P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 1292j-1
Unless the original mortgage title, the bylaws of the property or the Regulations and Permits Administration specifically so prohibit, the apartments and their annexes may be the object of material division, by segregation, to form another unit or units susceptible of independent use; or they may be increased by the grouping of other adjacent portions of the same property; but no segregation or grouping so made shall have the effect of changing the purpose or use provided in the matrix deed for the apartment or apartments so modified.
In such cases, along with the consent of the affected unit owners, majority approval from the Condominium Association shall also be required, and the imposition of percentages or participation quotas shall be the duty of the Director or the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions set forth in § 1291f of this title, and without alteration of the percentages corresponding to the rest of the unit owners. The new description of the apartments affected, as well as the corresponding percentages, shall be set forth in the public deed of segregation or grouping that may be executed, which shall not take effect until it is recorded in the individual registry of each one of the filial properties affected, leaving a certified copy filed in the Registry of Property together with the matrix deed. To said certified copy shall be attached a plan, certified to by an engineer or an architect authorized to practice his profession in Puerto Rico, graphically and clearly showing the particulars of the apartment or apartments as modified. In the case of a segregation, said plan shall also be approved and certified to by the Regulations and Permits Administration.
History —June 25, 1958, No. 104, p. 243, added as § 32-A on June 4, 1976, No. 157, p. 461, § 4; Aug. 11, 1995, No. 153, § 1; May 21, 1996, No. 43, § 1; Apr. 5, 2003, No. 103, § 20.