P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 610
Whenever the original of any check issued by any disbursing officer of the Commonwealth is lost, stolen, or destroyed, or not received, or is so mutilated as to be nonnegotiable, said disbursing officer is authorized to issue the corresponding duplicate check upon request of the interested party, and within a period of six (6) months following the date of issue; Provided, That satisfactory evidence that the check has not been received, or of the loss, substraction, theft, destruction or mutilation of such check, shall first be presented to and approved by the disbursing officer, who shall direct the stop payment of the original check.
In any case that the claimant is not the original owner of the check, the disbursing officer shall require clear and satisfactory evidence of the legitimate possession by said claimant at the time of the loss, substraction, theft, destruction or mutilation of such check. In such cases the duplicate check shall be issued to the account of the original payee, but shall bear an endorsement by the disbursing officer, directing payment thereof to the order of the legitimate owner of the check.
If the original check is received or recovered after the owner has requested the stop payment thereof, but before the disbursing officer has issued the duplicate, the disbursing officer shall invalidate said stop payment.
The Secretary of the Treasury may issue the necessary regulations for the issuing of the duplicate checks.
History —Political Code, 1902, § 190; Apr. 21, 1950, No. 72, p. 176, § 1; May 9, 1969, No. 3, p. 4; May 6, 1983, No. 37, p. 61.