P.R. Laws tit. 30, § 2774
The state, its agencies, instrumentalities or municipalities may register properties belonging to them, provided they have possessed the property, as shown in their records, for more than thirty years as owners, quietly, continuously, publicly and peacefully.
They may also register property possessed under similar circumstances for a shorter period of time, but its registration shall be subject to the following limitations: if possessed for more than twenty years, the registration shall not have public access until two years have elapsed; if for more than ten years, the registration shall not have public access until five years have elapsed; and if for less than ten years, the registration shall not have public access until 10 years have elapsed. Once said periods have elapsed uninterruptedly, said registrations shall have full validity and full Registry protection.
History —Mortgage Law, 1979, § 249; June 14, 1980, No. 143, p. 535, § 1.