P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 1138

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§ 1138. Registration of adoptions made outside of Commonwealth

Any adoption made outside of Puerto Rico of a person born in Puerto Rico shall, at the request of an interested party, be recorded in the Vital Statistics Registry upon previous presentation of an authenticated copy of the decision or decree authorizing the adoption, following the same procedure set forth in § 1137 of this title. If said decision or decree does not show all the circumstances necessary for the registration, the interested party shall complete it by means of an affidavit which shall be attached to the other documents.

History —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, added as § 21C on June 15, 1953, No. 84, p. 296, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 15, 1953.