P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 2368
Where there is no testamentary trustee, the judge may, pending the appointment of a permanent administrator, appoint a temporary administrator under sufficient bond to take charge of the properties and chattels of the decedent. In all cases where any of the persons mentioned in § 2361 of this title, who having the right to ask the judicial authorization shall bring to the attention of the judge that there exists personal or movable property, capable of being easily removed or concealed, the judge shall direct the marshal to take immediate possession of same, making an inventory thereof, and to deposit ad interim the said property with any responsible party, who may be one of the heirs, until a sufficiently bonded trustee can be appointed by the judge.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 563.