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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2479 - Things subject to usufruct, use, or habitation

If the thing bequeathed should be subject to usufruct, use, or habitation, the legatee must respect said rights until they are legally extinguished.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 790.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2480 - When legacy ineffective

The legacy shall have no effect:
(1) If the testator changes the thing bequeathed in such manner that it does not retain either the form or the denomination it previously had.
(2) If the testator alienates, for any consideration or reason whatsoever, the thing bequeathed or a part thereof, it being understood, in the latter case, that the bequest is without effect only with regard to the part alienated. If, after the alienation, the thing should revert to the ownership of the testator, even though it were by reason of the nullity of the contract, the bequest shall not be valid, after such fact, excepting the case in which the reacquisition takes place on account of an agreement of resale.
(3) If the thing bequeathed is entirely lost during the life of the testator or after his death, without the fault of the heir. Nevertheless, the person obliged to pay the legacy shall be liable for the eviction, if the thing bequeathed should not have been determined in kind in accordance with the provisions of § 2473 of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 791.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2481 - Legacy of credit against third person or release of legatee’s debt

The legacy of a credit against a third person or of a release or waiver of a debt of the legatee shall be valid only with regard to that part of the credit or debt existing at the time of the death of the testator.
In the first case, the heir shall perform by assigning to the legatee all the actions he may have against the debtor.
In the second, by giving the legatee a receipt, should he request one.
In both cases the legacy shall include the interest which may be due the testator at the time of his death on the credit or debt.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 792.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2482 - Legacy of credit against third person or release of legatee’s debt—When void; pledge

The legacy referred to in the foregoing section is void if the testator, after having made it, should sue the debtor for the payment of his debt, even if said payment should not have been made at the time of the death.
Only the right of pledge is waived by the legacy made to the debtor of a thing pledged.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 793.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2483 - Legacy of release of debts

The generic legacy of waiver or release of debts includes those existing at the time of the execution of the will, and not subsequent ones.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 794.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2484 - Legacy to creditor

A legacy made to a Creditor shall not be considered as a payment of his credit, unless the testator should so expressly declare.
In such case, the Creditor shall have a right to collect the excess of the credit or of the legacy.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 795.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2485 - Alternative legacies

In alternative legacies the provisions for obligations of the same kind shall be observed, excepting the modifications arising from the express will of the testator.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 796.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2486 - Legacy of generic personal property; undetermined real estate

A legacy of generic personal property shall be valid even though there may not be things of the same kind in the estate.
A legacy of undetermined real estate shall be valid only if there is such property in the estate.
The heir shall have the right of option, and shall perform by giving a thing which may not be either of inferior or superior quality.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 797.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2487 - Option to heir or legatee

Whenever the testator expressly leaves an option to the heir or to the legatee, the former may give or the latter may select what he may consider best.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 798.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2488 - Transmission of option to heirs

If the heir or legatee cannot make the choice, in case it has been granted him, his right shall pass to the heirs; but a choice once made shall be irrevocable.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 799.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2489 - Bequest of property belonging to legatee

If the thing bequeathed belonged to the legatee at the date of the will the legacy shall be void, even though it may have been alienated subsequently.
If the legatee has acquired it for a good consideration after said date he can claim nothing for it; but if it should have been acquired for a valuable consideration, he may demand of the heir an indemnity for what he may have given to acquire it.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 800.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2490 - Legacy for education or support

A legacy for education lasts until the legatee is of age.
That for support lasts during the life of the legatee, if the testator does not dispose otherwise.
If the testator has not fixed any sum for said legacies, it shall be fixed in accordance with the position and condition of the legatee and the amount of the inheritance.
If the testator was, during his life, in the habit of giving the legatee a certain sum of money or other things by way of support, the same amount shall be considered as bequeathed unless it is greatly disproportionate with the amount of the estate.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 801.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2491 - Payment of periodical pensions

If a periodical pension, or a fixed annual, monthly, or weekly sum is bequeathed, the legatee may demand the first payment upon the death of the testator, and the following ones at the beginning of each period, without any right of reimbursement, even though the legatee should die before the expiration of the period begun.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 802.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2492 - Payment of periodical pensions—Right of legatee-pure and simple legacy

A legatee acquires a right to the pure and simple legacies from the death of the testator, and transmits it to his heirs.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 803.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2493 - Payment of periodical pensions—Specific and determined thing

If the legacy is of a specific and determined thing, belonging to the testator, the legatee acquires the ownership thereof from the death of the former, as well as the fruits or income due, but not those due and unpaid before said death.
The thing bequeathed shall, from the same instant, be at the risk of the legatee, who, therefore, shall bear its loss or impairment, as well as being benefited by its increase or improvement.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 804.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2494 - Delivery of thing bequeathed

The thing bequeathed shall be delivered, with all its accessories and in the condition in which it may have been on the death of the testator.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 805.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2495 - Bequest of generic thing or quantity

If the bequest should not be of a specific and determined thing, but generic or of quantity, its fruits and interest from the death of the testator shall belong to the legatee if the testator should have expressly so ordered.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 806.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2496 - Request for delivery

The legatee cannot take possession of the thing bequeathed of his own authority, but must request its delivery and possession of the heir or of the executor, when the latter should be authorized to give it.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 807.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2497 - Delivery by heir; cash legacies; expenses

The heir shall deliver the thing bequeathed if he is able to do so, and does not perform by paying its value.
Legacies in cash must be paid in specie, even though there be none in the estate.
The necessary expenses for the delivery of the thing bequeathed shall be for the account of the estate, but without prejudice to the legal portion.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 808.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2498 - Order of payment of legacies

If the assets of the estate should not be sufficient to cover all the legacies, their payment shall be made in the following order:
(1) Remunerative legacies.
(2) Legacies of specified and determined things forming a part of the estate.
(3) Legacies which may have been declared by the testator as preferred.
(4) Those for support.
(5) Those for education.
(6) All others pro rata.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 809.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2499 - Disposition of refused or invalid legacy

If the legatee cannot or should not wish to accept the bequest, or said bequest for any reason should not be valid, it shall be merged into the whole of the estate, excepting cases of substitution and rights of accretion.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 810.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2500 - Acceptance and repudiation—Parts of legacy

The legatee cannot accept a part of the legacy and repudiate the other part, should the latter be onerous to him.
Should he die before accepting the legacy, leaving several heirs, one of them may accept and another repudiate the part pertaining to him in the legacy.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 811.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2501 - Acceptance and repudiation—Different legacies

The legatee of two legacies, one of which is onerous, cannot renounce the latter and accept the former. If both are either onerous or gratuitous, he is free to accept all of them or repudiate the one he wishes.
The heir who is at the same time a legatee may renounce the inheritance and accept the legacy or renounce the latter and accept the former.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 812.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter X - Legacies and Bequests (§§ 2471 — 2502) › § 2502 - Debts and charges when entire estate distributed in legacies

If the entire estate is distributed in legacies, the debts and charges of the same shall be charged to the legatees, pro rata, in proportion to their shares, unless the testator should have provided otherwise.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 813.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2511 - Number of executors

A testator may appoint one or more executors.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 814.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2512 - Qualifications

No one without the capacity to enter into a contract can be an executor (albacea).
A minor cannot be an executor even with the authorization of his father or of his guardian.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 815.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2513 - Universal or special; how appointed

Executors may be universal or special.
In any case executors may be appointed either severally, successively, or jointly.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 816.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2514 - Executors appointed severally—Actions by

Should the executors be appointed severally, only those acts performed by all of them together, or by one of them legally authorized by the others, shall be valid; and, in case of disagreement, when the act has been agreed to by the majority.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 817.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2515 - Executors appointed severally—When one may act

In cases of extreme urgency, one of the several executors may, under his personal liability, perform the acts which may be necessary, giving notice thereof immediately to the others.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 818.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2516 - Executors appointed severally—Appointment severally presumed

If the testator should not clearly establish the appointment of joint executors nor determine the order in which they are to discharge their duties, it shall be understood that they have been appointed severally, and they shall discharge their duties in the manner prescribed in the two foregoing sections.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 819.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2517 - Voluntary office; acceptance

Executorship is a voluntary office, and it shall be understood as accepted by the person appointed thereto should he not excuse himself within six days following that on which he has received notice of his appointment, or if he was already aware thereof, during the six days following that on which he had knowledge of the death of the testator.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 820.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2518 - Renunciation of office

An executor who accepts his office is bound to act; but he may renounce it, alleging a cause which is sufficient in the sound discretion of the Court of First Instance.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 821;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2519 - Loss of legacy by refusal to accept or renunciation without cause

The executor who does not accept the office, or renounces it without sufficient cause, shall lose what the testator may have left him, excepting always his right to the legal portion.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 822.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2520 - Powers of executors

Executors of wills shall have all the powers expressly conferred upon them by the testator and which are not contrary to law.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 823.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2521 - Powers when not specially determined by testator

Should the testator not have specially determined the powers of the executors they shall have the following:
(1) To dispose and pay the suffrages, and funeral expenses of the testator in accordance with the provisions made by him in his will and, in their absence, according to the customs of the town.
(2) To pay, with the knowledge and consent of the heir, the cash legacies.
(3) To carefully see to the execution of the other provisions of the will and maintain, when just, its validity in and out of court.
(4) To take the necessary precautions for the preservation and custody of the property, with the intervention of the heirs who may be present.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 824.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2522 - Sale of property to pay funeral expenses and legacies

Should there not be in the estate cash enough for the payment of the funeral expenses and legacies, and the heirs should not contribute from their own funds thereto, the executors shall sell the personal property; and should the proceeds therefrom not be sufficient, the real property shall be sold, with the intervention of the heirs.
If a minor, absentee, corporation, or public institution should have any interest in the estate, the sale of the property shall take place with the formalities prescribed by law for such cases.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 825.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2523 - Duration of executorship

The executor for whom the testator has not fixed a term must fulfill his office within a year, counted from his acceptance or from the conclusion of the litigation which may have been instituted with regard to the validity or nullity of the will or of any one of its provisions.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 826.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2524 - Duration of executorship—Extension of term by testator or court

Should the testator desire to extend the legal term, he must expressly fix the time of the extension. Should he not have fixed it, it shall be understood that the term is extended for one year.
If after the expiration of this extension the will of the testator should not yet have been complied with, the Court of First Instance may grant another term for the time which may be necessary, in view of the circumstances of the case.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 827;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2525 - Duration of executorship—Extension by heirs and legatees

The heirs and legatees may, by common consent, extend the term of the executorship for the time they may consider necessary, but if the agreement is only that of a majority the extension cannot exceed one year.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 828.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2526 - Accounts of executors

The executors shall submit an account of their administration to the heirs.
Should they have been appointed, not in order to deliver the property to determined heirs, but to invest or distribute the same in the manner ordered by the testator, in the cases allowed by law, they shall submit their accounts to the part of the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction.
Any provision of the testator in contravention of this section shall be void.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 829;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2527 - Remuneration of executors

Executorship is a gratuitous office. The testator, nevertheless, may assign the executors the remuneration he may consider proper; all without prejudice to the right they may have to collect what may be proper for their work in the division, or for any other professional services.
If the testator bequeaths or designates jointly any remuneration for the executors, the shares of those who do not accept the office shall accrue to those who may discharge it.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 830.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2528 - Delegation of executorship

An executor cannot delegate the office unless he has express authority therefor from the testator.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 831.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2529 - Termination of executorship

Executorship terminates by the death, incapacity, renunciation, or removal of the executor, and by the lapse of the term fixed by the testator, by law, and, in a proper case, by the persons interested.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 832.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 219 - Inheritances (§§ 2251 — 2530) › Subchapter XI - Executors (§§ 2511 — 2530) › § 2530 - Execution of will by heirs

In the cases of the foregoing section, and in case the executor has not accepted the office, the execution of the will of the testator shall devolve upon the heirs.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 833.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › §§ 2541—2581 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 834; May 8, 1952, No. 211, p. 504; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2542 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 835; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2543 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 836; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2544 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 837; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2545 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 838; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2546 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 839; May 8, 1952, No. 211, p. 504; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2547 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 840; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2548 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 841; May 8, 1952, No. 211, p. 504; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2549 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 842; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2550 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 843; May 8, 1952, No. 211, p. 504; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2551 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 844; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2552 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 845; May 8, 1952, No. 211, p. 504; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2553 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 846; May 8, 1952, No. 211, p. 504; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2554 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012 (§ 2554) › 1

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 847; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2554 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012 (§ 2554) › 2

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 858; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2555 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 848; May 8, 1952, No. 211, p. 504; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2556 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 849; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2557 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 850; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2558 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012 (§ 2558) › 1

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 851; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2558 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012 (§ 2558) › 2

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 852; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2560 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 853; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2561 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 854; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2562 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 855; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2563 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 856; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2564 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 857; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2566 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 859; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2567 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 860; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2568 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 861; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2569 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 862; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2570 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 863;; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2571 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 864; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2572 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 865; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2573 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 866; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2574 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 867; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2575 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 868; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2576 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 869; May 8, 1952, No. 211, p. 504; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2577 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 870; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2578 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 871; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2579 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 872; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2580 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 873; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 221 - Constitution of Trusts (Fideicommissa) › § 2581 - Repealed. Act Aug. 31, 2012, No. 219, § 71, effective Aug. 31, 2012

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 874; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 223 - Intestate Succession (§§ 2591 — 2626) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 2591 — 2593) › § 2591 - When legitimate succession takes place

Legitimate succession takes place:
(1) If a person dies without a will, or with a void will or [one] which may have lost its validity subsequently.
(2) When the will does not contain the designation of heirship to all or part of the property, or does not dispose of all that belongs to the testator. In such case legitimate succession shall take place only with regard to the property of which the testator has not disposed.
(3) When the condition imposed for the designation of heirship is lacking, or if the heir dies before the testator, or repudiates the inheritance, without having a substitute, and there being no right of accretion.
(4) When the heir designated is disqualified to succeed.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 875.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 223 - Intestate Succession (§§ 2591 — 2626) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 2591 — 2593) › § 2592 - Disposition of inheritance in absence of testamentary heirs

In the absence of testamentary heirs, the law gives the inheritance, according to the rules hereafter set forth, to the legitimate and natural relatives of the deceased, to the widower or widow, and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 876;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 223 - Intestate Succession (§§ 2591 — 2626) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 2591 — 2593) › § 2593 - Disqualifications in intestate succession

The provisions relating to disqualification to succeed by will are also applicable to intestate successions.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 877.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 223 - Intestate Succession (§§ 2591 — 2626) › Subchapter II - Relationship (§§ 2601 — 2609) › § 2601 - Nearness of relationship; degree

The nearness of relationship is determined by the number of generations. Each generation forms one degree.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 878.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 223 - Intestate Succession (§§ 2591 — 2626) › Subchapter II - Relationship (§§ 2601 — 2609) › § 2602 - Direct and collateral lines

A series of degrees forms the line, which may be direct or collateral.
A direct line is one constituted by a series of degrees among persons descending one from the other.
A collateral line is that constituted by a series of degrees among persons not descending one from the other, but proceeding from a common trunk.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 879.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 223 - Intestate Succession (§§ 2591 — 2626) › Subchapter II - Relationship (§§ 2601 — 2609) › § 2603 - Descending and ascending lines

The direct line is either descending or ascending.
The former joins the head of the family with those descending from him.
The latter joins a person with those from whom he descends.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 880.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 223 - Intestate Succession (§§ 2591 — 2626) › Subchapter II - Relationship (§§ 2601 — 2609) › § 2604 - Computation of degrees

In the lines as many degrees are counted as there are generations or persons, deducting the progenitor.
In the direct line the ascent is made only to the trunk. Thus the son is one degree removed from the father, two from the grandfather, and three from the great-grandfather.
In the collateral line, the ascent is made up to the common trunk, and then a descent to the person with whom the computation is made. Therefore the brother is two degrees removed from the brother, three from the uncle, brother of his father or mother, four from the first cousins, and so forth.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 881.