P.R. Laws tit. 26, § 328
(1) Manifold copies of legal process against an insurer for whom the Commissioner is attorney-in-fact shall be served upon him. At time of service the plaintiff shall pay to the Commissioner three dollars ($3), taxable as costs in the action.
(2) Within two business days after such service, the Commissioner shall inform the insurer thereof by registered letter, with return receipt requested, addressed to its principal office having supervision of its transactions in Puerto Rico, or to its home office, or to its attorney-in-fact if a domestic reciprocal or Lloyd’s insurer, enclosing with the letter a copy of the process so served.
(3) The Commissioner shall keep a record showing in alphabetical order the names of the plaintiffs and defendants, nature of the action, date and hour of service on the Commissioner, and the action taken by the Commissioner as to each service of process.
(4) No further proceedings shall be had against the insurer, and the insurer shall not be required to appear, answer, or plead until expiration of forty-five days after date of such service upon the Commissioner.
History —Ins. Code § 3.280.