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TITLE THIRTY-ONE Civil CodeSubtitle 4 Obligations and ContractsPART VI. Contracts of LeaseChapter 305. Hiring of Work and Services
Subchapter II. Works at Price Agreed Upon or for Lump Sum
§ 4124. Liability of contractor and architect for collapse of building

P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 4124

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§ 4124. Liability of contractor and architect for collapse of building

The contractor of a building which may have been destroyed by reason of defects in the construction shall be liable for the losses and damages if said building should collapse within ten (10) years, to be counted from the completion of the construction; and during the same time the same liability shall be incurred by the architect who may have directed the work if the collapse is due to defects in the ground or in the direction.

If the cause should be the noncompliance of the contractor with the conditions of the contract, the action for indemnity may be brought within fifteen (15) years.

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1483.