P.R. Laws tit. 7, § 1404

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§ 1404. Personal transportation; exemptions

(a) Any person who transports or causes the transport of money or bearer securities in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(1) From a place in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to or through a place in a foreign country; or

(2) to a place in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from or through a place in a foreign country; or

(3) that receives money or bearer securities in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) upon arrival in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from or through any foreign country, shall file a report with the Secretary of the Treasury with the following information:

(A) The legal capacity in which the person filing the report is acting with respect to the money or bearer securities transported.

(B) The origin, destination, and route of the money or bearer securities.

(C) The names of the transmittor and recipient of the money or bearer securities.

(D) The amount and kind of money or bearer securities.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a common carrier of passengers when a passenger possesses money or bearer securities or to a common carrier of goods if the shipper does not declare the money or bearer securities.

History —July 23, 1974, No. 131, Part 1, p. 590, § 4, eff. 60 days after July 23, 1974; Dec. 26, 2013, No. 164, § 3.