P.R. Laws tit. 30, § 2272
If the Registrar finds a defect in the document, exclusively in accordance with § 2271 of this title, he/she shall notify the presenters and the authorizing notary, in writing, of his/her judgment, if it is so requested in the entry, within sixty (60) days of the date of said entry, either by hand delivery or by mail, or electronically, so that they may correct the defect within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of the notice. If more than one notice were made, the term shall start counting after the last one made to the notary.
The notice must contain all the legal grounds on which the judgment is based. The notice shall be recorded with a dated notation in the presentation entry and at the bottom of the document being notified with the signature of the Registrar and, when this is done, it shall be valid.
If the defect is not corrected before the expiration of the sixty (60) -day period, the Registrar shall make a note of the expiration in the presentation entry and at the bottom of the document. When the fees paid upon presentation of the document whose notice has expired do not exceed two hundred dollars ($200), the Registrar shall cancel twenty-five dollars ($25); when the fees paid upon presentation exceed two hundred dollars ($200), the Registrar shall cancel fifty dollars ($50).
History —Mortgage Law, 1979, § 69; Aug. 10, 1988, No. 159, p. 687; Dec. 14, 1997, No. 146, § 1; Feb. 17, 2000, No. 48, § 16, eff. 90 days after Feb. 17, 2000.