2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter I - Definitions; Registry of Motor Vehicles, Trailers or Semi-Trailers, and Authorization to Operate on Public Roads (§§ 5001 — 5044) › § 5009a - Registry of all-terrain vehicles

The Secretary shall establish and maintain an updated registry of every all-terrain vehicle sold in Puerto Rico. For such purposes, he shall issue to each all-terrain vehicle an exclusive identification consisting of the vehicle identification or serial number previously assigned by the manufacturer, as well as any other number that the Secretary deems appropriate, in addition to the following information:
(1) Description of the all-terrain vehicle, including make, model, color, type, effective horsepower, serial number, engine number, and vehicle identification number.
(2) Name, residential and mailing address, and the driver’s license number of its owner.
(3) Any transfer or lien related to the all-terrain or four-track vehicle or its owner.
(4) Identification number assigned to the all-terrain or four-track vehicle.
(5) Any other information needed to meet the provisions of this chapter, or any other applicable laws effective.
Provided, That all-terrain vehicles shall not be authorized to travel on public thoroughfares. This prohibition shall not apply to all-terrain vehicles that are the property of the departments, agencies, instrumentalities, municipalities, or entities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or of the federal government, and that are used to carry out law enforcement duties or to guarantee the conservation of natural resources in protected areas.
Any person who owns an all-terrain vehicle that is neither duly registered nor has its identification number visible, or whose stamp provided by the Secretary, which includes said identification number to be attached to said vehicle has expired, or has been mutilated, counterfeited, altered, or if there is a variation or fraudulent version of the stamp issued by the Secretary, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a five hundred dollar-($500) fine.
Any law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may seize an all-terrain vehicle in accordance with the provisions of §§ 1724 et seq. of Title 34, known as the “Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011”, that is neither duly registered nor has its identification number visible, or whose stamp provided by the Secretary, which includes said identification number to be attached to the vehicle has expired, or has been mutilated, counterfeited, altered, or if there is a variation or fraudulent version of the stamp issued by the Secretary.
Any person who is operating an all-terrain vehicle without the safety equipment provided by the Secretary, through regulations, shall be punished by a two hundred fifty dollar-($250) fine.
Fifty percent (50%) of the funds collected from the fines imposed under this Section shall be allocated to the Puerto Rico Police and the remaining fifty percent (50%) shall be allocated to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Catastrophic Illnesses Fund”.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, added as § 2.08A on June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 2, eff. 8 months after June 3, 2004; Nov. 11, 2013, No. 130, § 2.