P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 2047
The defects suffered by inter vivos notarial documents may be corrected without damage to third parties by the parties thereto or by their heirs or assigns, by means of a public deed which sets forth the defect, its cause and the correcting statement.
If the notary fails to record any data or circumstance provided by this chapter, or if it concerns an error in the statement as to the facts witnessed by the notary which is his duty to consign, they may be corrected by the executing notary at his own expense, on his own initiative or by petition of any of the parties, through a notarial certificate that shows the error or defect, its cause and the statement that corrects it.
If it is impossible to make the correction in any of the ways indicated above, it may be obtained by any legally-admitted means of proof, through the corresponding judicial procedure before the Court of First Instance.
In any case, the notary shall indicate the fact of the correction in the margin of the original document under his signature and seal, and shall indicate the deed or notarial certificate in which they were made.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 29, eff. 60 days after July 2, 1987.