Mario Márquez Muñoz, Inc. v. Registrar of Property of Bayamón
Mario Márquez Muñoz, Inc. v. Registrar of Property of Bayamón
Opinion of the Court
The appellant presented to the Registrar of Property of Bayamón, for registration, a chattel mortgage deed. The document was returned with the following note: “This document is returned without taking action thereon for failure to pay the 50-cent tax provided by the Political Code for the registration of documents, and a cautionary notice of 120 days is entered instead pursuant to Act No. 39 of April 23, 1928.” Appellant maintains that the tax referred to in the note is not applicable to a chattel mortgage constituted pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 19 of June 3, 1927 (Spec. Sess. Laws, p. 490), 30 L.P.R.A. § 1871 et seq., which is a special Act prescribing the only fees to be paid to the Registrar for filing and recording a document of that nature.
Section 31(3) of the Act of March 9, 1905 (Sess. Laws, p. 164), amended by the Act of March 14, 1907 (Sess.
The Registrar’s note is affirmed.
“ . . . original instrument or document attested by a notary public or recorded by a registrar. . . .”
In Meléndez v. Registrar, 63 P.R.R. 984, we held that § 31(3) of the Act of March 9, 1905, as subsequently amended, has not been expressly or impliedly repealed by the laws mentioned in the opinion of that case. Neither was it repealed by the provisions of the Personal Property Mortgage Law.
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