P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 5276

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§ 5276. Term of prescription for personal property; rights of owner

The ownership of personal property prescribes by uninterrupted possession in good faith for a period of three (3) years.

The ownership of personal property also prescribes by uninterrupted possession for six (6) years, without the necessity of any other condition.

The provisions of § 1479 of this title shall be observed with regard to the rights of the owner to recover the personal property lost or of which he may have been illegally deprived, and also with regard to those acquired at an auction, on exchanges, at fairs or markets, or from a merchant legally established or customarily engaged in the traffic of similar objects.

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1855.