P.R. Laws tit. 30, § 2269
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Registrars may not pass judgment on documents of any kind that are submitted to them when they, or their spouses or relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity or second in affinity, or persons who may have been their clients in matters to which these documents may refer, have any interest in the documents. In this respect, the attesting notary shall be considered an interested party.
The Registrar who is designated at the time, according to the provisions in § 2103 of this title, shall pass judgment and issue said documents.
The provisions in this section shall not apply to entries made in the Day Book.
History —Mortgage Law, 1979, § 66.