P.R. Laws tit. 17, § 872
Any natural or juridical person engaged in the sale and distribution of prefabricated houses made of wood, concrete, metal, plastic or any other material that may be used to build a low-cost house must comply with the following requirements:
(1) To hand to the buyer of each house the blueprint of the housing unit purchased, which shall be duly drafted and certified by a duly licensed engineer, according to the laws in force in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The seller or distributor of said houses shall be liable to the buyer for the erros or defects in the construction, without impairment of his right to recover the sums he might have had to pay for damages from the one who made said plans.
(2) To file the bids of sale papers in the Department of Consumer Affairs for approval. Said bids of sale papers must include all the specifications for a prefabricated housing unit and specifications for all those things not included in the sale that the buyer himself must acquire.
(3) To give the buyer a guarantee of at least (5) years on the materials used in the houses sold.
(4) To furnish the buyer with a brief informational brochure which includes a list of the insurance costs for basic risks, such as fire, earthquake and hurricane, as well as a description of the frequency and the estimated costs the buyer will have to assume to keep his property protected against termites and other insects that attack the wood used in his house. This pamphlet must be written pursuant to the stipulation issued for similar cases by the Department of Consumer Affairs.
History —June 12, 1980, No. 113, p. 387, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 12, 1980.