P.R. Laws tit. 30, § 2267
Registrars shall have the responsibility of passing judgment on the legality of all kinds of documents by virtue of which an entry is requested. Said judgment shall include the extrinsic forms of the documents presented, the competence of the grantors and the validity of the transactions and contracts contained in these documents. Registrars shall base their judgments on the transactions and contracts to be recorded, on the documents presented, the existing registry entries and the statutes.
When judging documents subject to registration, Registrars are not empowered to evaluate the legality of the judgments or entries made by themselves or by their predecessors. These entries, as well as the transactions recorded, must be deemed valid until the courts declare them null and void.
With respect to documents issued by Judicial Authority, said judgment shall be limited to:
(1) The jurisdiction and competence of the court; the nature and effects of the decision handed down if it was rendered in the corresponding trial; and if the procedures and precepts essential to its validity were observed;
(2) the extrinsic reliability of the documents presented, and
(3) the Registry data.
Where administrative documents are concerned, the judgment shall refer, insofar as it is pertinent, to the particulars set forth in the preceding paragraph.
In all cases, the Registrar may demand that complementary documents needed for a proper judgment be furnished, whether they be notarial, judicial or administrative.
History —Mortgage Law, 1979, § 64.