P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 64h

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§ 64h. Notice of acquisition

(a) Any person acquiring title to a dwelling in an urbanization, street or community where an access control system has been established, shall notify the council, board or association of residents of his/her name, address and the date on which the property was acquired, no later than thirty (30) days following the date of acquisition. Within this term, he/she shall also provide documentary evidence of the acquisition.

Any person selling any property in an access controlled street, urbanization or community, is bound to advise to the voluntary purchaser the requirement to give notice established herein, on or before the date of acquisition.

(b) In every case of the sale or lease of a dwelling in an urbanization, street of community in which an access-control system has been established, the title holder of said dwelling shall advise the council, board or association of residents of that fact within thirty (30) days following the date of the sale or lease. The notice shall include the full name and address of the purchaser or lessor, and the exact date of the sale or lease. The title holder shall also require the purchaser or lessee to state in the instrument of sale or lease, as the case may be, a statement indicating that he/she has knowledge of and shall fully observe the provisions of §§ 64—64h of this title, and the regulations adopted by virtue thereof by the council, board or association of residents.

The lessor titleholder shall continue to be exclusively liable for the fees for the repair and maintenance expenses of all access-control mechanisms, equipment, systems and other devices, and shall also be liable for the lessor’s noncompliance of the provisions of §§ 64—64h of this title and the applicable regulations.

History —May 20, 1987, No. 21, p. 63, added as § 16 on July 16, 1992, No. 22, § 10.