P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 4862
After the term granted in the demand for payment has elapsed, the injured party shall file a claim at the district attorney’s office in the district in which the check with insufficient funds or drawn against a closed or non-existent account was released, and the prosecutor shall issue a summons to the drawer or endorser of the check, money order, draft or note for him to appear at a probable cause hearing within a term that shall not exceed ten (10) days from the filing of the claim.
The payment of the check, money order, draft or note, prior to the probable cause hearing, shall release the person who issued or endorsed said check, money order or note from criminal liability. The person shall pay the costs of the proceedings, which shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25).
The payment made after a finding of probable cause in the hearing shall not release the accused from criminal liability in the trial. Such a circumstance shall be understood as a mitigating circumstance when establishing the punishment for the crime.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 234, eff. May 1, 2005.