P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 5009
The Secretary shall establish a provisional registry of vehicles that shall be authorized to travel on the public roads for a period that shall not exceed three (3) months, without having to comply with the requirement of the ownership certificate referred to in § 5004 of this title. No vehicle may be registered without having first paid the corresponding excise taxes, pursuant to the provisions of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code, and any other applicable fiscal laws.
The owners of the vehicles thus registered must present said ownership certificate during said three (3) -month period. Once said period has elapsed without complying with said requirement, the vehicle cannot travel on the public roads. The driver of any vehicle that travels on the public roads once the term of three (3) months established in this section has expired, and has not complied with the requirement of presenting the ownership certificate, shall incur an administrative fault and shall be sanctioned with a fifty-dollar ($50) fine.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 2.08; June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 2; Aug. 19, 2005, No. 57, § 2; July 18, 2008, No. 124, § 1.