P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 9019
As of the date of effectiveness of the applicable land subdivision regulations drafted by the Management Office for the approval of the Planning Board under the provisions of this chapter, any land subdivision or the registration or approval of any land subdivision shall be conducted only when and to the extent that such land subdivision complies with the recommendations arising from the Integrated Development Plan, the Land Use Plans, the Four-Year Investment Program, and such others as may be implemented to that effect. No Property Registrar shall accept with intent to register:
(a) Any land subdivision plan that has not received the final approval of the Permit Management Office, the Planning Board or the autonomous municipality, as may apply; or
(b) any transfer, agreement to transfer any plot of land, or any interest therein, within a land subdivision, unless a final or preliminary plan approved by the Permit Management Office has been registered.
The execution of any public deed or private agreement for land subdivision shall be held to be invalid and ineffectual if the said land subdivision has not been previously submitted for the consideration of the Permit Management Office and the said Office has not approved the same, except in those cases in which the applicable regulations so allow. All final land subdivision plans shall include the description of the plots of land constituted by the land subdivision, and a description of the remainder. All final land subdivision plans approved under the provisions of this chapter and any applicable regulation shall be recorded into the Land Subdivision Plan Register of the Property Registry at the district or districts where the plots of land are located, pursuant to the regulations approved by the Secretary of Justice to that effect.
Leasing a portion of a parcel for the sole purpose of building, installing, and operating a telecommunications tower under §§ 321 et seq. of Title 27, or an advertisement and/or bill board under §§ 51 et seq. of Title 9, shall not be deemed to be a land subdivision for the purposes of this chapter. The Permit Management Office shall give notice to the Municipal Revenues Collection Center of the approval of any land subdivision and transmit its respective plan, so that the said Center may update its registries and conduct any legal procedures or transactions as may correspond under the law. Any land subdivision approval and its respective plan shall be entered by the pertinent entity in charge of the corresponding georeferencing information system.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 9.1.