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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4813 - Protection for juridical persons

The provisions of §§ 4810 (Breach of Personal Communications), 4811 (Alteration and Use of Personal Information in Files) and 4812 (Disclosure of Communications and Personal Information) of this title, shall apply to any person who discloses, reveals or yields private information of juridical persons without the consent of its representatives.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 185, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4814 - Aggravated crime

If the crimes coded in §§ 4810 (Breach of Personal Communications), 4811 (Alteration and Use of Personal Information in Files) and 4812 (Disclosure of Communications and Personal Information) of this title, are executed for purposes of profit by the persons in charge or responsible for disks, electronic data files or other any other type of file or registers, or by officers or employees in the course of their duties, a punishment in the upper half of the range of penalties shall be imposed.
The provisions in this section shall also apply in the case of private information of juridical persons.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 186, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4815 - Disclosure of trade secret

Any person who, without just cause, discloses secrets that have come to his/her knowledge by virtue of their profession or religious ministry, charge or office, to the prejudice of another shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 187, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter III - Crimes Against Personal Tranquility (§§ 4816 — 4817) › § 4816 - Threats

Any person who threatens another with causing a specific damage to the bodily integrity, rights, honor or patrimony of that person or his/her family shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 188, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter III - Crimes Against Personal Tranquility (§§ 4816 — 4817) › § 4817 - Intrusion of personal tranquility

Any person who, by means of the telephone, electronic mail, or any other means proffers or writes a language that is threatening, abusive, obscene or lewd to another person; or who with the purpose of bothering a person repeatedly makes telephone calls or causes the telephone of another to ring repeatedly, or any person who knowingly authorizes any telephone under his control to be used for any purpose prohibited under this section shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 189, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter IV - Crimes against the Freedom of Association (§ 4818) › § 4818 - Crimes against the right of assembly

Any person who interrupts or hinders a lawful and peaceful assembly shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 190, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter V - Crimes Against Equal Protection Under the Law (§ 4819) › § 4819 - Illegal discriminations

Any person who without any legal grounds performs any of the following acts because of political ideas, religious beliefs, race, color of skin, sex, social condition, or national or ethnic origin, shall incur a misdemeanor:
(a) Denies access, service or equal treatment to any person in public places or establishments, private clubs where public activities are held, and in transportation media.
(b) Refuses to sell, transfer or lease personal or real property.
(c) Denies the granting of a loan for the construction of housing.
(d) Publishes, circulates or distributes any order, notice or advertisement that hinders, prohibits or discourages the sponsorship of or the presence at public places and establishments and the means of transportation, or the sale, transfer or lease of personal or real property.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 191, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter I - Illegal Appropriation (§§ 4820 — 4825b) › § 4820 - Larceny

Any person who without violence or intimidation illegally takes personal property belonging to another shall commit the crime of larceny and shall incur a misdemeanor.
The court shall also impose the restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 192, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter I - Illegal Appropriation (§§ 4820 — 4825b) › § 4821 - Aggravated larceny

Any person who commits the crime of larceny described in § 4820 of this title, if taking public property or funds, or goods whose value exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more shall commit a third degree felony.
If the value of the illegally taken good is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), but more than five hundred dollars ($500), it shall entail a fourth degree felony.
It shall constitute an aggravating circumstance to be considered at the time of imposing a penalty for this offense and the offense under § 4820 of this title if the stolen goods are cattle, horses, pigs, rabbits, or sheep, including the offspring thereof, fruits or crops, poultry, fish, shrimp, bees, agricultural machinery and equipment located in a farm or in a production or breeding facility, any other machinery or farm equipment located in a private property, business, or agricultural facility, or any items, tools, and/or machine parts used for such purposes.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 193; Mar. 31, 2011, No. 44, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter I - Illegal Appropriation (§§ 4820 — 4825b) › § 4822 - Determining the value of credit documents

If the taken good is a credit voucher or a document, the amount of money represented or guaranteed by the same, or the value of the good whose ownership justifies the document, shall constitute the value of the appropriated good.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 194, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter I - Illegal Appropriation (§§ 4820 — 4825b) › § 4823 - [Petty] larceny or shoplifting in commercial establishments

Any person who, with the intention of illegally taking merchandise from a commercial establishment, for him/herself or another, without paying the price fixed by the seller commits any of the following acts and incurs a misdemeanor:
(a) Hides merchandise on his/her person, purse or handbag, bag, or any other similar object, or on the person of a minor, elderly or person with disabilities who is under his control;
(b) alters or changes the price on the price tag of the merchandise be it on a label, bar code or any other marking showing the sales price;
(c) changes the merchandise from one container into another showing a different price;
(d) removes the merchandise from the commercial establishment, or
(e) causes the cash register or any other instrument that registers sales to show a price lower than the marked sales price.
The court may also impose restitution.
Notwithstanding the provisions herein established, when the sales price of the item exceeds the amounts provided in § 4821 of this title, the person may be prosecuted for the crime of aggravated larceny.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 195, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter I - Illegal Appropriation (§§ 4820 — 4825b) › § 4824 - Interfering with meters

Any person who alters, interferes, or obstructs the water, gas, or electricity meter, or that of any other fluid, or makes any unauthorized installation, for the purpose of defrauding another shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 196; Dec. 11, 2011, No. 237, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter I - Illegal Appropriation (§§ 4820 — 4825b) › § 4825 - Use or interference with communications equipment or system

Any person who uses, alters, modifies, interferes, intervenes or obstructs communications or information system equipment, devices or systems for purposes of defrauding another shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 197, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter I - Illegal Appropriation (§§ 4820 — 4825b) › § 4825a - Illegal operation of any recording device

Any person who, in order to record a movie which is at that time being shown, operates an audiovisual recording device in the motion picture theater without the corresponding legal authorization shall incur a third degree felony.”
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, added as § 197-A on July 19, 2006, No. 121, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter I - Illegal Appropriation (§§ 4820 — 4825b) › § 4825b - Reproduction and sale without the legal name and address of the manufacturer

Any person who knowingly, maliciously or fraudulently promotes, offers for sale, sells, rents, transports or induces the sale, resells or has in his/her possession with the intent to distribute, an audiovisual work to obtain personal or commercial benefits in its cover, label or packaging that fails clearly and prominently to display the legal name and address of the manufacturer, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, added as § 197-B on July 19, 2006, No. 121, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter II - Robbery (§§ 4826 — 4827) › § 4826 - Robbery

Any person who unlawfully takes personal property belonging to another in the immediate presence of said person and against his/her will by means of force or intimidation shall incur a third degree felony.
Any person who unlawfully takes personal property and immediately after having committed the act uses force or intimidation against another to retain the taken item shall also incur a third degree felony.
The court may also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 198; Oct. 7, 2009, No. 117, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter II - Robbery (§§ 4826 — 4827) › § 4827 - Aggravated robbery

When in order to commit the robbery, the person uses a minor who has not yet reached the age of eighteen (18), or when the item object of the robbery is a motor vehicle, he/she shall incur a second degree felony.
When in the course of the robbery physical damage is inflicted upon the victim, or if the robbery takes place in an occupied residential building where the victim is, the offender shall incur a severe second degree felony.
The court may also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 199; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 338, § 8, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter III - Extortion (§ 4828) › § 4828 - Extortion

Any person who, by means of violence or intimidation, or under the pretext of rights as a public officer or employee, compels another person to deliver property or to perform, tolerate or omit acts which occur or are executed after an act of violence, intimidation or under pretext of authority shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 200, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter IV - Receiving and Disposal Stolen Goods (§§ 4829 — 4830) › § 4829 - Receiving, disposal and transfer of stolen goods

Any person who purchases, receives, withholds, transports or disposes of any property knowing that it was unlawfully taken, stolen, obtained by means of extortion or by any unlawful means shall incur a misdemeanor.
If the value of the stolen property exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), the person shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 201, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter IV - Receiving and Disposal Stolen Goods (§§ 4829 — 4830) › § 4830 - Seizure of vehicles or other means of transportation

Any vehicle or other means of transportation that has been used to transfer property that has been unlawfully taken, stolen, obtained by means of extortion or by any unlawful means shall be seized by the Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of the Treasury or by the Police Superintendent through their delegates, police officers or law enforcement personnel on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
For the seizing and disposal of vehicles, animals, watercraft or areas of any transportation means the procedure to be followed shall be that established in the Uniform Seizures Act, §§ 1723 et seq. of Title 34.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 202, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter V - Burglary and Other Types of Illegal Entry (§§ 4831 — 4834) › § 4831 - Burglary

Any person who enters a dwelling, building or other construction or structure or its dependencies or annexes with the purpose of committing any crime involving an unlawful taking or a felony shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 203, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter V - Burglary and Other Types of Illegal Entry (§§ 4831 — 4834) › § 4832 - Aggravated burglary

If the burglary crime described in § 4831 of this title, is committed in an inhabited building, the offender shall incur a third degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 204, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter V - Burglary and Other Types of Illegal Entry (§§ 4831 — 4834) › § 4833 - Trespassing

Any person who commits any of the following acts shall incur a misdemeanor:
(a) Illegal occupation of land or property of another for purposes of performing acts of dominion or of taking possession over them;
(b) enters into the property of another without the express authorization of the owner, possessor or person in charge and performance of acts of dominion, regardless of their type;
(c) illegally diverts, dams or stops public or private waters;
(d) illegally diverts another of his personal property or real property right to use, usufruct or habitation constituted over a real property, or
(e) illegally removes or alters the boundaries of a real property or any sort of sign established to set the boundaries of property or the markings on adjacent lands.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 205, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter V - Burglary and Other Types of Illegal Entry (§§ 4831 — 4834) › § 4834 - Entering into the estate of others

Any person who enters into the fenced premises or estate of another by forcing the fence or stockade without authorization from the owner or person in charge of said property, or with the intention of committing a crime shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The entry by any person into the fenced premises or estate of another shall constitute a special classification subject to the penalty of a fourth-degree felony, when the crime of unlawful taking is, in turn, constituted, and the stolen good is an agricultural product. In those cases in which the monetary value of the stolen agricultural products exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000) the penalty imposed shall be that of a third-degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 206, eff. May 1, 2005; Mar. 31, 2011, No. 45, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VI - Damages Against the Property of Others (§§ 4835 — 4837) › § 4835 - Damages

Any person who destroys, disables, alters, disappears or damages, totally or partially, the personal or real property of another shall commit a misdemeanor.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 207; Dec. 31, 2010, No. 225, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VI - Damages Against the Property of Others (§§ 4835 — 4837) › § 4836 - Aggravated damages

Any person who commits the crime of damages set forth in § 4835 of this title shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony if any of the following circumstances concur:
(a) When harmful substances, whether poisonous, corrosive, inflammable or radioactive are used, if the act does not constitute a more serious felony;
(b) when the damage caused is assessed in one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more;
(c) when involving historic, artistic or cultural interest property, or
(d) When the damages are caused to real or personal property owned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or by private non-profit entities or devoted to education.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 208, eff. May 1, 2005; Jan. 8, 2012, No. 23, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VI - Damages Against the Property of Others (§§ 4835 — 4837) › § 4836a - Obstruction or paralyzation of works

Any person who, with the intent to temporarily or permanently obstruct public or private construction work or ground movement that has been granted the permits, authorizations, or endorsements of the pertinent agencies, performs the following acts, shall be guilty of a fourth-degree felony:
(a) Obstructing the entry or access of employees, vehicles, and persons, including suppliers of materials, as authorized by the owner, contractor, or person in charge of the property where the works are being conducted.
(b) Seize the land, machinery, or spaces that are a part of the construction works or ground movement.
The court shall also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, added as § 208-A on Oct. 29, 2010, No. 158, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VI - Damages Against the Property of Others (§§ 4835 — 4837) › § 4837 - Affixing of signs

Any person who pastes, affixes, prints or paints any notice, announcement, sign, poster, engraving, banner, picture, motto, writing, drawing, figure or any other similar medium on public property, with the exception of posts and columns, or on any private property without the consent of the owner, custodian or person in charge, regardless of the matter, article, person, activity, theme, concept or subject to which reference is made in the same, shall incur a misdemeanor.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 209, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VII - Defrauding (§§ 4838 — 4842) › § 4838 - Fraud

Any person who fraudulently performs any of the following shall incur a felony in the fourth degree:
(a) To induce another person to perform acts or omissions that affect the estate rights or interests on real or personal property of said person, the State or a third party to their prejudice, or
(b) to perform acts or omissions that deprive another person or that affect the estate rights or interests on real or personal property of said person to the prejudice of same, the State or a third party to their prejudice.
The court may also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 210; Oct. 4, 2006, No. 224, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VII - Defrauding (§§ 4838 — 4842) › § 4839 - Computer fraud

Any person who with the intention of defrauding and by means of any computer manipulation makes an unauthorized transfer of any property or proprietary rights to the prejudice of a third party or the State, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 211, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VII - Defrauding (§§ 4838 — 4842) › § 4840 - Construction works fraud

Any entrepreneur, engineer, contractor or architect of works, juridical person and any other person who is contracted or who agrees to execute works and who, after receiving money in partial or total payment for the execution of the contracted work, with the intention of defrauding, fails to comply with the obligation to execute or complete the work as agreed shall incur a misdemeanor.
If the value of the work agreed upon and not executed or not completed was five hundred dollars ($500) or more, the offender shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution and the suspension or revocation of license, permit or authorization.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 212, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VII - Defrauding (§§ 4838 — 4842) › § 4841 - Fraud in competitions

Any person who promotes, expedites or guarantees the irregular result of a sports competition or of any other sort for the purpose of obtaining undue benefits for him/herself or for a third party shall incur a misdemeanor.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 213, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VII - Defrauding (§§ 4838 — 4842) › § 4842 - Undue influence on radio and television

The following shall incur a fourth degree felony, and the court may also impose the sentence of restitution upon:
(a) Any radio or television station employee or any other person who offers, solicits, gives or receives, directly or by means of an intermediary, for him/herself or for another person or a third party, any money or any form of payment, service or benefit, or accepts a proposition to such effects, in exchange for the broadcasting by radio or television of the music of a certain author or singer, or any other material or program, without informing said fact to the station prior to the broadcasting of the music, material or program in question.
(b) Any person who, as part of the production of a radio or television program solicits, gives or receives, directly or by means of an intermediary, for himself or for another person or a third party, any money or any form of payment, service or benefit, or accepts a proposition to such effects, in exchange for the broadcasting by radio or television of said program or part thereof without informing said fact to the station, the employer of the person who shall receive the payment or the person for whom such program is produced prior to the broadcasting of said program.
(c) Any person who supplies to another a radio or television program or part thereof without notification to said person that money or any other form of payment, service or benefit has been offered, solicited, given or received, directly or by means of an intermediary, or that a proposition to such effects has been accepted in exchange for said program or part thereof to be broadcast by radio or television.
(d) If during the referred broadcast the sponsor of the broadcasted program is adequately identified, the duty to inform set forth in the preceding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall be complied with.
(e) Compliance with the duty to inform set forth in the preceding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall not be necessary when the station has obtained a disclaimer for such purposes from the Federal Communications Commission.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 214, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VIII - Identity Theft (§§ 4843 — 4845) › § 4843 - [Impersonation]

Any person who, with the intention to deceive, [impersonate or falsely represent] another and, while in character, conducts any unauthorized action in the name of the falsely represented person, shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 215, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VIII - Identity Theft (§§ 4843 — 4845) › § 4844 - Identity theft

Any person who takes for him/herself a means of identification belonging to another person with the intent to commit any unlawful act shall incur a third degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
For purposes of this crime, a means of identification shall include the following: name; address; telephone number; driver’s license number; social security number; employer identification number; credit or debit card number; health insurance card number; passport or immigration card number; mobile telephone electronic serial number; any bank account number; the personal identification number (PIN) of any bank account, telephone, electronic mail (email), or computer system; place of employment; name of parents; date and place of birth; name and address of place of employment; or any other information that may be used by itself or jointly with others to identify a person, in addition to biometric information such as fingerprints, voice recordings, retinal scans, iris imaging, or any particular physical representation.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 216; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 237, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VIII - Identity Theft (§§ 4843 — 4845) › § 4845 - Provisions applicable

As part of the restitution that the court may impose for the crimes described in this subchapter, it may also demand the reimbursement of the expenses of the victim for the restoration of his credit, including the payment of any debt or obligation arising from the acts of the offender. The court may also issue orders for the correction of any public or private document containing false information to the prejudice of the victim, as a consequence of the behavior of the offender.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 217, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4846 - Forgery of documents

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, makes a false document, instrument or writing, in whole or in part, by means of which any right, obligation or interest is created, transferred, terminated or otherwise affected, or who falsely alters, limits, suppresses or destroys, in whole or in part, a true right shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 218, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4847 - Ideological falsehood

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, makes false statements in a public or private document concerning a fact which the document attests to, and in the case of a private document, which has juridical effects to the prejudice of another person, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 219, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4848 - Falsification of entries in registers

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, makes, imitates, suppresses or alters any entry in a book of registers, files or data bank, whether on hard copy or electronically, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 220, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4849 - Forgery of seals

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, forges or imitates the seal of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a public official authorized by law, a court, a corporation, or any other public seal authorized or recognized under the laws of Puerto Rico or the United States, or of any state, government or country, or who forges or imitates any impression attempting to substitute the same for the impression of any of these seals shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 221, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4850 - Forgery of license, certificate or any other documentation

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, makes, alters, forges, imitates, circulates, passes, publishes or possesses as if genuine any license, certificate, diploma, reports, records or any other document of a similar nature which should be issued by an officer or employee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or by any private institution authorized to issue it, knowing that it is false, altered, forged or imitated shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 222, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4851 - Filing of forged documents or information

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, offers or presents a false or altered document or information to be filed, registered or entered at a dependency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which, if it had been genuine or true, may have been filed or entered into any official registry or data bank, whether on hard copy or electronically, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 223, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4852 - Possession and transfer of forged documents

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, possesses, uses, circulates, sells, or passes for genuine or true any forged document, instrument or writing knowing that it is forged, altered, falsified or imitated shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 224, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4853 - Possession of instruments for forging

Any person who makes, invents, creates, or knowingly has in his/her possession any die, plate, or any device, tool, equipment, software program, item, material, goods, property, paper, metal, machine, scanning device or re-encoder, or any supply that is specifically designed or adapted to serve as a scanning device or re-encoder, or any other thing which may be used in the forging of a credit card, seal, document, instrument, or writing shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 225; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 237, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4854 - Alteration of information that identifies musical, scientific or literary works

Any person who alters information that identifies the author, title, edition number, or publisher, or who distorts, mutilates or alters the text of a book or of a literary, scientific or musical work or record, a tape recording or electronic sound recording (audio), or of a theatrical work without due authorization from the author or holder of the rights shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 226, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4855 - Forgery in the practice of professions or trades

Any person authorized by law to practice a profession or trade who lends his name or otherwise assists or furthers another unauthorized person to practice said profession or trade or to perform actions pertaining to said profession or trade shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 227, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against Security in Commercial Transactions (§§ 4856 — 4863a) › § 4856 - Money laundering

Any person who performs any of the following acts shall incur a third degree felony:
(a) To convert or transfer goods knowing that such goods originate from an unlawful activity or participation in such sort of activity for purposes of concealing or covering up the unlawful origins of the property, or
(b) to conceal or cover up the true nature, origin, location, disposal or transfer of property, goods or the corresponding rights thereof knowing that they originate from an unlawful activity or participation in such sort of activity.
The court shall provide for the seizing of the property, rights or goods obtained by means of this crime, whose amounts shall be covered into the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 228, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against Security in Commercial Transactions (§§ 4856 — 4863a) › § 4857 - Insufficiency of funds

Any person who, with the intent to defraud writes, issues, endorses or releases a check, money order, draft or note for the payment of money chargeable to any bank or other depository knowing that the issuer or drafter thereof lacks sufficient funds in said bank or depositary for the full payment of the check, money order, draft or note at the time of presenting same, nor has the express authorization to overdraw, shall incur a misdemeanor.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 229, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against Security in Commercial Transactions (§§ 4856 — 4863a) › § 4858 - Closed or non-existent account and undue stop payment

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, orders any bank or depository to cancel an account designated for the making of payments with money charged against such account knowing that prior to said cancellation he/she had written, issued, endorsed or delivered any checks, money orders, drafts or notes to be charged against said cancelled account; or who draws against a closed or non-existent account; or stops the payment of the instrument after its issue without justified cause shall incur a misdemeanor.
If the amount represented by the instrument is more than five hundred dollars ($500), the offender shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 230, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against Security in Commercial Transactions (§§ 4856 — 4863a) › § 4859 - Knowledge of nonpayment

It constitutes prima facie evidence of knowledge of the insufficiency of funds in the closed or non-existent account, the cancellation of the account, or the lack of express authorization to overdraw if the drawer or endorser writes, issues or releases a check, money order, draft or note the payment of which is refused by the drawee through any of the following: insufficiency of funds, drawing against a closed or non-existent account, the cancellation of the account designated for the payment or for not having express authorization to overdraw.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 231, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against Security in Commercial Transactions (§§ 4856 — 4863a) › § 4860 - Demand for payment

No person shall commit the crimes established in the §§ 4857 and 4858 of this title unless it is shown that the holder of the check, money order, draft or note, or the agent thereof has notified either in person or by certified letter with return receipt requested from the drawer or endorser at his last known address demanding the payment to the holder or the agent thereof at the address stated in the notice of the amount of the check, money order, draft or note within a term of not less than ten (10) days if the drawer or endorser to whom the notice is addressed is domiciled in the area of the holder and not less than fifteen (15) days if domiciled in another municipality or out of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Said term is calculated from the date of the notice to the drawer or endorser of the unpaid check, money order, draft or note.
If the address provided by the drawer or endorser is false, or if he refused to provide a physical address together with the mailing address at the time of issuing the check, money order, draft or note, it shall be understood that the notice from the bank or depository stating that the check, money order, draft or note had insufficient funds constitutes sufficient notice pursuant to the first paragraph of this section.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 232, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against Security in Commercial Transactions (§§ 4856 — 4863a) › § 4861 - Nonpayment after demand for payment

Nonpayment, after demand for payment, by the person who has drawn, signed, issued, endorsed or released said check, money order, draft or note shall be considered as prima facie evidence of the purpose to defraud.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 233, eff. May 1, 2005.