P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 1953
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The owner of a swarm of bees shall have a right to pursue them on another’s estate, indemnifying the possessor of the latter for the damage caused. Should it be enclosed, he shall require the consent of the owner to enter the same.
Should the owner not have pursued, or should he abandon the pursuit of the swarm for two consecutive days, the possessor of the estate may take or retain it.
The owner of tamed animals may also claim them within twenty days, counted from the date of their retention by another. After this period has elapsed, they shall belong to the person who may have caught and kept them.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 552.