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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-41/971o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 41 - Junkyard Act (§§ 971 — 971q)›§ 971o - Operating without license, penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 41 - Junkyard Act (§§ 971 — 971q) › § 971o - Operating without license, penalties | Any person, firm or corporation that establishes, operates or maintains a junkyard, as defined in subsection (b) of § 971a of this title without obtaining the license to operate required by § 971b of this title, or that fails to comply with the conditions required in subsection (g) of § 971d of this title, shall incur ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-41/971p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 41 - Junkyard Act (§§ 971 — 971q)›§ 971p - Each day constituting violation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 41 - Junkyard Act (§§ 971 — 971q) › § 971p - Each day constituting violation | For the purposes of § 971o of this title and this section, each day of such violations shall constitute a separate offense.
History —June 27, 1966, No. 125, p. 390, § 17, renumbered as § 16 on Feb. 11, 1987, No. 1, p. 3, § 7, eff. 90 days after Feb. 11, 1987. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-41/971q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 41 - Junkyard Act (§§ 971 — 971q)›§ 971q - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 41 - Junkyard Act (§§ 971 — 971q) › § 971q - Regulations | The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations for the implementation of that which is established in this chapter.
History —June 27, 1966, No. 125, p. 390, added as § 17 on Feb. 11, 1987, No. 1, p. 3, § 8, eff. 90 days after Feb. 11, 1987. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976 - Purpose | This chapter has the purpose of protecting the health of persons, animals and vegetable life, public health in general, and property, through the proper reglementation of the activity of applying, by any means or device, and for profit, insecticides and/or economic poisons to lands, buildings, structures, and propertie... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976a - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976a - Short title | The short title of this chapter shall be “Act to regulate the commercial application of insecticides and/or economic poisons in Puerto Rico.”
History —June 28, 1966, No. 132, p. 410, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976b - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976b - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall be defined as follows:
(a) Person. — Shall include any person, natural or [juridical], the latter comprising any partnership, association, corporation, or any other organized group or their authorized representatives, whether or not incorporated and registered ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976c - License required | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976c - License required | Every natural or [juridical] person engaged, or who might in the future be engaged, in the application of insecticides and/or economic poisons for profit, must have a license for such purpose granted by the Secretary of Health pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Persons operating such business on the effective ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976d - Application | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976d - Application | Every application for license or license renewal pursuant to this chapter shall be filed with the Department of Health in a form thereby supplied, and such information as said department may require pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be furnished therein.
History —June 28, 1966, No. 132, p. 410, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976e - Requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976e - Requirements | Every applicant for a license to engage in the application of insecticides and/or economic poisons for profit shall be of age and well-reputed in the community. In the case of [juridical] persons the requirements herein established shall apply to the officials and employees thereof.
History —June 28, 1966, No. 132, p. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976f - Necessary documents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976f - Necessary documents | Every application for license or license renewal must be accompanied by:
(1) A certificate to the effect that the economic poisons that he intends to use or is using are registered in the Department of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of §§ 1001—1013 of this title.
(2) Proof accrediting that those who are to supe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976g - Granting of license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976g - Granting of license | Every person applying for a license to apply insecticides and/or economic poisons for profit in Puerto Rico, and who, in the opinion of the Secretary of Health meets the requirements of law, shall be issued a license for such purposes. The granting of the license shall authorize the holder thereof to operate such busin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976h - Employees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976h - Employees | The employees of any natural or [juridical] person authorized to do business in Puerto Rico pursuant to the terms of this chapter, who have been hired as appliers or sprinklers of economic poisons, shall not need to have a license for such purposes; but shall be responsible for complying with such regulations as the Se... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976i - Fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976i - Fees | The fees to be paid for obtaining a license pursuant to this chapter shall be five dollars ($5) for filing the application thereof, and fifteen dollars ($15) for the granting of the license. The fees hereby established shall be paid by means of internal revenue stamps. If the license is not granted, the stamps appertai... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976j - Functions and powers of Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976j - Functions and powers of Secretary | (1) He shall promulgate the necessary regulations for the implementation of this chapter, establishing the requirements as to equipment and minimum facilities necessary for the safe application of economic poisons; for the protection of the health of those employed in the application and use of insecticides and/or econ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976k - Denial, suspension and revocation of licenses; causes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976k - Denial, suspension and revocation of licenses; causes | Without prejudice to the power hereby conferred upon the Secretary to establish other just causes, the following shall be causes for denying, suspending, or revoking a license granted pursuant to this chapter:
(1) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations promulgated hereunder.
(2) Commis... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976l - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976l - Penalties | (a) Every person who, on and after the approval of this act, engages in the application of economic poisons to lands, buildings, structures, and properties for profit in Puerto Rico, who is not authorized therefor by the Secretary, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of no... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976m - Saving clause | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976m - Saving clause | The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to:
(1) Persons holding a public office or position of any nature, for compensation or not, in the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or in the federal government, or in the municipal governments, agencies, instrumentalities, and public corporations or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-43/976n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n)›§ 976n - Public hearing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 43 - Economic Poisons or Insecticides (§§ 976 — 976n) › § 976n - Public hearing | Such regulations as the Secretary may approve shall be adopted after a public hearing which shall be held ten (10) days after notice of such hearing in a local newspaper of general circulation.
The said regulations shall take effect after filed with the State Department pursuant to Act No. 112, of June 30, 1957.
Histor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-44/980a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 44 - Prohibition of Practices for Collection at Debtor’s Workplace (§§ 980a — 980d)›§ 980a - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 44 - Prohibition of Practices for Collection at Debtor’s Workplace (§§ 980a — 980d) › § 980a - Public policy | It is hereby declared as public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that for a debt collector to make efforts to collect debts, whether by telephone, in person, or through any other means of communication, during working hours at the place of work or employment of the debtor constitutes an undesirable practice.
H... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-44/980b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 44 - Prohibition of Practices for Collection at Debtor’s Workplace (§§ 980a — 980d)›§ 980b - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 44 - Prohibition of Practices for Collection at Debtor’s Workplace (§§ 980a — 980d) › § 980b - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(a) Communication. — Means any information regarding a debt, sent directly or indirectly to any person through any means.
(b) Debtor. — Means any person legally bound to pay a debt.
(c) Creditor. — Means any natural or juri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-44/980c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 44 - Prohibition of Practices for Collection at Debtor’s Workplace (§§ 980a — 980d)›§ 980c - Restrictions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 44 - Prohibition of Practices for Collection at Debtor’s Workplace (§§ 980a — 980d) › § 980c - Restrictions | Except in those cases in which the express consent or a judicial order to such effect is involved, no debt collector may contact a debtor, whether by telephone, in person, or through any other means of communication during working hours at the place of work or employment of the debtor, if the debt collector knows or sh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-44/980d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 44 - Prohibition of Practices for Collection at Debtor’s Workplace (§§ 980a — 980d)›§ 980d - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 44 - Prohibition of Practices for Collection at Debtor’s Workplace (§§ 980a — 980d) › § 980d - Penalties | Any person incurring a violation of this chapter or of regulations issued hereunder may be punished by the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs with an administrative fine which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day the violation is incurred.
History —Sept. 3, 1996, No. 179, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981 - Short title | The short title of this chapter is: “Collecting Agencies Act”.
History —June 27, 1968, No. 143, p. 409, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981a - Definitions | To the effects of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning hereinbelow expressed:
(a) Person. — Includes individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, corporations and any other juridic entities.
(b) Collecting agency. — Includes any person engaged in the business of collecting for other persons any ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981b - Exceptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981b - Exceptions | The term “collecting agency” shall not include those persons whose collecting activities are limited and are directly connected with the operation of a business, or profession other than a collecting agency, such as lawyers, banks, realtors, public officials or persons acting under the order of a court, construction an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981c - Licenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981c - Licenses | (a) No person may operate a collecting agency in the Commonwealth without having previously obtained a license issued by the Secretary pursuant to this chapter.
(b) A license shall be required for each office established, independently of the fact that more than one office may belong to a same main firm engaged in the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981d - Application and license fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981d - Application and license fees | (a) Any license application shall be made in writing in the blank forms that for such purpose the Secretary may furnish and shall contain under oath the address where the main office of the business will be established and the identification of each applicant, as well as any other information that the Secretary may req... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981e - Investigations before the issuance of a license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981e - Investigations before the issuance of a license | The Secretary shall make the investigation he may consider necessary as to the financial responsibility, integrity, experience, repute, character and general ability of the applicant. Such investigation may include all the personnel employed by, or associated with the applicant.
History —June 27, 1968, No. 143, p. 409,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981f - Bond; manner, amount, conditions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981f - Bond; manner, amount, conditions | (a) No license shall be issued to operate a collecting agency unless the applicant has given, in behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a bond in cash, mortgage, bonds, promissory notes or other debt evidences from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its municipalities and public corporations, deposit certificates iss... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981g - Causes for denying license applications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981g - Causes for denying license applications | No license shall be granted to any individual applicant, or to any applicant society or corporation, if such applicant or any associate or official thereof, or director of applicant corporation or employee thereof, has been guilty in any jurisdiction of the crime of forgery, fraud, misrepresentation, larceny, extortion... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981h - Resident agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981h - Resident agent | Every licensee shall keep designated in writing before the Secretary a resident agent through whom he shall notify summons, notices, orders and resolutions of courts and agencies of the government in judicial and administrative proceedings.
History —June 27, 1968, No. 143, p. 409, § 9. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981i - Existing businesses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981i - Existing businesses | Any person who on the date of effectiveness of this act is engaged in the business of a collecting agency shall apply for a license within the thirty (30) days following the date in which this act takes effect. Within the term of 60 days from the date of effectiveness of this act such persons must satisfy all the requi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981j - Changes in location of agency | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981j - Changes in location of agency | (a) Fifteen (15) days before changing its location in a municipality, a collection agency shall notify the change [of address] to the Department of Consumers Affairs, in order to obtain its written authorization. The Secretary shall amend the license as it corresponds.
(b) It shall be necessary to obtain the authorizat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981k - Revocation and relinquishment of license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981k - Revocation and relinquishment of license | (a) Revocation of license .—The Secretary may revoke a license on any grounds which may empower him to deny an application therefor, pursuant to this chapter. An additional cause for revocation of the license shall be the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
Any order revoking a license shall set forth t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981l - Hearings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981l - Hearings | No license shall be revoked or suspended without the previous holding of a hearing. The Secretary shall notify by certified mail with acknowledgment of receipt the date set for said hearing at least thirty days in advance of the said date.
History —June 27, 1968, No. 143, p. 409, § 13. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981m - Records | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981m - Records | Each licensee shall keep such records of accounts to be collected as well as the collections made under this chapter which permit the Secretary to determine if the licensee is complying with same and shall keep, for the purposes of this chapter, said records for at least three years after making the last entry therein.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981n - Faculties to investigate; enforcement through judicial order | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981n - Faculties to investigate; enforcement through judicial order | In the exercise of his duties the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to summon witnesses and to administer oaths and take sworn declarations and in compliance with these provisions he may subpoena witnesses; and may compel the witnesses to produce books, letters, documents, papers, records and all other articles t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981o - Orders to comply or to desist | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981o - Orders to comply or to desist | Whenever the Secretary suspects that any person is violating or intends to violate this chapter, he may issue an order upon previous notice and hearing, requiring said person to comply with the provisions of this chapter or to cease, or desist violating same. The party or parties shall be notified in writing at least f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981p - Prohibited practices | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981p - Prohibited practices | No collection agency shall:
(1) Carry out actions for collection in relation to accounts, bills or debts for which it has not been previously authorized in writing by the client.
(2) Institute judicial proceedings against a debtor in the name of the client without having been previously authorized in writing therefor.
... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981p-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981p-1 - Congruity with federal law | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981p-1 - Congruity with federal law | The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted in congruity with the “Fair Debt Collection Practices Act”, 15 USC §§ 1692 et seq.
History —June 27, 1968, No. 143, p. 409, added as § 17a on Sept. 3, 1996, No. 179, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981p-2/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981p-2 - Claims | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981p-2 - Claims | Actions to claim compensation for violations of the provisions of this chapter under §§ 2995, 3023, and 5141 of Title 31, known as the Civil Code, may be filed at the Court of First Instance or the Department of Consumer Affairs, at the choice of the claimant.
History —June 27, 1968, No. 143, p. 409, added as § 17b on ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981q - Regulation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981q - Regulation | The Secretary shall prepare those rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
History —June 27, 1968, No. 143, p. 409, § 18. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981r/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981r - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981r - Penalties | The Secretary is hereby authorized to impose and collect administrative fines of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for any violation to the provisions of this chapter or to the provisions contained in the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Whenever the nature of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-45/981s/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s)›§ 981s - Revision | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 45 - Collecting Agencies (§§ 981 — 981s) › § 981s - Revision | Any determination of the Secretary based on this chapter or in any rule or regulation issued by the Secretary under this chapter may be revised through certiorari in the Court of First Instance, San Juan Part, upon a petition filed by the aggrieved party within 30 days from the date of the notice of the Secretary.
Hist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-47/991/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 47 - Trading Stamps (§§ 991 — 991b)›§ 991 - Illegal actions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 47 - Trading Stamps (§§ 991 — 991b) › § 991 - Illegal actions | It shall constitute a public offense that any person, firm, partnership or corporation, use, issue, distribute, give out, supply, exchange, redeem, or that any firm, person, partnership or corporation, provide, supply or furnish to another person, firm or corporation so that the latter may use, distribute, issue, excha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-47/991a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 47 - Trading Stamps (§§ 991 — 991b)›§ 991a - Exceptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 47 - Trading Stamps (§§ 991 — 991b) › § 991a - Exceptions | Sections 991—991b of this title shall not apply to the use, issuance, distribution, exchange, supply of any stamp, coupon, ticket, certificate, letter, card, slip of paper or other similar promotion device, issued, distributed, supplied or exchanged by a manufacturer or packer in regard to the sale of his products manu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-47/991b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 47 - Trading Stamps (§§ 991 — 991b)›§ 991b - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 47 - Trading Stamps (§§ 991 — 991b) › § 991b - Penalties | Any person, firm, partnership or corporation, who violates the provisions of §§ 991—991b of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $ 1,000 or by confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 90 days, or by both penalties, in the discretion of the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996 - Short title | The short title of this chapter shall be: “Personal Property Leasing Institutions Act”.
History —May 8, 1973, No. 20, p. 71, § 1; Aug. 12, 1994, No. 65, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996a - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings hereinbelow set forth:
(1) Person. — Shall include individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, corporations and any other legal entities.
(2) Secretary. — Shall mean the Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(3) De... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996b - License—Scope | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996b - License—Scope | No person shall engage directly or indirectly in the personal property leasing business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico without obtaining previously a license issued by the Commissioner as provided below, except those persons or entities whose assets devoted to the personal property lease business have a value of le... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996c - License—Application and fees; resident agent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996c - License—Application and fees; resident agent | (a) Application and license fees .—The application for the issuance of a license shall be made under oath. It shall state the address where the main office of the business shall be established and shall also contain the information required by the Commissioner, including the identification of each applicant, in order t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996d - License—Procedure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996d - License—Procedure | (a) Issuance of license.—Upon the filing of application and payment of fees, the Commissioner shall make the necessary investigations, and should he find that the financial solvency, experience, character and general ability of the applicant are such as to justify the belief that the business shall be administered lega... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996e - License—Expressed provisions; continuity of license; offices; change of contro... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996e - License—Expressed provisions; continuity of license; offices; change of control | (a) License. — Each license shall contain the office address where the business is to be carried out, and the name of the grantee. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the premises of the authorized business.
(b) Continuity of license. — Each license shall remain in force provided the corresponding... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996f - License—Revocation, suspension or waiver | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996f - License—Revocation, suspension or waiver | (a) Revocation of license .—After due notice and hearing to the grantee, the Commissioner may revoke any license if he finds that:
(1) There is any fact which if it had existed or been known at the time the application was filed, would have justified the nonissuance of the license, or
(2) the grantee has violated any o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996g - Powers of the Commissioner | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996g - Powers of the Commissioner | The Commissioner or his authorized representatives or agents shall have power to:
(1) Carry out investigations at the request of an interested party or on his own initiative, relative to the alleged violations of this chapter, as well as any other investigations necessary for the proper administration of same.
(2) Requ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996h - Duties of the grantee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996h - Duties of the grantee | Persons engaged in the leasing of personal property shall be bound to:
(1) Place at the disposal of the Commissioner the accounting books, records, documents and any other data that he may deem necessary and allow the Commissioner or his representatives free access to the property, facilities and places of operation.
(... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996i - Orders to cease and desist | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996i - Orders to cease and desist | Whenever the Commissioner has grounds to believe that any person is violating or attempting to violate this chapter, he may issue an order, after due notice and hearing, requiring said person to comply with the provisions thereof or to cease and desist from violating it. The parties shall be notified, in writing, no le... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996j - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996j - Regulations | The Commissioner shall prescribe the regulations that he deems necessary for the fulfillment of the provisions of this chapter.
History —May 8, 1973, No. 20, p. 71, § 11; July 2, 1987, No. 91, p. 355, § 10. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996k - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996k - Penalties | The Commissioner is hereby authorized to levy and collect administrative fines of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the provisions contained in the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
When the nature of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49a/996l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l)›§ 996l - Review | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49A - Lease of Personal Property (§§ 996 — 996l) › § 996l - Review | Any decision of the Commissioner based on the law, or on any rule or regulation issued by the Commissioner hereunder, may be reviewed by certiorari filed by the injured party in the Court of First Instance, San Juan Part, within thirty (30) days on and from the date of notice of the decision of the Commissioner to the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49b/997/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h)›§ 997 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h) › § 997 - Definitions | The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the meaning hereinbelow expressed:
(a) Multi-level distribution company. — Means any natural or [juridical] person who grants in exchange for an economic retribution, a franchise or concession for the distribution and/or sale of properties or services, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49b/997a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h)›§ 997a - Prohibited activities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h) › § 997a - Prohibited activities | No multi-level distribution company may, by itself or through dealers, agents or participants, carry out the following activities in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico:
(a) Operate or directly or indirectly participate in the operation of any marketing program in which the benefits of the participants depend primarily on ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49b/997b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h)›§ 997b - Contracts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h) › § 997b - Contracts | (1) Every distribution contract shall contain clauses permitting the dealer to cancel the contract:
(a) At any time and for any reason within the term of ninety (90) days after the signature thereof, and/or
(b) at any time upon showing noncompliance with any of the essential obligations of the distribution contract on ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49b/997c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h)›§ 997c - Reasonable stock of merchandise available | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h) › § 997c - Reasonable stock of merchandise available | No multi-level distribution company may, by itself or through its dealers, agents or participants, require the acquisition of products or services or payment of any sum as an indispensable condition to participate in the business, unless the company, its dealers or agents have a reasonable stock of merchandise availabl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49b/997d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h)›§ 997d - Enlistment of new participants; information on gains or benefits obtai... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h) › § 997d - Enlistment of new participants; information on gains or benefits obtainable | No multi-level distribution company may, directly or indirectly through its dealers, agents or participants, use as propaganda in the enlistment of new participants information on the profits or benefits obtained in the past by its dealers, agents or participants, or assure to prospective participants in this type of b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49b/997e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h)›§ 997e - Injunction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h) › § 997e - Injunction | The Secretary of Justice of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall have power to bring injunction or any other kind of proceeding to prevent, avert, detain and punish violations of this chapter or to obtain any other proper remedy.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 96, p. 409, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49b/997f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h)›§ 997f - Noncompliance with orders; penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h) › § 997f - Noncompliance with orders; penalties | Noncompliance of an order of the court to enforce the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable as contempt of court and the person guilty of said violation shall be sentenced to pay a fine not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day elapsed without complyi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49b/997g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h)›§ 997g - Provisions of public order; waiver prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h) › § 997g - Provisions of public order; waiver prohibited | The provisions of this chapter are of a public order and therefore may not be waived.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 96, p. 409, § 8. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49b/997h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h)›§ 997h - Prescription of action | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49B - Multi-Level Distribution Companies (§§ 997 — 997h) › § 997h - Prescription of action | Any action arisen from this chapter shall prescribe after three years reckoning from the date of the definitive expiration of a distribution contract.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 96, p. 409, § 9. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998 - Rate of interest | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998 - Rate of interest | No natural or [juridical] person shall demand or receive in or for loans or renewals of money or merchandise, or in or for any kind of obligation, agreement or contract, directly or indirectly a rate of interest exceeding nine dollars ($9) annually on each one hundred dollars ($100) or on its equivalent in value, when ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998b - Interest exceeding stipulated maximum rates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998b - Interest exceeding stipulated maximum rates | Notwithstanding the provisions of § 998 of this title and in § 4591 of Title 31, there may be demanded or received, in or for loans or extensions of money or merchandise, or in or for any type of obligation, agreement or contract, an interest rate higher than the maximum rates stipulated in § 998 of this title, as well... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998f - No interest or interest less than that fixed by law or regulation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998f - No interest or interest less than that fixed by law or regulation | The fact that no interest or charge has been fixed in an obligation, contract or agreement, or that the interest or charge set in said obligation, contract or agreement is at an equal or lower rate than that fixed by law or regulation shall not be conclusive evidence of the rate of interest or charge fixed and evidence... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998g - Construction with other laws | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998g - Construction with other laws | The provisions of this chapter shall in no way affect, modify or alter the civil liability that any natural or juridical person may incur under the articles of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico that deal with the fixing of legal interest and the manner of recovering the excess amounts paid thereon, it being understood, how... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998j - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998j - Penalties | Any natural or juridical person who violates the provisions of §§ 998—998k of this title or of the regulations prescribed by the Financing Board from time to time, shall be subject to the penalties and sanctions provided in §§ 2001 et seq. of Title 7.
History —Oct. 15, 1973, No. 1, p. 849, § 11; Oct. 23, 1999, No. 319,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998k - Maximum rates of interest or charges in effect | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998k - Maximum rates of interest or charges in effect | Until the Board fixes maximum rates of interest or charges for a specific area, sector or line of economic activity, the legislation regarding the fixing of maximum rates of interest or charges in effect at the time this act is approved, applicable to such area, sector or line shall continue with full force and effect.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998l - State usury laws; inapplicable in Puerto Rico | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998l - State usury laws; inapplicable in Puerto Rico | For the purpose and intention that the provisions of §§ 501(a)(1), 511, 521, 522, 523, and 524 of Public Law No. 96-221, approved by the Congress and signed by the President of the United States of America on March 31, 1980, cease to be applicable to Puerto Rico, and to render ineffective the preemption established by ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998m - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998m - Definitions | For the purposes of §§ 998 l —998q of this title, the following shall be the definitions given to the terms set forth hereinafter:
(a) Financing charges. — Is any charge levied other than discounts, for the sale of a credit in a secondary market, attorney’s fees and incidental expenses, such as title search, title insu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998n - Rates of interest and maximum finance charges | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998n - Rates of interest and maximum finance charges | The following interest rates and financing charges are hereby adopted which shall be the maximum to be collected or demanded in Puerto Rico for specific types of credit, with the exception of deposits in banks and other financial institutions, and the further exception of such retail installment sales for which the max... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998o - Effectiveness of definitions, maximum rates of interest and finance charges | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998o - Effectiveness of definitions, maximum rates of interest and finance charges | The provisions of §§ 998m and 998n of this title shall remain in effect until the Financing Board, created by §§ 2001 et seq. of Title 7, approves regulations for the purpose of amending the same.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 3, p. 871, § 4; Oct. 23, 1999, No. 319, § 17. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998p - Repeal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998p - Repeal | Regulation No. 19-4 approved by the Board for Regulating Rates of Interest and Financing Charges on April 2, 1980, is hereby repealed.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 3, p. 871, § 5, eff. 10 days after June 14, 1980. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-49c/998q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q)›§ 998q - Violation of provisions; penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 49C - Interest Rates or Charges (§§ 998 — 998q) › § 998q - Violation of provisions; penalties | Any natural or juridical person who violates the provisions of §§ 998 l —998q of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a minimum fine of fifty dollars ($50), and a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-51/1001/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008)›§ 1001 - Who are merchants | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008) › § 1001 - Who are merchants | The following are merchants for the purposes of this code:
(1) Those who, having legal capacity to engage in business, regularly devote themselves thereto, in their own name.
(2) Commercial or industrial companies, corporations and associations organized in accordance with this Code or with special laws, and corporatio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-51/1002/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008)›§ 1002 - Provisions governing co... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008) › § 1002 - Provisions governing commercial transactions; commercial transactions... | Commercial transactions, be they consummated by merchants or not, whether they are specified in this Code or not shall be governed by the provisions contained in the same; in the absence of such provisions, by the commercial customs generally observed in each place; and in the absence of both, by those of the common la... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-51/1003/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008)›§ 1003 - Signs in commercial est... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008) › § 1003 - Signs in commercial establishments, what to express; presumption of r... | Before starting business, individual merchants and industrials, and partnerships shall place outside of their establishments and branches, signs in Spanish and English with the given name and surnames and domicile of the merchant or industrial, or of the partnerships and its managing partner or partners, as the case ma... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-51/1004/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008)›§ 1004 - Who may engage in comme... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008) › § 1004 - Who may engage in commerce | Persons possessing the following qualifications have legal capacity to engage regularly in commerce:
(1) Those who have reached the age of twenty-one years.
(2) Those who freely dispose of their own property.
Those minors registered in the Mercantile Registry may also engage in commerce.
History —Commerce Code, 1932, §... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-51/1005/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008)›§ 1005 - Continuation of parents... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008) › § 1005 - Continuation of parents’ business | Minors and incapacitated persons may continue, through their guardians, the commerce in which their parents or persons from whom the right is derived may have been engaged. If the guardians do not have legal capacity to trade, or have some incompatibility, they shall be under the obligation to appoint one or more facto... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-51/1007/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008)›§ 1007 - Persons forbidden to en... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008) › § 1007 - Persons forbidden to engage in commerce | The following cannot engage in commerce nor exercise any direct administrative or economic representation in commercial or industrial companies:
(1) Persons sentenced to civil interdiction, until they have served their sentence or have been amnestied or pardoned.
(2) Persons who have been declared bankrupts, until they... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-51/1008/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008)›§ 1008 - Laws governing commerce... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 51 - Merchants and Commercial Transactions (§§ 1001 — 1008) › § 1008 - Laws governing commerce by foreign corporations and companies | Corporations, partnerships and companies organized abroad may engage in commerce in Puerto Rico subject to the laws of their own country as regards their contracting capacity, but subject to the provisions of this Code and of all other laws in force in the Commonwealth in all matters concerning the creation of their es... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1031/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1031 - Mercantile registry; books and entries th... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1031 - Mercantile registry; books and entries therein | A Mercantile Registry is hereby established in each Registry of Property in Puerto Rico, which Merchatile Registry shall be in charge of the respective Registrars of Property. Each Mercantile Registry shall comprise the towns of the territorial jurisdiction assigned to the respective Registry of Property.
In former jud... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1032/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1032 - When registration is optional or compulso... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1032 - When registration is optional or compulsory | Registration in the Mercantile Registry shall be optional for individual merchants and compulsory for minors between 18 and 21 years of age, and for partnerships or companies organized in accordance with this Code.
Registration of minors shall be made through a petition authenticated by an officer of the Mercantile Reg... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1033/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1033 - Effects of registry as to merchants not r... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1033 - Effects of registry as to merchants not registered | A merchant who is not registered cannot request the record of any document in the mercantile registry nor take advantage of its legal effects.
History —Commerce Code, 1932, § 12. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1034/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1034 - Form of keeping books | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1034 - Form of keeping books | Registrars shall keep the books necessary for the records, stamped and folioed and with a memorandum on the first folio, signed by the District Judge, stating the number of folios each book contains.
Where there are several District Judges, any one of them may sign the memorandum.
History —Commerce Code, 1932, § 13. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1035/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1035 - Order of registration of merchants | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1035 - Order of registration of merchants | The registrar shall enter in chronological order in the registry and general index all the merchants and associations which have their names registered, giving each sheet the proper correlative number.
History —Commerce Code, 1932, § 14. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1036/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1036 - Data to be included in the registration f... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1036 - Data to be included in the registration form | The registration of each business owner or company shall state:
(1) Name or trade name.
(2) Type of business or operations engaged in.
(3) Date or expected date of commencement of business.
(4) Domicile, specifying the branches established, without prejudice to the registration of said branches in the register of the d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1037/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1037 - Instruments necessary for registration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1037 - Instruments necessary for registration | As a general rule, the record shall be made by virtue of notarial copies of the instruments filed by the interested party.
Registration of obligations or documents to order and to bearer, not involving any mortgage on real property shall be made by virtue of a certified copy of the minutes containing the resolution ado... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1038/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1038 - Effect of instruments of association not ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1038 - Effect of instruments of association not recorded | Instruments constituting associations not recorded shall be binding between the members who execute the same; but they shall not prejudice third persons, who, however, may make use thereof in so far as advantageous.
History —Commerce Code, 1932, § 17. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1039/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1039 - Registration of increase or reduction of ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1039 - Registration of increase or reduction of capital | There shall also be entered in the registry all resolutions or acts which produce an increase or decrease in the capital of commercial associations, no matter what may be their denomination, and those which modify or alter the conditions of the recorded instruments.
The omission of this requisite shall produce the effe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1040/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1040 - Date of recordation affecting third parti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1040 - Date of recordation affecting third parties | Recorded instruments shall be legally effective to the detriment of third persons only from the date of their record, not being invalidated by any previous or subsequent unrecorded instruments.
History —Commerce Code, 1932, § 19. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1043/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1043 - Effect of powers of attorney not recorded | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1043 - Effect of powers of attorney not recorded | Powers of attorney which are not recorded shall be effective between the principal and the attorney in fact; but they cannot be made use of to the prejudice of a third person, who, however, may base his claim on the same in so far as may be favorable to him.
History —Commerce Code, 1932, § 22. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-2/part-i/chapter-53/1044/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950)›PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243)›Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046)›§ 1044 - Publicity of mercantile registry | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 2 - Commerce Code (§§ 1001 — 1950) › PART I - Merchants and Commerce in General (§§ 1001 — 1243) › Chapter 53 - Mercantile Registry (§§ 1031 — 1046) › § 1044 - Publicity of mercantile registry | The Mercantile Register shall be public. The Registrar shall furnish to those who apply therefore such information relative to the matter entered on the record of each merchant or partnership, as may be desired. Likewise, he shall issue literal certified copies of the whole or part of the aforesaid record to such perso... |
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