P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 2836

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§ 2836. Periods for eviction after judgment

The judgment which upholds the unlawful detainer shall order the eviction of the defendant from the date said judgment becomes final and binding. Said order of eviction shall be issued by the Office of the Clerk of the Court at the request of the party on the date such judgment becomes final and binding. In those cases in which the court has established the financial insolvency of the family being evicted, a copy of the final and binding judgment shall be served immediately to the Secretaries of the Departments of the Family and Housing, so that said agencies may continue to provide their services to the family concerned. In these cases, the term for eviction shall be twenty (20) non-extendable days counted from the date notice is served.

No eviction of any family of proven financial insolvency shall be carried out unless an official of the Department of the Family and the Department of Housing, designated by the Secretary of said Department, respectively, is present at the time the eviction is to take place. Said official shall see to the physical and emotional safety of the evicted family. The Marshall of the Court shall coordinate the presence of said official with the office of the agency nearest to the location where the eviction is to take place.

In the event the housing is leased under the various subsidy programs administered by the Department of Housing of Puerto Rico or any of its agencies, the applicable regulations that govern eviction processes shall be complied with.

History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 635; May 9, 1942, No. 170, p. 888, § 1; June 19, 1971, No. 1, p. 523, § 1; June 26, 1980, No. 6, p. 882; Aug. 7, 1998, No. 197, § 3; renumbered as § 632 and amended on Sept. 27, 2007, No. 129, § 10; June 5, 2011, No. 86, § 3.