P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 137
The administration of the absentee shall cease:
(1) When the absentee or person residing out of Puerto Rico appears in person or names an attorney in fact or a representative to administer his property, which person may be either the same who is exercising the administration or any other person.
(2) When the death of the absentee is proven and his testamentary heirs or heirs ab intestato appear.
(3) When, after a certain time has elapsed without knowledge of the absentee, his heirs are placed in provisional possession of the estate, in accordance with law.
(4) When a third person appears, proving by proper instruments that he has acquired, by purchase or by any other title, the property of the absentee.
In all these cases, the administrator shall cease in the discharge of his duties and the property shall be placed at the disposal of those having a right thereto.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 38.