P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 2439
The administrator shall not sell the inventoried property of the estate, except such as is likely to deteriorate, such as may be difficult and expensive to maintain, crops which can be sold advantageously, and all other properties the sale of which may be necessary for the payment of the debts of the decedent or to meet the expenses of the administration. The court, on the application of the administrator, and after notice to and hearing of the acknowledged heirs, may order the sale of such property at public auction after an appraisement thereof shall have been made by expert appraisers. Public sales shall be made under the same formalities and terms as hereinbefore provided for the making of leases.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 579.