P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 1296h
(a) A certified copy of the master deed and a certified copy of the property deed of a lodging unit, commercial unit or residential unit, as the case may be, filed for the recording thereof in the property registry, shall include true copies of the plans of said real property or the plans of the lodging unit, commercial unit or residential unit in question, as the case may be, as supplemental documents in order to be recorded in the Property Registry. Said plans shall be certified, without paying any fees, by the ARPE administrator and state in a graphic manner the specifics of the real property or the lodging unit, commercial unit or residential unit, as the case may be.
(b) In the event that an existing real property is to be submitted to a condo hotel regime, and the plans of such property are not filed in the records of ARPE, the administrator of such agency shall attest to such fact by means of a certification to such effect. In this case, such certification shall be attached to a certified copy of the master deed and a certified copy of the property deed of the lodging unit, commercial unit or residential unit and a set of plans certified by an engineer or architect authorized to practice his/her profession in Puerto Rico, clearly indicating in a graphic manner the specifics of the real property or lodging unit, commercial unit or residential unit, as the case may be.
(c) The certified copy of the master deed which originated the first condo hotel’s registration, to be recorded in the Property Registry, shall also have attached an appraisal of such real property, which shall be certified by an appraiser authorized to practice his/her profession in Puerto Rico. The registration fees to be paid at the Property Registry shall be determined pursuant to the Mortgage and Property Registry chapter.
History —Aug. 12, 2008, No. 249, § 4.109; Dec. 16, 2009, No. 178, § 10; June 24, 2010, No. 67, § 10.