P.R. Laws tit. 30, § 2209
Documents granted outside of Puerto Rico may be recorded if they comply with the following requirements:
First:— That the subject matter of the transaction or contract be legal and permitted by Puerto Rican law.
Second:— That the grantors have the legal capability needed to enter into a transaction or contract according to the laws of their respective countries. However, when the property of minors and disabled persons is involved, the legal provisions in force in Puerto Rico must be complied with.
Third:— That the legal procedures and rules of the territory or country, or those in Puerto Rico, have been observed in the execution of the transactions or contracts.
Fourth:— That legalization and other requirements needed to authenticate it in Puerto Rico be contained in the document.
Fifth:— That said document has been notarized by a notary public in Puerto Rico, if judicial proceedings are not needed to validate it.
Official recording shall not be required in the case of real property cession or conveyance titles or other real rights which shall be considered as authentic documents issued by competent officials of the United States Government, its agencies, corporations or public dependencies in behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its agencies, corporations or public instrumentalities or its political subdivisions.
History —Mortgage Law, 1979, § 46.