P.R. Laws tit. 30, § 2471
Cancellation of any entry must necessarily contain the following conditions:
1st. The registration number or the notation letter which is being cancelled and the right to which it refers. When it refers to a marginal note of a right, its identifying elements shall be specified according to the order and location which it has regarding the main entry to which it is attached.
2nd. The cause or reason for the cancellation.
3rd. The names and personal data of the grantors or of the person or persons at whose request or with whose consent the cancellation is made, and when it is made in the name of a person other than the one in whose behalf the cancelled entry appears, the evidence proving the representation of the person requesting or giving his consent.
4th. The kind of document by virtue of which the cancellation is made and its date. If it is a deed, the name and address of the authorizing notary; if it is an administrative or judicial document, the court authority or public official authorizing it shall be specified.
5th. A statement that the corresponding entry was totally or partially cancelled.
6th. The part of the property that has disappeared or the part of the right that is extinguished, and that which remains, when there is a partial cancellation.
7th. The day and hour of presentation of the document in the Registry, by virtue of which the cancellation is made, as well as the number of the presentation entry and volume of the Day Book.
8th. The date of cancellation and the Registrar’s signature.
When a cancellation is in order because of a court decision or because of the title which produced the registry operation, in accordance with § 2458 of this title, the reason for the extinction of the registered right must be stated in the entry which is made, with a brief notation of the facts of the case.
History —Mortgage Law, 1979, § 147.