P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 469
The Executive Director of the Ports Authority or any person authorized by him may seize any aircraft whose owner, lessee, agent, pilot or operator is bound to pay charges and has not done so for the use of airport facilities, after being formally requested to do so. Any amount owed on this account shall constitute a lien on the aircraft. The aircraft subject to this lien shall not leave the airport or any other facilities operated by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, without its owner, lessee, agent, pilot or operator having paid such debt, for which they are jointly and severally liable.
The Authority shall file a duly sworn claim before any Part of the Court of First Instance for the collection of the amount owed for the use of the airport facilities, giving evidence that the owner, lessee, agent, pilot or operator of the aircraft has not paid the airport charges billed, after a formal demand for payment has been made, specifically describing the aircraft subject to seizure.
The proceeding to be followed for the collection of the airport charges owed shall be governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure of 1958, as amended.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, added as § 9 on July 6, 1978, No. 17, p. 408, § 1.