P.R. Laws tit. 5, § 4612
Unless the master deed, the bylaws of the real property or the Regulations and Permits Administration specifically prohibit it, the housing units and their ancillary facilities may be subject to material division through segregation to form other units subject to independent use, or may be increased by the grouping of other adjoining parts of the real property, but no segregation or grouping thus executed shall vary the purpose or use provided in the master deed for the housing unit so modified.
In such cases, in addition to the consent of the affected member-owners, the approval of the cooperative shall also be registered and it shall be the duty of the assembly of members to make the pertinent amendments to adjust the documents to the new conditions. The new description of the affected housing units shall be consigned in the public deed of individualization, segregation or grouping to be issued, which shall not take effect until it is registered in the individual registry of each of the affected filial properties, by filing a certified copy in the Property Registry, with the master deed. The master deed shall be amended pursuant to the changes made by means of an instrument which shall also be submitted for registration. Said certified copy shall be accompanied by a blueprint, certified by an engineer or architect authorized to practice his/her profession in Puerto Rico, which graphically and clearly indicates the details of the housing units or common areas, as they have been modified. In the case of segregation, said blueprint shall also be approved and certified by the Regulations and Permits Administration.
History —Sept. 1, 2004, No. 239, § 35A.22.