The certified copy of the title originated by the first inscription of the entire building, and the certified copy of the title originated by the first inscription of the individualized unit for its inscription in the Registry of the Property shall be submitted as complimentary documents along with the complete true and exact copies of the blueprints of said building, or of the sketch of the apartment in question, pursuant to the cases, to be kept in the Registry of the Property. Such blueprints shall be certified, without payment of duties, by the Administrator of Regulations and Permits, and shall graphically indicate the particularities of the building or apartment, as the case may be.
Whenever it is desired to submit an existing building whose blueprints are not in the files of the Regulations and Permits Administration to the horizontal property regime, it shall be so stated by means of a certification issued to that effect by the Administrator. In such a case, the certified copy of the title that, under such regime is originated by the first inscription of the total building, and the certified copy of the title originated by the inscription of the individual unit shall be accompanied by a set of blueprints, as built, certified by an authorized engineer or architect authorized for the practice of his profession in Puerto Rico, which graphically and clearly indicate the particularities of the building or apartment, as the case may be.
The certified copy of the title originated by the first inscription of the total building in the Registry of the Property shall also include an appraisal of said building, certified by an appraiser authorized for the practice of his profession in Puerto Rico. This appraisal shall be used in the calculation of the inscription fees to be paid in the Registry of the Property.
History —June 25, 1958, No. 104, p. 243, § 24; June 25, 1959, No. 77, p. 209, § 1; June 4, 1976, No. 157, p. 461, § 3; Apr. 5, 2003, No. 103, § 16, eff. 90 days after Apr. 5, 2003.