P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 4A, § II-A, Rule 2.4
Every judge of the Court of First Instance and any other officers or employees of the Judicial Branch as the Chief Justice may designate, assigned to act regularly in a part of said court, shall reside, if they are of the Court of First Instance, in any municipality within its territorial jurisdiction, and if they are of the District Court, in the municipality where the said part is located. All municipal judges and justices of the peace shall reside in the municipality to which they are assigned to exercise their functions regularly. Each one of these judges, officers, or employees shall have his residence established as provided hereinbefore, and shall report the same in writing to the Administrative Director of the Courts within thirty (30) days from the date these rules become effective and thereafter from the date when he is regularly assigned, transferred or in the event he moves from the date on which he may have changed residence.
The judges assigned to act as general judges shall have their official headquarters and residence in San Juan, but when such general judges are assigned to a part or to a municipality to substitute regular judges, or to fill a vacancy, they shall remain in the municipality where the part is located or where they must render their services, during the term of their assignment.
A judge may be exempted from the residence requirement for the time and under such conditions as might be deemed reasonable when, in the opinion of the Chief Justice or of the Administrative Director of the Courts, in case the said authority is delegated to the latter, extraordinary circumstances or clearly justified reasons exist and provided this exemption does not interfere with the administration of justice.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.