 4392 - Loss of specific thing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399) › § 4392 - Loss of specific thing | If a specific thing, which a partner had promised to contribute to the partnership, perishes before the delivery has been effected, its loss produces the dissolution of the partnership.
A partnership shall also be dissolved, in any case, by the loss of the thing, when the partner who contributes it reserves to himself ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-323/4393/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399)›§ 4393 - Extension of duration of ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399) › § 4393 - Extension of duration of partnership | A partnership established for a specified time may be extended by the consent of all the partners.
The consent may be express or implied and it may be proven by the ordinary means.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1593. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-323/4394/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399)›§ 4394 - Extension before and afte... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399) › § 4394 - Extension before and after expiration of term | If the partnership is extended after the expiration of its term, it is understood that a new partnership is established. If it is extended before the expiration of the term, the original partnership continues.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1594. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-323/4395/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399)›§ 4395 - Continuation after death ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399) › § 4395 - Continuation after death of partner | A stipulation is valid which provides that on the death of one of the partners the partnership shall continue among the survivors. In such case the heir of the deceased shall only be entitled to have a division made, fixing it on the day of the death of his constituent; and he shall participate in the subsequent rights... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-323/4396/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399)›§ 4396 - Dissolution by will or wi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399) › § 4396 - Dissolution by will or withdrawal of partner | The dissolution of the partnership by the will or withdrawal of one of the partners shall only take place when a term for its duration has not been fixed, or if this term does not appear from the nature of the business.
In order that the withdrawal may be of effect, it must be made in good faith at the proper time; not... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-323/4397/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399)›§ 4397 - Withdrawal in bad faith; ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399) › § 4397 - Withdrawal in bad faith; inopportune time | A withdrawal is in bad faith when the person who makes it proposes to appropriate to himself alone the benefits which should be common. In such case the person who renounces it does not free himself from liability to his partners, and they shall have the power to exclude him from the partnership.
A withdrawal shall be ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-323/4398/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399)›§ 4398 - When dissolution not dema... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399) › § 4398 - When dissolution not demandable | No partner can demand the dissolution of a partnership which, either by a provision of the articles or by the nature of the business, has been constituted for a specified time unless there should exist sufficient reason, such as when one of the partners fails to comply with his obligations, or when he becomes incapacit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-viii/chapter-323/4399/ | PR | 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 VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399)›Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399)›§ 4399 - Rules governing distribut... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART VIII - Partnership (§§ 4311 — 4399) › Chapter 323 - Manner of Dissolving Partnership (§§ 4391 — 4399) › § 4399 - Rules governing distribution among partners | The distribution among the partners shall be governed by the rules for inheritances, with regard to its form as well as to the obligations arising therefrom. The partner contributing his services only shall not be given any part of the property contributed, but only its fruits and profits, in accordance with the provis... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4421/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4421 - Agency defined | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4421 - Agency defined | By the contract of agency, a person binds himself to render some service, or to do something for the account or at the request of another.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1600. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4421a/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4421a - Durable power of attorney—D... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4421a - Durable power of attorney—Definition | A durable power of attorney is an instrument made by public deed for the administration of property and for any other matter, expressly containing a provision establishing that the same shall become valid and remain effective even after the principal becomes or is adjudicated incapacitated by a court. The notary shall ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4421b/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4421b - Description of the real pro... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4421b - Description of the real property of the principal in the durable power of... | In the event that the durable power of attorney provides for the alienation of one or more real properties of which the principal is the owner, in whole or in part, a description thereof shall be included therein. The real property of which the Principal is the owner, in whole or in part, and that constitutes his/her h... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4421c/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4421c - When the principal becomes ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4421c - When the principal becomes incapacitated | By virtue of the provisions of § 4421a of this title, when the principal becomes incapacitated or is adjudicated incapacitated by a court, the agent may exercise all the duties and powers granted in the durable power of attorney. However, in the case of the principal’s homestead property, the agent may only dispose of,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4421d/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4421d - Applicability of other prov... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4421d - Applicability of other provisions of the Code | All other provisions of the Code pertaining to a power contract shall apply to a durable power of attorney, provided, that such provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions of §§ 4421a-4421c of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 1600D on Jan. 18, 2012, No. 25, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4422/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4422 - Express or implied | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4422 - Express or implied | An agency may be express or implied.
An express agency may be given by a public or private instrument and even by parol.
The acceptance may also be express or implied, the latter being inferred from the acts of the agent.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1601. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4423/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4423 - Presumption of gratuitous ag... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4423 - Presumption of gratuitous agency or of obligation of compensation | In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the agency is presumed to be gratuitous.
Nevertheless, if the agent has for an occupation the performance of services of the kind to which the agency refers, the obligation of compensating him is presumed.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1602. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4424/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4424 - General and special agency d... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4424 - General and special agency defined | Agency is general or special.
The former includes all the business of the principal.
The latter, one or more specific transactions.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1603. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4425/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4425 - Agency stated in general ter... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4425 - Agency stated in general terms; express commission; power to compromise | An agency stated in general terms only includes acts of administration.
In order to compromise, alienate, mortgage, or to execute any other act of strict ownership, an express commission is required.
The power to compromise does not give authority to place the matter in the hands of arbitrators or amicable compromisers... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4426/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4426 - Scope of authority cannot be... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4426 - Scope of authority cannot be exceeded | An agent cannot exceed the scope of his authority.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1605. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4427/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4427 - Scope of authority cannot be... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4427 - Scope of authority cannot be exceeded—When not considered exceeded | The scope of the authority shall not be considered as exceeded if it should be fulfilled in a manner more advantageous for the principal than that specified by him.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1606. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4428/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4428 - Emancipated minor as agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4428 - Emancipated minor as agent | An emancipated minor can be an agent; but the principal shall only have an action against him in accordance with the provisions regarding the obligations of minors.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1607. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-327/4429/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429)›§ 4429 - Agent acting in own name | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 327 - Character, Form, and Kinds of Agency (§§ 4421 — 4429) › § 4429 - Agent acting in own name | When an agent acts in his own name, the principal shall have no action against the persons with whom the agent has contracted, nor the said persons against the principal.
In such case, the agent is directly liable to the person with whom he has contracted, as if the transaction were his own. The case involving things b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-329/4441/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449)›§ 4441 - Obligation and liability upon acceptance... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449) › § 4441 - Obligation and liability upon acceptance of agency; death of principal | An agent by his acceptance remains bound to fulfill the agency and shall be liable for the losses and damages caused to the principal through his noncompliance.
He must also finish business already begun on the death of the principal, when there is any danger in delay.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1609. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-329/4442/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449)›§ 4442 - Instructions of principal to be observed | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449) › § 4442 - Instructions of principal to be observed | In complying with the agency, the agent shall follow the instructions of the principal.
In their absence, he shall do all that which, according to the character of the business, would be done by a good father of a family.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1610. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-329/4443/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449)›§ 4443 - Accounts of transactions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449) › § 4443 - Accounts of transactions | Every agent is bound to give an account of his transactions and to pay to the principal all that he may have received by virtue of the agency, even though what has been received is not owed to the principal.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1611. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-329/4444/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449)›§ 4444 - Appointment of substitute; liability for... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449) › § 4444 - Appointment of substitute; liability for his acts | An agent may appoint a substitute when the principal has not forbidden him to do so, but he shall be liable for the acts of the substitute:
(1) When the power to appoint such substitute was not granted him.
(2) When such power was granted him, but without designating the person, and the person appointed is well known t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-329/4445/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449)›§ 4445 - Action of principal against substitute | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449) › § 4445 - Action of principal against substitute | In the cases included in the two (2) subsections of section 4444 of this title, the principal may furthermore bring an action against the substitute.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1613. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-329/4446/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449)›§ 4446 - Liability of two or more agents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449) › § 4446 - Liability of two or more agents | The liability of two (2) or more agents, even though they should have been simultaneously appointed, is not joint unless it has been so stated.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1614. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-329/4447/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449)›§ 4447 - Interest payable by agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449) › § 4447 - Interest payable by agent | An agent shall owe interest for the sum he has applied to his own use, from the day on which he did so, and for those which he still owes, after the expiration of the agency, and from the time of his default.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1615. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-329/4448/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449)›§ 4448 - Personal liability of agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449) › § 4448 - Personal liability of agent | An agent who acts as such is not personally liable to the person with whom he contracted, unless he expressly binds himself therefor, or when he exceeds the scope of the authority without giving him sufficient notice of his powers.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1616. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-329/4449/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449)›§ 4449 - Liability for fraud and negligence | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 329 - Obligations of Principal (§§ 4441 — 4449) › § 4449 - Liability for fraud and negligence | An agent is liable not only for fraud, but also for negligence, which must be judged with more or less severity by the courts, according as to whether the agency may have been gratuitous or otherwise.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1617. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-331/4461/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465)›§ 4461 - Obligations contracted by agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465) › § 4461 - Obligations contracted by agent | A principal must fulfill all the obligations which the agent may have contracted, within the scope of his authority.
A principal is liable, insofar as the agent has exceeded his power, only when he ratifies the same, expressly or in an implied manner.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1618. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-331/4462/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465)›§ 4462 - Advances to and reimbursement of agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465) › § 4462 - Advances to and reimbursement of agent | A principal must advance to the agent, if the latter should request it, the amounts necessary for the execution of the agency.
Should the agent have advanced them, the principal must reimburse him for the same, even if the transaction should not have succeeded, provided the agent should have been exempted from blame.
T... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-331/4463/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465)›§ 4463 - Indemnity for losses and damages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465) › § 4463 - Indemnity for losses and damages | The principal must also indemnify the agent for all losses and damages he may incur in complying with the agency, without fault nor imprudence on the part of said agent.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1620. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-331/4464/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465)›§ 4464 - Retention of things by agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465) › § 4464 - Retention of things by agent | The agent may retain the things which are the objects of the agency in pledge until the principal pays the indemnity and reimbursement referred to in §§ 4462 and 4463 of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1621. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-331/4465/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465)›§ 4465 - Joint liability of two or more principals | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 331 - Obligations of Agent (§§ 4461 — 4465) › § 4465 - Joint liability of two or more principals | If two (2) or more persons have appointed an agent for a common transaction, they shall be jointly liable to the latter for all the effects of the agency.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1622. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-333/4481/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488)›§ 4481 - Termination of the power of attorney | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488) › § 4481 - Termination of the power of attorney | The power of attorney terminates when:
(1) It is revoked.
(2) The agent resigns.
(3) The principal or the agent dies, bankruptcy, or insolvency.
(4) The principal becomes incapacitated to administer his/her property, unless a durable power of attorney has been executed, as provided in § 4421a of this title.
History —Ci... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-333/4482/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488)›§ 4482 - Revocation by principal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488) › § 4482 - Revocation by principal | The principal may, at his will, revoke the power and compel the agent to return the instrument containing the same in which the authority was given.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1624. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-333/4483/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488)›§ 4483 - Effect of revocation on third person... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488) › § 4483 - Effect of revocation on third persons | If the agency should have been granted to contract with determined persons, its revocation cannot prejudice them unless they were given notice.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1625. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-333/4484/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488)›§ 4484 - Appointment of new agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488) › § 4484 - Appointment of new agent | The appointment of a new agent for the same business produces a revocation of the previous agency from the day on which notice was given to the former agent, excepting the provisions of § 4483 of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1626. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-333/4485/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488)›§ 4485 - Withdrawal of agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488) › § 4485 - Withdrawal of agent | An agent may withdraw from the agency by giving notice to the principal. Should the latter suffer any losses through the withdrawal, the agent must indemnify him therefor, unless said agent bases his withdrawal upon the impossibility of continuing to act as such without serious detriment to himself.
History —Civil Code... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-333/4486/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488)›§ 4486 - Time agent must continue as such | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488) › § 4486 - Time agent must continue as such | Even should the agent renounce the agency for sufficient cause, he must continue as such until the principal should have been able to take the necessary steps to provide therefor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1628. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-333/4487/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488)›§ 4487 - Acts of agent after death of princip... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488) › § 4487 - Acts of agent after death of principal or other termination of agency | What has been done by the agent, when he was not aware of the death of the principal, or of any other of the causes which terminate the agency, shall be valid and of effect with regard to third persons who may have contracted with the agent in good faith.
In regard to any contract made by an agent under the circumstanc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-ix/chapter-333/4488/ | PR | 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 IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488)›Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488)›§ 4488 - Action of heirs on death of agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART IX - Agency (§§ 4421 — 4488) › Chapter 333 - Manner of Terminating Agency (§§ 4481 — 4488) › § 4488 - Action of heirs on death of agent | In case the agent dies, his heirs must inform the principal thereof, and meanwhile adopt the measures which circumstances may require for the interest of the latter.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1630. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-337/4511/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 337 - General Provisions (§ 4511)›§ 4511 - Contract of loan defined; commodatum as gratuitous; loan... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 337 - General Provisions (§ 4511) › § 4511 - Contract of loan defined; commodatum as gratuitous; loan as gratuitous or with interest | By the contract of loan, one of the parties delivers to the other, either anything not perishable, in order that the latter may use it during a certain period and return it to the former, in which case it is called commodatum, or money or any other perishable thing, under the condition to return an equal amount of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-i/4521/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter I - Nature of Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4522)›§ 4521 - Rig... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter I - Nature of Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4522) › § 4521 - Rights of bailor and bailee | The bailor retains the ownership of the thing loaned. The bailee acquires the use thereof, but not its fruits; if any compensation is involved, to be paid by the person requiring the use, the agreement ceases to be a commodatum.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1632. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-i/4522/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter I - Nature of Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4522)›§ 4522 - Tra... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter I - Nature of Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4522) › § 4522 - Transmission of obligations and rights arising ... | The obligations and rights which arise from the commodatum pass to the heirs of both contracting parties, unless the loan has been made in consideration for the person of the bailee, in which case his heirs shall not have the right to continue using the thing loaned.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1633. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-ii/4531/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536)›§ 4531 - O... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536) › § 4531 - Ordinary expenses of use and preservation | The bailee is obliged to pay the ordinary expenses which are necessary for the use and preservation of the thing loaned.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1634. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-ii/4532/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536)›§ 4532 - L... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536) › § 4532 - Loss of thing loaned | If the bailee puts the thing to a different use from that for which it was loaned, or keeps it in his possession for a longer time than that agreed upon, he shall be liable for its loss, even when said loss occurs by reason of a fortuitous event.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1635. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-ii/4533/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536)›§ 4533 - L... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536) › § 4533 - Loss of thing loaned—When delivered under app... | If the thing loaned was delivered under appraisal and is lost, even should it be by reason of a fortuitous event, the bailee shall be liable for its value unless there is an agreement in which he is expressly exempted from liability.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1636. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-ii/4534/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536)›§ 4534 - B... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536) › § 4534 - Bailee not liable for wear and tear through u... | The bailee is not liable for the wear and tear suffered by the thing loaned by reason of its use only, and without his fault.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1637. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-ii/4535/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536)›§ 4535 - R... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536) › § 4535 - Retention of thing loaned forbidden | A bailee cannot retain the thing loaned under the pretext that the bailor owes him something, even should it be by reason of expenses.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1638. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-ii/4536/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536)›§ 4536 - J... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter II - Obligations of Bailee (§§ 4531 — 4536) › § 4536 - Joint liability of bailees | All the bailees to whom the thing is jointly loaned shall be jointly liable for the same, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 4531-4536 of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1639. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-iii/4551/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter III - Obligations of Bailor (§§ 4551 — 4554)›§ 4551 - ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Bailor (§§ 4551 — 4554) › § 4551 - Demand for restitution of thing loaned | A bailor cannot demand the thing loaned, except after the termination of the use for which he loaned it. Nevertheless, if before this period the bailor has an urgent necessity for the same, he may demand its restitution.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1640. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-iii/4552/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter III - Obligations of Bailor (§§ 4551 — 4554)›§ 4552 - ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Bailor (§§ 4551 — 4554) › § 4552 - Loss of thing loaned—If duration of commodat... | If the duration of the commodatum should not have been stipulated nor the use to which the thing loaned was to be devoted, and the latter should not be determined by the customs of the land, the bailor may demand it at his will.
In case of doubt the burden of proof falls upon the bailee.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 16... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-iii/4553/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter III - Obligations of Bailor (§§ 4551 — 4554)›§ 4553 - ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Bailor (§§ 4551 — 4554) › § 4553 - Extraordinary expenses for preservation | The bailor must pay the extraordinary expenses arising during the contract for the preservation of the thing loaned, provided that the bailee informs him thereof before making them, unless they should be so urgent that the answer to the notice cannot be waited for without risk.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1642. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-339/subchapter-iii/4554/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554)›Subchapter III - Obligations of Bailor (§§ 4551 — 4554)›§ 4554 - ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 339 - Commodatum (§§ 4521 — 4554) › Subchapter III - Obligations of Bailor (§§ 4551 — 4554) › § 4554 - Damages for which bailor responsible | The bailor who, knowing the vices of the thing loaned, should not have informed the bailee thereof, shall be liable to him for the damages he may have suffered by reason thereof.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1643. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-341/4571/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575)›§ 4571 - Nature of simple loan | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575) › § 4571 - Nature of simple loan | A person receiving money or any other perishable thing on loan acquires its ownership, and is bound to return to the creditor an equal amount of the same kind and quality.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1644. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-341/4572/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575)›§ 4572 - Obligation of person taking money, perishable things, o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575) › § 4572 - Obligation of person taking money, perishable things, or metal on loan | The obligation of a person taking money on loan shall be governed by the provisions of § 3174 of this title.
If what has been loaned is another perishable thing, or a quantity of metal, not coined, the debtor owes a quantity equal to that received, and of the same kind and quality, even though it may have suffered a ch... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-341/4573/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575)›§ 4573 - Interest | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575) › § 4573 - Interest | Interest shall only be owed when it has been expressly stipulated.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1646. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-341/4574/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575)›§ 4574 - Payment of interest without stipulation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575) › § 4574 - Payment of interest without stipulation | A borrower who has paid interest without it being stipulated cannot claim it nor charge it to the capital.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1647. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-341/4575/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575)›§ 4575 - Pawn shops | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 341 - Simple Loan (§§ 4571 — 4575) › § 4575 - Pawn shops | Pawn shops shall furthermore be subject to the proper regulations.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1648. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-343/4591/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599)›§ 4591 - Interest rate in absence of agreement... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599) › § 4591 - Interest rate in absence of agreement; limit of rate fixed by agreement | In the absence of a prior agreement in writing, the rate of interest upon the loan or forbearance of money or goods, or on any type of obligation or agreement, shall be at a rate of six (6) dollars annually on each one hundred (100) dollars or upon its equivalent value, and at the same rate for a greater or lesser sum,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-343/4592/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599)›§ 4592 - Prior contracts, obligations, and jud... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599) › § 4592 - Prior contracts, obligations, and judgments | §§ 4591-4599 of this title shall not apply to contracts entered into or obligations incurred or judgments rendered prior to the date of the passage hereof.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1650. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-343/4593/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599)›§ 4593 - Licensed pawnbrokers, bottomry and re... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599) › § 4593 - Licensed pawnbrokers, bottomry and respondentia bonds and contracts | Section 4591 of this title shall not apply to loans made by licensed pawnbrokers, or to bottomry and respondentia bonds and contracts.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1651. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-343/4594/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599)›§ 4594 - Receipt of money or goods at excessiv... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599) › § 4594 - Receipt of money or goods at excessive rate of interest; enforcement of contracts | No person, except as authorized by § 4593 of this title, shall demand or receive, directly or indirectly, any money or goods, at any greater rate of interest for the loan or extension of time of said loan, that the rate provided for in §§ 4591-4599 of this title. Nothing in these sections shall be taken to prohibit the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-343/4595/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599)›§ 4595 - Recovery of sums paid over legal rate... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599) › § 4595 - Recovery of sums paid over legal rate of interest | Any person who for any loan or forbearance pays or delivers any greater sum or value than is fixed by law as interest at the legal rate, or his representatives, may within one year after such payment or delivery, recover by action the excess of the money or value so paid over the amount of interest at legal rate from t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-343/4596/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599)›§ 4596 - Reimbursement of or relinquishment of... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599) › § 4596 - Reimbursement of or relinquishment of agreement for illegal interest | Any person who repays or returns any money, goods or other things taken, accepted or received in violation of sections 4591-4599 of this title, or by a written instrument delivered to the other party of the contract before the commencement of a proceeding to enjoin the enforcement of the contract, or before the defense... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-343/4597/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599)›§ 4597 - Calculation of months | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599) › § 4597 - Calculation of months | In calculations of interest, a month shall be considered as the twelfth part of a year and as consisting of thirty (30) days, and interest for any number of days less than a month shall be calculated by the proportion which such number of days bears to thirty (30).
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1655. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-343/4598/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599)›§ 4598 - Pleading of usury as separate defense | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599) › § 4598 - Pleading of usury as separate defense | When any person relying upon the provisions of sections 4591-4599 of this title for the purpose of avoiding any contract for the payment of a greater rate of interest or compensation for a loan or forbearance of money or goods, seeks to avail himself of the provisions hereof in any proceeding to enforce such a contract... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-x/chapter-343/4599/ | PR | 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 X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599)›Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599)›§ 4599 - Interest under prior contracts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART X - Loans (§§ 4511 — 4599) › Chapter 343 - Fixing Legal Rate of Interest (§§ 4591 — 4599) › § 4599 - Interest under prior contracts | Nothing in §§ 4591-4599 of this title shall be construed to apply to payments of interest made under contracts entered into prior to the passage of the provisions of said sections, in which a different or other rate of interest from that provided for herein is specified, or to the payment of interest on judgments rende... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-347/4621/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 347 - Depositum Generally and Its Different Kinds (§§ 4621 — 4622)›§ 4621 - Constitution of de... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 347 - Depositum Generally and Its Different Kinds (§§ 4621 — 4622) › § 4621 - Constitution of depositum | A depositum is constituted from the time a person receives a thing belonging to another with the obligation of keeping and returning it.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1658. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-347/4622/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 347 - Depositum Generally and Its Different Kinds (§§ 4621 — 4622)›§ 4622 - Constitution judic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 347 - Depositum Generally and Its Different Kinds (§§ 4621 — 4622) › § 4622 - Constitution judicially or extrajudicially | A depositum may be constituted judicially or extrajudicially.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1659. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-i/4641/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter I - Nature and Essence of Contra... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter I - Nature and Essence of Contract of Depositum (§§ 4641 — 4643) › § 4641 - De... | Depositum is a gratuitous contract unless there is an agreement to the contrary.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1660. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-i/4642/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter I - Nature and Essence of Contra... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter I - Nature and Essence of Contract of Depositum (§§ 4641 — 4643) › § 4642 - Ob... | Personal property only can be an object of a depositum.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1661. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-i/4643/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter I - Nature and Essence of Contra... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter I - Nature and Essence of Contract of Depositum (§§ 4641 — 4643) › § 4643 - Ki... | An extrajudicial depositum is either necessary or voluntary.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1662. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-ii/4651/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter II - Voluntary Depositum (§§ 465... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter II - Voluntary Depositum (§§ 4651 — 4653) › § 4651 - Voluntary depositum defin... | A voluntary depositum is that in which delivery is made by the will of the bailor. The depositum may be made by two or more persons who believe themselves to have a right to the thing bailed in the hands of a third person, who shall, in a proper case, deliver said thing to the proper person.
History —Civil Code, 1930, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-ii/4652/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter II - Voluntary Depositum (§§ 465... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter II - Voluntary Depositum (§§ 4651 — 4653) › § 4652 - Acceptance of depositum m... | If a person qualified to contract accepts the depositum made by another who is an incapacitated person, the former is subject to all the obligations of a bailee, and may be compelled to return it by the guardian, curator, or administrator of the person who made the depositum, or by the same person, should he become qua... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-ii/4653/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter II - Voluntary Depositum (§§ 465... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter II - Voluntary Depositum (§§ 4651 — 4653) › § 4653 - Depositum by qualified pe... | If the depositum has been made by a qualified person, in the hands of another who is incapacitated, the bailor shall only have the action to recover the thing bailed as long as it remains in the possession of the bailee, or to compel the latter to pay him the sum by which he may have profited by the thing, or its price... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4661/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4661 - Obligation to keep and... | A bailee is obliged to keep the thing, and, when required, to return it to the bailor or to his legal representatives, or to the person who may have been designated in the contract. His liability, with regard to the keeping and loss of the thing, shall be governed by the provisions of §§ 2991-3344 of this title.
Histor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4662/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4662 - Permission required fo... | The bailee cannot make use of the thing bailed without the express permission of the bailor.
Otherwise he shall be liable for losses and damages.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1667. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4663/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4663 - Effect of permission t... | When the bailee has permission to make use of the thing bailed, the contract loses the character of a depositum and becomes a loan or a commodatum.
The permission shall not be presumed, and its existence must be proven.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1668. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4664/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4664 - Delivery of thing clos... | When the thing bailed is delivered closed and sealed, the bailee must return it in the same condition, and shall be liable for the losses and damages if the seal or lock should have been broken by his fault.
Such bailee is presumed to be to blame unless the contrary is proven.
With regard to the value of the thing bail... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4665/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4665 - Proceeds, accretions, ... | The thing bailed shall be returned with all its proceeds and accretions.
Should the depositum consist of money, the provisions relating to agents, contained in § 4447 of this title, shall be applied to the bailee.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1670. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4666/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4666 - Proof of ownership; st... | The bailee cannot demand that the bailor prove that he is the owner of the thing bailed.
Nevertheless, should he discover that the thing has been stolen and who is its true owner, he must inform the latter of the depositum.
If the owner, notwithstanding this, does not claim the depositum within the term of one month, t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4667/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4667 - Rights of bailors when... | If there are two (2) or more bailors, and they should not be joint and the thing can be divided, each one can demand his part only.
When they are joint bailors, or the thing does not admit of division, the provisions of §§ 3105 and 3106 of this title shall govern.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1672. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4668/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4668 - Loss of capacity to co... | When the bailor loses his capacity to contract, after having made the depositum, the latter cannot be returned except to the persons who have the administration of his property and rights.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1673. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4669/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4669 - Place for return of th... | When, on making the depositum, a place was designated for the return of the thing bailed, the bailee must take the thing bailed to such place; but the expense incurred by the conveyance shall be charged to the bailor.
Should no place have been designated for the return, it shall be made at the place where the thing bai... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4670/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4670 - Return upon demand of ... | The depositum shall be returned to the bailor when he claims it, even though a specified term or time for such return may have been fixed in the contract.
This provision shall not be observed when the depositum in the possession of the bailee has been judicially attached, or should the latter have been notified of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4671/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4671 - Return by bailee | The bailee, who may have sufficient reasons for not keeping the depositum, may, even before the term designated, return it to the bailor, and if the latter refuses it, he may obtain its consignation from the judge.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1676. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4672/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4672 - Loss of thing through ... | The bailee, who may have lost the thing bailed through force majeure and received another in its place, shall be obliged to deliver the latter to the bailor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1677. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-4/part-xi/chapter-349/subchapter-iii/4673/ | PR | 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 XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715)›Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694)›Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 4 - Obligations and Contracts (§§ 2991 — 5305) › PART XI - Depositum (§§ 4621 — 4715) › Chapter 349 - Depositum Properly Speaking (§§ 4641 — 4694) › Subchapter III - Obligations to Bailee (§§ 4661 — 4673) › § 4673 - Obligation of heir of ... | The heir of the bailee, who, in good faith, may have sold the thing which he did not know was bailed, is only obliged to return the price he may have received or to assign his actions against the purchaser in case the price should not have been paid to him.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1678. |
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