P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 2057
(a) In case of robbery, larceny, loss or destruction of a medallion, its holder shall, within the following twenty-four (24) hours notify the Commission of such happening. Such notice shall be made by sworn declaration in which the holder shall state the circumstances in which the medallion was stolen, lost or destroyed, as well as the names of witnesses and any other information that the Commission may require for the transaction of the case. The Commission shall forthwith proceed to enter this fact in the registry of medallions and shall not allow any transaction on the medallion within the following twenty (20) days. If after said lapse of time the medallion is not recovered, its holder may ask the Commission to issue a new medallion. The Commission shall, after having verified that the holder has made every kind of effort to recover the medallion, issue a duplicate thereof.
(b) In the event of an involuntary mutilation of a medallion, there shall be followed the same transaction of notice and investigation as above-stated for the cases of robbery, loss or destruction, except that the Commission shall not issue a new medallion, but shall substitute the mutilated one with another medallion bearing the same number and date of the original.
(c) In any of the cases stated herein, the holder shall pay the sum of fifty dollars ($50) in cash, postal money order or certified check to the Commission.
History —June 8, 1972, No. 7, p. 353, § 7; Dec. 8, 1990, No. 31, p. 1533, § 5, eff. 60 days after Dec. 8, 1990.