P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 1476
All amounts received in the office of the General Court of Justice of Puerto Rico as fees fixed by the Supreme Court for civil actions shall be paid by electronic means or through any method or instrument adopted by the court in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the person onto whom he/she delegates such authority shall establish the appropriate controls for the collection of such fees, according to the selected payment method.
The Judicial Branch shall adopt a system whereby each party shall make a one-time payment on account of filing fees the first time it appears before the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeals, or the Supreme Court.
History —Mar. 11, 1915, No. 17, p. 45, § 1; Aug. 12, 1998, No. 235, § 1; Nov. 9, 1998, No. 274, § 1; Sept. 29, 2004, No. 492, § 1; July 30, 2009, No. 47, § 4, eff. July 1, 2010.