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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1262f - Rights of owner and his share in facilities

The owner of a timeshare or vacation club right shall have an exclusive right (subject to use restrictions) to his timeshare or vacation club right and to the share with the other owners of accommodations, timeshares or vacation club rights in the facilities of the timeshare or vacation club property allotted to his timeshare or vacation club right in the deed of dedication to the timeshare or vacation club regime, as the same may be subsequently amended, modified or supplemented; Provided, however, [That] the total aggregate sum of all of the shares corresponding to all the timeshares or vacation club rights in a particular accommodation, shall always be equal to the particular accommodation’s share computed in accordance with § 1262e of this title.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-107.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1262g - Facilities

The facilities of the timeshare or vacation club property shall be described in the deed dedicating the property to the timeshare or vacation club regime, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-108.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1262h - Division and grouping of accommodations, timeshares and vacation club rights

The accommodations shall not be the object of material division, by segregation, to form other accommodations, nor be increased by the grouping of other adjacent accommodations or portions thereof during the term of the timeshare plan or vacation club, except as set forth below for commercial units. Timeshares and vacation club rights shall not be an object of division, by segregation, to form other timeshares or vacation club rights, nor be grouped or consolidated with other timeshares or vacation club rights.
Notwithstanding the terms of the previous paragraph, commercial units may be subject of material division by segregation, to form other commercial units, or increased through the grouping of other adjoining commercial units, provided that the developer had reserved the right to subdivide or group the commercial units of the regime in the deed of dedication referred to in § 1264 of this title. In such cases the new description of the commercial units affected and the new corresponding percentage shares corresponding to such units in the facilities and the common expenses shall be set forth in a public deed of segregation or grouping, as the case may be, which shall not be effective until recorded in the Registry of Property under the corresponding filial property numbers. A certified copy of said deed shall remain in the Registry of Property attached to the deed of dedication referred to in § 1264 of this title. A plan, certified by engineer or architect, duly licensed in Puerto Rico to practice his profession, graphically showing the details of the commercial units modified shall be appended to said certified copy. Furthermore, in case of a subdivision of a commercial unit, said plan shall also be approved by the Regulations and Permits Administration.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-109; Jan. 5, 1999, No. 3, § 34.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1263 - Indivisibility of facilities

The facilities shall remain undivided and shall not be the object of an action for division of the co-ownership during the term of the timeshare plan or vacation club. Any covenant to the contrary shall be null.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-110.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1263a - Rules governing use of facilities and accommodations

Each owner may use the facilities held in common in accordance with the purpose for which they are intended, without hindering or encroaching on, the lawful rights of the other owners. The use and enjoyment of each accommodation shall be subject to the following rules:
(a) Each accommodation shall be devoted solely to the use assigned to it in the deed to which § 1262 of this title refers.
(b) No occupant of an accommodation shall make any noise or cause any annoyance or [perform] any act that may disturb the peace of the other accommodation occupants.
(c) The accommodations shall not be used for purposes contrary to law, morals, normal behavior, or the public order.
(d) Every owner shall contribute in accordance with the share allotted to his accommodation, timeshare or vacation club right, respectively, in the deed of dedication to the regime, to the payment of the assessments, as well as in any other obligations which may be set forth in said deed of dedication.
(e) Every owner shall exercise due diligence in the use of the property and in his relations with the other owners, and shall be liable to them for violations committed by his relatives, visitors or employees, and, in general, by any person who occupies the accommodation in question, under any title, without prejudice to any direct action that may lie against said persons.
(f) Every owner or tenant shall strictly comply with the provisions set forth in the deed of dedication to the regime, the bylaws to which § 1267 of this title refers, and the timeshare and vacation club documents, as the same may be subsequently amended, modified or supplemented.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-111.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1263b - Agreements regarding maintenance and use of facilities

The necessary works for the maintenance of the property and for the adequate use of the facilities held in common shall be carried out as set forth in the deed of dedication of the property to the timeshare or vacation club regime, as the same may be subsequently amended, modified or supplemented.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-112.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1264a - Contents of deed of dedication—Transfer of individual accommodations

The deed of transfer of each individual accommodation shall state the particulars prescribed in § 1264(1)(b) of this title related to the accommodation concerned and, also, the share pertaining to said accommodation in the facilities. Furthermore, said deed of transfer shall contain a warning, in conspicuous type, stating that the accommodation being transferred pursuant to such deed is not subject to the provisions of §§ 1291 et seq. of this title, known as the “Horizontal Property Act of Puerto Rico”, so the transferee thereof shall not be entitled to many of the protective measures afforded by §§ 1291 et seq. of this title, supra, to purchasers of apartments or units in condominiums. If the land on which the structure containing the accommodation is located is held under a recorded lease, surface right or usufruct title, the deed shall so state, specifying the date on which the recorded lease, surface right or usufruct expires.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-114.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1264b - Contents of deed of dedication—Transfer of timeshares or vacation club rights

The deed of transfer of each real property right over a timeshare or vacation club right in an individual accommodation shall state, in addition to the particulars described in § 1264(1)(b) of this title with respect to the accommodation which is the object of the timeshare or vacation club right, the share pertaining to said timeshare or vacation club right in the facilities, as well as a full and accurate identification of the timeshare or vacation club right being conveyed, as the same was identified in the deed of dedication. Furthermore, said deed of transfer shall contain a warning, in conspicuous type, stating that the timeshare or vacation club right being transferred (as applicable) pursuant to such deed not subject to the provisions of §§ 1291 et seq. of this title, or of §§ 1295 et seq. of this title, so the transferee thereof shall not be entitled to many of the protective measures afforded by the Horizontal Property Regime or the Condohotel Regime, to purchasers of apartments or units in condominiums or condohotels. If the land on which the structure containing the accommodation which is object of the timeshare or vacation club right to be transferred is held under a recorded lease, surface right or usufruct title, the deed conveying the real property right over the timeshare or vacation club right in question shall so state, specifying the date on which the recorded lease, surface right or usufruct expires.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-115; July 29, 2010, No. 106, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1264c - Copies of plans to be appended to deeds; authentication

The certified copy of the deed of dedication to the timeshare or vacation club regime and the certified copy of the deed of transfer giving rise to the first registration of a transfer of real property right over an individual accommodation or a timeshare or vacation club right therein, in the Registry of Property, shall have attached thereto full and exact copies of the plans of the property or the accommodation in question as the case may be, so that said plans may remain filed in the Registry of Property. Said plans shall be certified, free of charge, by the Regulations and Permits Administrator or his sucessor and shall indicate graphically the particulars of the property or of the accommodation, as the case may be.
When it is desired to dedicate to the timeshare or vacation club regime an existing property whose plans are not on record in the files of the Regulations and Permits Administration, or any agency that replaces the same in its functions, it shall be so established through a certificate issued to that effect by the administrator of said government agency. In such case, there shall be attached to the certified copy of the deed of dedication to the timeshare or vacation club regime and to the certified copy of the deed originating the first registration of a transfer of a real property right over an individual accommodation or a timeshare or vacation club right therein, a set of plans certified by an engineer or architect authorized to practice his profession in Puerto Rico, showing graphically and clearly the particulars of the property or accommodation, as the case may be.
The certified copy of the deed dedicating the property to the timeshare or vacation club regime shall also have attached an appraisal of said property certified by an appraiser authorized to practice his profession in Puerto Rico. Said appraisal shall be used to determine the registration fees to be paid in the Registry of Property.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-116; July 29, 2010, No. 106, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1265 - Accommodations, manner of recordation—Generally

The property dedicated to the timeshare or vacation club regime is organized in the Registry by a system of property records interconnected by marginal notes in cross reference.
The registration of the structures erected on the land shall be made under the property record of the land and shall be known as matrix property.
Each individualized accommodation shall be registered as a separate property, by an individual record, filial of the matrix property.
Each of said registrations shall be preceded by the word “Timeshare Accommodation” or “Vacation Club Accommodation”, as applicable, and the name of the regime of which the same is a part.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-117.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1265a - Timeshares and vacation club rights, manner of recordation—Generally

The timeshares or vacation club rights which may be recorded in the Registry in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be interconnected by marginal notes in cross reference, also.
The registration of the timeshares or vacation club rights shall be made under the property record of the individual accommodation which is the object of the timeshare or vacation club right. Each of said accommodations shall be the timeshare or vacation club matrix property with respect to its corresponding timeshares or vacation club rights.
Each individualized timeshare or vacation club right conveyed shall be registered as a separate property by an individual record, filial of its corresponding timeshare or vacation club matrix property.
All of the aforesaid registrations shall be preceded by the words “Timeshare” or “Vacation club right”, as the case maybe, followed by an accurate identification of the accommodation which is the object thereof, the regime of which the same is a part and of the right being conveyed.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-118.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1265b - Details regarding registering building under principal record

At the time of registering the timeshare or vacation club regime under the matrix record, there shall be set forth, as particulars of the entry, those enumerated in § 2308 of Title 30, in accord with those of the regulations for its execution, and with § 1264 of this title, except that with respect to the description of each accommodation contained in the property, for purposes of the entry in the matrix record, it shall be sufficient to state the number of accommodations contained in the property, number and type of accommodations in each floor, setting forth the number of each one, the area and the share pertaining to each in the facilities, all without prejudice to the provisions of § 1265c of this title for the registration of the individual accommodations. Furthermore, there shall be set forth the structures planned, those begun and those completed, as the case may be.
Also, the facilities shall be recorded by said entry, in favor of the developer of the whole property and, thereafter, of the owners of the accommodations, the timeshares or the vacation club rights, as applicable, without stating their names and surnames, and in their corresponding proportions.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-119.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1265c - Details regarding registering accommodations by means of filial entries

At the time of registering the accommodations by means of filial entries there shall be expressed, as particulars of the entry, those enumerated in § 2308 of Title 30, in accord with those of the regulations for its execution, and with § 1264a of this title, except those mentioned under § 1264(1)(a) of this title.
As to the share in the facilities which, in the proper case, appertains to the accommodation owner, there shall be made a pertinent and brief reference to the matrix record where they appear entered.
Not until construction of the structures upon the floor of the respective accommodation shall have begun may such accommodation be recorded as a filial or independent estate. Where structures in the accommodations have been commenced but not completed, there shall be indicated those completed and those pending construction.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-120.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1266 - Details regarding registering timeshares or vacation club rights by means of filial entries

At the time of registering the timeshare or vacation club rights by means of filial entries, there shall be expressed, as particulars of the entry, those enumerated in § 1264b of this title, as well as the following:
(1) The name of the seller or transferor of the timeshare or vacation club right being conveyed.
(2) The name of the purchaser or transferee of said timeshare or vacation club right.
(3) A description of any liens encumbering the timeshare or vacation club right being conveyed and the name of the lienholder(s) thereof.
As to the share in the facilities corresponding to each owner of the said timeshares or vacation club rights, there shall be made a pertinent and brief reference to the corresponding timeshare or vacation club matrix record where they appear entered.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-121.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1266a - Declaration by public deed upon completion of structures; recording

The structures planned or begun which have been recorded pursuant to § 1265b of this title, or the structures already commenced pursuant to the provisions of said § 1265b, shall be declared by public deed upon their completion. Such declaration shall be made by the developer and shall be recorded under the particular entry of the respective property. The final description of each completed accommodation may be recorded, even though only the structures planned or under construction appear recorded, and a marginal reference note shall be made under the matrix record.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-122.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1266b - Conveyances or encumbrances

The conveyance or encumbrance referred to in § 1262b of this title shall be entered under the particular matrix record, but in cases coming under § 1262c of this title, the entry shall be made under the particular filial record of the accommodation in accordance with the provisions of the last sentence of § 1265c of this title, accommodation to which the same belongs in accordance with § 1266 of this title.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-123.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1266c - Succeeding transactions; entry of proportional share in facilities as unnecessary

Succeeding transactions of the accommodations, timeshares and vacation club rights shall be entered under the filial records of the respective accommodations, timeshares and vacation club rights.
The proportional share or percentage in the facilities appertaining to the owner of each accommodation, timeshare and vacation club right shall be deemed conveyed or encumbered jointly with the corresponding accommodation, timeshare or vacation club right, as the case may be, without need of entering under the matrix record, or the corresponding timeshare or vacation club matrix record, as applicable, such conveyance or encumbrance of the proportional share in the facilities.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-124.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1266d - New floors, acquisitions of adjacent land, cancellation of liens, cautionary notices

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 1266c of this title, new floors added, a use determination made by a developer after having made the reservation referred to in § 1264(2)(d) of this title or new portions of adjacent land acquired by the developer and grouped with the timeshare or vacation club property shall be registered under the matrix record accompanied by the corresponding adjustments, if any, on each of the accommodation’s, timeshare’s and vacation club right’s share in the facilities. Likewise, the total or partial cancellation of liens existing prior to the dedication of the property to the timeshare or vacation club regime and the cautionary notices or entries making express reference to the property, or to the facilities thereof as a whole, shall be entered under the matrix record, always leaving marginal notes of these operations in the filial entries.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-125; Jan. 5, 1999, No. 3, § 36.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1266e - Termination; merger of filial estate in record

The owners, including the developer of a property dedicated to the timeshare or vacation club regime, by a majority of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2 / 3 %) of the voting power of all owners, may terminate the regime and request of the Registrar: (i) the regrouping or merger of the filial properties corresponding to each timeshare or vacation club matrix property, and (ii) the regrouping or merger of the filial accommodations (properties) in the matrix property; Provided, That the aforesaid filial properties referred to in (i) and (ii) are unencumbered or, in lieu thereof, that the persons in whose favor said properties are encumbered agree to substitute the security or interest they may have in said properties, for the participation pertaining to such owners in the timeshare or vacation club matrix property or in the matrix property at the time of such termination, as applicable, within the common property regime provided in §§ 1271 et seq. of this title that will result from said termination.
Upon the expiration of the term for which the timeshare or vacation club regime was constituted, the regime shall automatically terminate and the developer and the owners shall each have an undivided interest in common with all other owners in the totality of the real and personal property then owned by the timeshare plan or vacation club equivalent to the proportion their respective participation in the timeshare plan or vacation club bears, at the time of such expiration to the aggregate of all participation in the same; and any lien on any timeshare, vacation club right or accommodation shall become a lien on the undivided interest in the totality of the real and personal property corresponding to the former owner of the timeshare, vacation club right or accommodation subject to the lien. In such event, the developer or any owner may request from the Registrar: (i) the regrouping or merger of the filial properties corresponding to each timeshare or vacation club matrix property; (ii) the regrouping or merger of the filial accommodations (properties) in the matrix property, in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and (iii) the recording of the respectively resulting undivided interests in the property formerly dedicated to the regime. The maximum recording fee for the foregoing operations shall be five hundred dollars ($500) or such higher amount as the Company may from time to time establish by regulation.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-126.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1266f - Merger as no bar to subsequent dedication of property

The merger provided for in § 1266e of this title shall in no way bar the subsequent dedication of the property to the timeshare or vacation club regime whenever so desired and upon the observance of the provisions of this chapter.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-127.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1267 - Bylaws; insertion or attachment to deed; certified copies filed

The administration of every property dedicated to the timeshare or vacation club regime shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter and also by bylaws which shall be inserted in or attached to the deed of dedication, and considered a part thereof. A certified copy of said deed and of the bylaws and of any amendment thereto shall be filed in the Registry of Property and copies thereof delivered to each owner, prior to the time of their acquisition of their corresponding accommodation, timeshare or vacation club right, as the case may be, or shortly after the date of execution of the aforesaid amendment(s), as applicable.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-128.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1267a - Contents of bylaws; modifications of system; recording

The bylaws referred to in § 1267 of this title, may contain all such standards and rules with respect to the use of the property, the regime, its accommodations and facilities, as well as the timeshares or vacation club rights, exercise of rights, installations, and services, expenses, administration and government, insurance, upkeep and repairs, as do not contravene the provisions of §§ 1262—1268e of this title, including, without limitation, the following:
(a) Form of administration, stating the powers of the entity administering the regime.
(b) Definition of majority which shall govern for the regime in question on those matters to be submitted to the consideration of the owners.
(c) Care, upkeep and surveillance of the property, the regime and the facilities.
(d) Manner of collecting the funds from the owners for the payment of the common expenses and any distinctions which may exist in the method of assessment among the owners of their share in said expenses or the amounts thereof.
(e) Manner and method of recalling the managing entity, consistent with § 1256e of this title.
At any time the developer, and/or the owners, as may be set forth in the deed of dedication of the regime, may modify the bylaws referred to in § 1267 of this title. No such modification shall be operative until it is embodied in public deed form and, in addition, be recorded in the particular entry of the matrix property, with a certified copy filed in the Registry of Property, as provided in § 1267 of this title.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-129; Jan. 5, 1999, No. 3, § 37.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1267b - Notice to managing entity

The developer will inform the managing entity, within thirty (30) days following the date of disposition of an accommodation, timeshare or vacation club right, as the case may be, the name, surname, personal circumstances and address, the date and other particulars of the new owner’s acquisition of the accommodation, timeshare or vacation club right, as the case may be, including copies of the documents evidencing such information, and the managing entity shall hold said documents in trust for the benefit of the owners.
In the case of a sale or other disposition of the accommodation, the timeshare or vacation club right, or of a lease of an accommodation, as the case may be, the owner shall so inform the managing entity, stating the name, surname, personal circumstances and address of the purchaser or other transferee, or lessee, as the case may be. Furthermore, such owner shall require from the purchaser, other transferee, or lessee for a term exceeding thirty (30) days, a statement in the deed of transfer or lease agreement, as the case may be, that he knows and will comply fully with the provisions of this chapter and of the timeshare or vacation club documents.
The owner of an accommodation as less or of the corresponding accommodation shall continue exclusively responsible for the contributions for the common expenses and shall also be responsible for the lessee’s compliance with this chapter and the timeshare or vacation club documents.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-130.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1268 - Contributions for payment of expenses of administration and maintenance

The owners are bound to contribute toward the expenses of administration, maintenance and repair of the facilities, as well as toward any other common expenses that may have been lawfully agreed upon in accordance with their corresponding shares.
No owner may exempt himself from his obligation of contributing toward such expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of the facilities or by abandonment of the accommodation, the timeshare or vacation club right, as applicable, belonging to him.
The proportionate amount with which each owner must contribute toward the common expenses, any penalties, late charges and interest to be paid by any owner which fails to make the corresponding payment of common expenses and any distinction to be established in the method of assessment among the owners of their share of such common expenses or the amounts thereof shall be determined, fixed and imposed, as set forth in the deed of dedication.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-131; Jan. 5, 1999, No. 3, § 38.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1268b - Validity of timeshare or vacation club regime dedication documents

All provisions of the documents dedicating a property to the timeshare or vacation club regime shall be deemed severable and any unlawful provision thereof may be declared null and void by a court of competent jurisdiction; Provided, however, That the remainder of the terms of such documents shall remain in full force and effect.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-133.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1268c - Expansion and contraction of regimes

No timeshare plan or vacation club may be expanded or contracted with respect to property located in Puerto Rico except in accordance with the applicable provisions of the deed of dedication, § 1255b of this title and §§ 1262—1268g of this title. Any such expansion or contraction shall be deemed to have occurred after compliance with the aforesaid provisions, at the time of the recording at the Property Registry of the corresponding amendments to the deed of dedication duly executed by the developer and/or the owners as set forth in the deed of dedication.
Said amendments shall include a revised legal description of the property on which the regime is located, including the particulars of any property added to the regime, in accordance with the provisions of § 1264(1) of this title as well as description of the rights of the owners therein, including a readjustment of their respective shares in the facilities of the regime. In the case of an expansion to include new property, the aforesaid amendment shall be accompanied by the appraisal referred to in § 1264 of this title with respect to the new property and such appraisal shall be used to determine the registration fees of such amendment in the Property Registry.
The aforesaid amendment shall be filed in the section of the Property Registry where the properties affected are located and shall be accompanied by a set of plans prepared in accordance with § 1264c of this title showing the particulars of the new regime.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-134; Jan. 5, 1999, No. 3, § 40.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1268d - Merger of regimes

Any two (2) or more timeshare or vacation club regimes, as provided in their corresponding deeds of dedication, may merge or be consolidated into a single regime pursuant to the terms of a deed of merger of regimes to be executed by the parties having such authority under the corresponding deeds of dedication of the regimes subject of such merger (hereinafter the “deed of merger”). Unless the deed of merger otherwise provides, the regime resulting from such merger or consolidation shall be, for all purposes, the legal successor of all of the preexisting regimes and the operations and activities of all associations of the preexisting regimes, if any, shall be merged or consolidated into a single regime which shall hold all powers, rights, obligations, assets and liabilities of the preexisting associations.
The deed of merger shall also provide for the readjustment of the shares among the accommodations, timeshares and vacation club rights of the resultant regime.
The aforesaid deed of merger shall constitute an amendment to the deeds of dedication of all the regimes involved in said merger which shall comply with the provisions of and be recorded as provided in § 1268c of this title. The maximum recording fee for the aforegoing operation shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00) or such higher amount as the Company may from time to time establish by regulation.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-135; Jan. 5, 1999, No. 3, § 41.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1268e - Maximum sales of accommodations

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this chapter, the developer shall not have the right to sell, transfer or otherwise convey any accommodation at any time if the result of said sale, transfer or conveyance will be that the number of accommodations sold, transferred or conveyed will exceed the number or accommodations in connection with which timeshares or vacation club rights have been sold.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, § 12-136.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XII - Rights of Owners; Contents of Deeds; Recording Provisions; Expansion, Contraction and Merger of Regimes (§§ 1262 — 1268f) › § 1268f - Right of first refusal and right of redemption

Any right of first refusal and/or right of redemption that the developer may wish to establish with respect to the sale of timeshares or vacation club rights, as provided for in § 1264(1)(p) of this title, may be recorded in the Property Registry for the term provided for in the deed of dedication, which term may extend for the whole term of the timeshare or vacation club regime and be recordable in the Property Registry, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in §§ 2001 et seq. of Title 30, known as the “Mortgage and Property Registry Act”.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, added as § 12-137 on Jan. 5, 1999, No. 3, § 42.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XIII - Non-Judicial Procedure for Foreclosure and Sale (§§ 1268g — 1268n) › § 1268g - Foreclosure procedure

Mortgagee or the managing entity (hereinafter referred to as the “creditor”) may foreclose on the lien constituted either pursuant to public sale before Notary Public who act as an independent auctioneer named by the Mortgagee in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Act or, pursuant to a judicial proceeding available under law before a court of competent jurisdiction in Puerto Rico, as provided for herein.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, added as § 13-101 on July 29, 2010, No. 106, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XIII - Non-Judicial Procedure for Foreclosure and Sale (§§ 1268g — 1268n) › § 1268i - Opposition to the notice of default and intention to sell

(1) Following the receipt of the notice and demand for payment specified in § 1268h of this title, the debtor or current titleholder, if a different person, may contest the demand for payment within thirty (30) days of receipt thereof, by means of a notice sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the creditor, including the evidence establishing that the amount claimed has been paid or that the amount owed is less than the amount claimed. The creditor shall have ten (10) days from the receipt thereof to review the payment evidence submitted.
(2) If the mortgagor and the mortgagee are unable to reach an agreement over the existence of the indebtedness or over the balance owed, foreclosure shall be carried out pursuant to ordinary proceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction in Puerto Rico.
(3) If an opposition is not received within the term herein provided, the creditor may sell the timeshare or vacation club right pursuant to the procedure provided for in the following sections.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, added as § 13-103 on July 29, 2010, No. 106, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XIII - Non-Judicial Procedure for Foreclosure and Sale (§§ 1268g — 1268n) › § 1268k - Non-judicial public sale

(1) The non-judicial public sale of the individual accommodation, the real property timeshare or vacation club right shall be held in the municipality where the timeshare or vacation club right is located on the date, time and place designated in the public sale announcement pursuant to § 1268j of this title.
(2) Any person, including the creditor, may bid at the non judicial public sale.
(3) The purchaser at the non-judicial public sale shall make payment by official bank check or cash on the same day of the sale in the amount for which the right was sold at the non-judicial public sale. The creditor or holder of the lien in question may bid its credit in lieu of an official bank check or cash, and should it be awarded the bid, the credit in question shall be extinguished.
(4) The proceeds of the non-judicial public sale shall be applied first, to the payment the costs and expenses of the public sale, second, to the payment of the indebtedness in question, interest and penalties accrued thereon and legal fees and finally, to the payment of junior liens. All liens that are senior to the foreclosed lien will not be impaired by the non-judicial public sale and the purchaser of the right in question will assume responsibility for the payment thereof.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, added as § 13-105 on July 29, 2010, No. 106, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 2 - Property Ownership and Its Modifications (§§ 1021 — 1875) › PART II-A - Timeshare (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Chapter 147 - Puerto Rico Timeshare and Vacation Club Act (§§ 1251 — 1269d) › Subchapter XIII - Non-Judicial Procedure for Foreclosure and Sale (§§ 1268g — 1268n) › § 1268m - Cancellation of liens and transfer of title after public sale

(1) A non judicial public sale carried out in accordance with this section excludes and extinguishes all interests in the individual accommodation, real property timeshare or vacation club right of all persons and/or entities holding recorded liens in the Registry of Property junior to the lien foreclosed upon.
(2) On the day of the public sale, upon receipt of the bid amount, the lien of the foreclosing mortgagor shall be deemed cancelled by virtue of the payment to said creditor of the proceeds of the public sale, if it is not the winning bidder, which cancellation shall be done in the same deed of sale or in a separate deed.
(3) The deed of transfer of rights (“escritura de transmisión de derecho”) shall be recordable in the Registry of Property upon payment of the corresponding filing fees and recording fees.
History —Dec. 26, 1995, No. 252, added as § 13-107 on July 29, 2010, No. 106, § 10.