Source: http://copyright.lib.harvard.edu/states/puerto_rico/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 09:21:25+00:00

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The Puerto Rico code is in a public-access portal run by Lexis-Nexis, which does not allow direct linking. To access specific parts of the code, go to the initial disclaimer page and search or navigate. Citations provided here refer to the English version of the Puerto Rico code.
Puerto Rico's earliest public records law dates from 1905, and public records provisions may be found at several places within the Puerto Rico code: § 1001 Definitions, 3 L.P.R.A. § 1001; § 1781 Right to inspect and copy public documents, 32 L.P.R.A. § 1781.
The National Library of Puerto Rico has stated that Puerto Rico government documents are generally in the public domain. Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico, Propiedad intellectual, ("Generalmente los materiales producidos por las agencias y corporaciones públicas del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico son de dominio público.").
Puerto Rico public records law provides the right to inspect public records only to "every citizen." § 1781 Right to inspect and copy public documents, 32 L.P.R.A. § 1781. It is unclear from this language whether the statute requires Puerto Rican citizenship or U.S. citizenship. In either event, a similar citizens-only provision in the Virginia public records law was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in McBurney v. Young, 133 S. Ct. 1709, 185 L. Ed. 2d 758 (U.S. 2013).
At one place in the Puerto Rico code, a government record is referred to as "property of the Commonwealth." § 951 Historical compilation of annual events, 18 L.P.R.A. § 951.
American Association of Law Libraries, Survey Report: Puerto Rico, available at http://www.aallnet.org/Documents/Government-Relations/states/pr-survey.pdf.
The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, available at http://www.icp.gobierno.pr/inicio.
§ 1001 Definitions, 3 L.P.R.A. § 1001.
§ 1781 Right to inspect and copy public documents, 32 L.P.R.A. § 1781.
§ 77 Products of the research, 5 L.P.R.A. § 77.
§ 261 General rights and powers, 28 L.P.R.A. § 261.
§ 695a Creation, purposes and duties, 23 L.P.R.A. § 695a.
§ 3032 Board— Powers and duties, 20 L.P.R.A. § 3032.
1958 Op. Sec. Jus. No. 23.
Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico, Propiedad intellectual, available at http://www.icp.gobierno.pr/programas/biblioteca-nacional-de-puerto-rico/21.

References: § 1001
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 § 1781
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 § 951
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§ 1001
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§ 1781
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§ 77
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§ 261
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§ 695
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§ 3032
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