P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 3532

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§ 3532. Admissible inferences

It may be inferred that the person charged had personal knowledge of the fact that the unit had been acquired by unlawful means when one (1) or more of the following circumstances exist:

(1) The price paid for the same is so ridiculous or the payment conditions are so beneficial or under such circumstances that the acquirer should have reasonably concluded that it was a good obtained by fraudulent means.

(2) The seller or assignor is underage and his or her parents, tutors or guardians had not consented to the transaction conducted.

(3) When the person charged is unable to show authentic proof of the price paid and when and from whom he or she acquired the unit or when the transaction was conducted.

(4) When the person charged, due to his or knowledge, experience, profession, work or trade he or she practices should have reasonably known that it was a unit acquired by unlawful means.

(5) When the unit identification numbers show modifications or alterations or do not correspond to the unit.

(6) The unit is acquired from a person who is or has been linked to criminal activities and the circumstances under which it is acquired would have led a prudent and reasonable person to believe that it was property acquired by unlawful means.

(7) When the unit is under the possession and control of a person who is unable to prove his or her right to drive it or to have it under his/her possession, when the unit has been reported as missing, stolen, illegally appropriated, or otherwise unlawfully removed from the person who owns the unit.

(8) When at the time of detention, the unit was being used in the commission of a criminal act.

(9) When the person charged flees and abandons the unit when detained by a law enforcement officer.

History —Sept. 30, 2004, No. 531, § 6.04, eff. 6 months after Sept. 30, 2004.