P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 463
Any foreign corporation, joint-stock company or trust company whose capital interest is represented by certificates of transferable stock or shares, or any private person engaged in the transportation of passengers in Puerto Rico, or between Puerto Rico and the United States, or between Puerto Rico and abroad, shall submit to the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico a statement informing the following:
(1) The name of said corporation, trust company, company or person.
(2) The location of the principal office or place of business thereof outside of the Commonwealth, and if same is to have a principal office or place of business in the Commonwealth, the premises thereof.
(3) The object or objects of the business thereof.
(4) The consent thereof to the receiving, by the Commissioner of Insurance of Puerto Rico, of summonses addressed to such corporation, trust company or person.
(5) The irrevocable consent thereof to being sued before the courts of Puerto Rico for any cause arising against the same in this Commonwealth or abroad, provided that the cause of action of the claim arises from a transaction made in Puerto Rico, or that the plaintiff was a resident of Puerto Rico when said cause for action arose, and that legal notice of the suit against same, as well as any other judicial proceedings, may be served on the person of the Commissioner of Insurance of Puerto Rico, and that the said legal notice, when served on the said office, as aforesaid, shall for all effects be considered as a notice to the corporation, company, trust company or person. Such summons shall be served on the Commissioner of Insurance of Puerto Rico, and a true and exact copy of the claim and of the summons shall also be sent by registered mail to the defendant at the last known address thereof. The post office receipt shall be made a part of the summons return.
History —May 14, 1951, No. 433, p. 1224, § 1.