P.R. Laws tit. 14, § 4041
(a) No document or certificate held or to be filed pursuant to the provisions of this subtitle, shall be effective until all fees provided in this section are paid. The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for the filing of the following documents through different electronic payment means when transactions are conducted over the Internet, and through internal revenue vouchers when transactions are conducted in the offices of the Department of State:
(1) Seventy-five dollars ($75) for the filing of an application for reservation of a name or renewal or cancellation thereof.
(2) Fifty dollars ($50) for the filing of a certificate to designate a registered agent; fifty dollars ($50) and two dollars ($2) for each LLC affected by the filing of a certificate of resignation with or without designation of successor.
(3) Fifty dollars ($50) for the filing of:
(A) A certificate of domestication of an LLC.
(B) A certificate of transfer or certificate of transfer and continuance.
(C) A certificate of incorporation.
(D) A certificate of amendment.
(E) A certificate of cancellation.
(F) A certificate of merger or consolidation.
(G) A certificate of formation.
(H) A certificate of amendment with future effective time and date.
(I) A certificate of termination of a certificate with future effective time and date.
(J) A certificate of correction.
(K) A certificate of revival.
(L) Good standing of a DLLC or the authorization to do business for an FLLC.
(4) Twenty dollars ($20) for each certified copy of any paper on file of an LLC.
(5) Two dollars ($2) for the first page and twenty-five cents (25¢) for each additional page of any photocopy or electronic image copy of instruments on file, as well as for any other instrument, document and paper not on file, and for all such photocopies or electronic image copies, whether certified or not. The Secretary of State shall also issue microfiche copies of instruments on file as well as of other instruments, documents and other papers not on file, and shall charge two dollars ($2) for each microfiche.
(6) Fifty dollars ($50) for filing of an application for authorization to do business as an FLLC pursuant to § 4024 of this title; for a certificate to amend an application for authorization or a certificate of cancellation under § 4024 of this title.
(7) Fifty dollars ($50) for filing of a certificate of change of address; fifty dollars ($50) and two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each affected FLLC upon filing a certificate of resignation of a resident agent with or without designation of successor.
(8) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for pre-clearance of any document to be filed.
(9) Thirty dollars ($30) for certification issued by the Secretary of State regarding any specific information contained in the file of an LLC.
(10) Twenty dollars ($20) for issuing any certificate of the Secretary of State, including but not limited to a certificate of good standing, other than a certification of a copy under clause (4) of this subsection; and one hundred dollars ($100) for issuing any certificate of the Secretary of State that lists all filings of an LLC with the Secretary of State.
(11) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for receiving and filing or recording any certificate, affidavit, agreement or any other paper provided for by this subtitle, for which no fee is established.
(12) The Secretary of State may establish any other certification not included herein, but that acknowledges acts included in this subtitle, and establish the fees payable through a circular letter or an administrative order.
(b) In addition to the fees established in subsection (a) of this section, there shall be collected by and paid to the Secretary of State the following:
(1) Five hundred dollars ($500) for any of the services established in subsection (a) of this section that are required to be completed within a two (2)-hour period on the same day of the request.
(2) Two hundred dollars ($200) for any of the services established in subsection (a) of this section that are required to be completed on the same day of the request.
(3) One hundred dollars ($100) for all services established in subsection (a) of this section that are required to be completed within a twenty-four (24)-hour period from the time of the request.
(c) Two (2) years after the approval of this act, all documents filed after the effective date of this act shall be available on the Internet and no fees whatsoever shall be charged neither for accessing them, nor for self-reproducing the images accessed over the Internet. However, the fees payable under this section shall apply to all transactions, including certifications made through any medium.
It is hereby provided that the sums collected on account of the fees established in this section shall be covered into a special fund created for such purposes in the Department of the Treasury to defray the operating expenses of the registry herein established, which were not defrayed by appropriations from the General Fund or other budget appropriations. Any balance may be used as provided by the Secretary of State.
It is hereby provided that, through June 30, 2016, forty percent (40%) of the sums collected on account of the fees established in this chapter shall be covered into a special account of the Department of State, which shall be used, first, to update and improve the divisions of the Registry of Corporations and to defray a portion of the expenses incurred on the digitization and automation of the Registry of Corporations and all other databases and records of the Department of State. Any balance in this special account, as well as any balance available in any other special account or fund under the custody of the Department of State, may be used as provided by the Secretary of State. The remaining sixty percent (60%) shall be covered into the General Fund. It is hereby provided that, after June 30, 2016, one hundred percent (100%) of the sums collected on account of the fees established in this chapter, as well as the balance in the aforementioned special account of the Department of State, shall be covered into the General Fund.
The Secretary of State may modify the fees payable under this chapter through circular letter or administrative order.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 164, § 21.01; June 12, 2010, No. 60, § 6; Feb. 2, 2015, No. 6, § 2, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2015.