PR Department of State, Registry of Corporations and Entities forms/fees catalog (complete published entity coverage: corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability societies) - no limited partnership registration filing or fee exists at the Department of State; Ley 164-2009 (General Corporations Act, as amended) contains no limited partnership chapter · source↗ (opens the official source)
◎Verified
Formation - LLLP
not offered in this jurisdiction
PR Department of State, Registry of Corporations and Entities forms/fees catalog - no limited liability limited partnership filing exists; Ley 164-2009 (General Corporations Act, as amended) and the captured PR statute corpus contain no LLLP concept · source↗ (opens the official source)
Every fee datum on this page is verified against the agency's own published schedule or statute (independent re-verification, 2026-09-04); the origin of each value is kept in its record as evidence.
Values were first corroborated across independent internal records; verified cells now also carry the agency's own published schedule or statute as their authority, which is what promotion to verified requires.
Cost position
Ranked 48 of 54 on first-year state
filing cost, at $400.00 against a national median
of $185.00.
Recurring annual cost $150.
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Registered-agent statutes, quoted verbatim
The one section on this page that clears the publication gate in full. 8 citations, verified, quoted from the official code with every elision marked.
Ley General de Corporaciones (Ley 164-2009, según enmendada) · applies to
corp
Propósitos; Incorporadores.C. Cualquier persona natural con capacidad legal o cualquier persona jurídica, por sí o en unión a otras, podrá incorporar u organizar una corporación al amparo de esta Ley, mediante la radicación en el Departamento de Estado de un certificado de incorporación que será otorgado, certificado, radicado e inscrito conforme al Artículo 1.03 de esta Ley, el que estará sujeto a inspección por el público.
Ley General de Corporaciones (Ley 164-2009, según enmendada), Capítulo XIX - Compañías de Responsabilidad Limitada · applies to
LLCs
Certificado de organización.Para poder formar una compañía de responsabilidad limitada, una o más personas autorizadas deberán otorgar un certificado de organización. El otorgamiento, certificación, radicación y registro del certificado de organización, al igual que su enmienda, cancelación, reafirmación y el restablecimiento de la personalidad jurídica de una compañía de responsabilidad limitada se hará conforme a los términos y requisitos establecidos en esta Ley para las corporaciones.
Ley General de Corporaciones (Ley 164-2009, según enmendada) · applies to
corp
Corporaciones domésticas; informes anuales; libros y otros documentos en Puerto Rico.A. Para todo año anterior al 2025, toda corporación organizada al amparo de las leyes del Estado Libre Asociado deberá radicar anualmente en las oficinas del Departamento de Estado o por Internet no más tarde del día quince (15) de abril, un informe certificado, bajo pena de perjurio [...] C. Para el año 2025 y años subsiguientes, no será necesario que las corporaciones organizadas al amparo de las leyes del Estado Libre Asociado radiquen el informe aquí dispuesto. No obstante, deberán cumplir con el pago del cargo anual descrito en el Artículo 17.01.
[Domestic corporations; annual reports; books and other documents in Puerto Rico.] A. For every year prior to 2025, every corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth shall file annually at the offices of the Department of State, or online, no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of April, a certified report, under penalty of perjury [...] C. For the year 2025 and subsequent years, corporations organized under the laws of the Commonwealth shall not be required to file the report provided for herein. They must, however, comply with the payment of the annual fee described in Article 17.01.
incFACTS staff translation - not a certified translation.
Ley General de Corporaciones (Ley 164-2009, según enmendada), Capítulo XXI · applies to
LLCs
Responsabilidad contributiva.B. Toda CRLD y toda CRLF autorizada para hacer negocios en Puerto Rico pagará al Secretario de Estado derechos anuales de $100.00, los cuales serán utilizados por el Secretario de Estado en la implantación de esta Ley. C. Los derechos anuales dispuestos en el inciso (B) de este Artículo, serán pagaderos el día 1 de marzo de cada año siguiente al cierre de cada año natural o al cancelar un certificado de organización. Si los derechos anuales no se pagan en la fecha dispuesta, acumularán intereses a razón del uno y medio por ciento (11/2 %) mensual hasta que sean pagados en su totalidad.
[Tax liability.] B. Every CRLD (domestic limited liability company) and every CRLF (foreign limited liability company) authorized to do business in Puerto Rico shall pay to the Secretary of StateSOSSecretary of State - the default filing office in most states, and shorthand throughout this site for whichever agency keeps the business register.Read the full entry → annual fees of $100.00, which shall be used by the Secretary of State in the implementation of this Act. C. The annual fees provided in subsection (B) of this Article shall be payable on March 1 of each year following the close of each calendar year, or upon cancellation of a certificate of organization. If the annual fees are not paid by the date provided, they shall accrue interest at the rate of one and one half percent (1 1/2%) per month until paid in full.
incFACTS staff translation - not a certified translation.
Ley General de Corporaciones (Ley 164-2009, según enmendada) · applies to
corp
Multas administrativas y penalidades por no radicar el informe.Si una corporación doméstica dejare de radicar el informe anual requerido por ley durante dos (2) años consecutivos, se autoriza al Secretario de Estado a revocar el certificado de incorporación de tal corporación. Por lo menos sesenta (60) días antes de revocar el certificado de incorporación, el Secretario de Estado notificará a la corporación afectada de sus intenciones de revocar, enviando una notificación por correo de tales intenciones al agente residente de tal corporación según conste en sus archivos.
[Administrative fines and penalties for failure to file the report.] If a domestic corporation fails to file the annual report required by law for two (2) consecutive years, the Secretary of State is authorized to revoke that corporation's certificate of incorporation. At least sixty (60) days before revoking the certificate of incorporation, the Secretary of State shall notify the affected corporation of the intent to revoke, by mailing notice of such intent to the corporation's resident agent as shown in its records.
incFACTS staff translation - not a certified translation.
Ley General de Corporaciones (Ley 164-2009, según enmendada), Capítulo XXI · applies to
LLCs
Cancelación del certificado por no cumplir con el pago de derechos anuales.A. El certificado de organización de una CRLD se entenderá cancelado en caso de que la CRLD incumpla su obligación de pagar los derechos dispuestos en el Artículo 21.03 de esta Ley, por un período de tres años consecutivos, contados desde la fecha que el primero de dichos pagos venció.
[Cancellation of the certificate for failure to pay annual fees.] A. The certificate of organization of a CRLD (domestic limited liability company) shall be deemed cancelled if the CRLD fails to meet its obligation to pay the fees provided in Article 21.03 of this Act for a period of three consecutive years, counted from the date the first of those payments fell due.
incFACTS staff translation - not a certified translation.
Ley General de Corporaciones (Ley 164-2009, según enmendada) · applies to
corp
Certificado de incorporación.A. En el certificado de incorporación se consignará: 1. El nombre de la corporación, el que deberá contener uno de los siguientes términos: "Corporación", "Corp.", "CRL", "SRL", "Incorporado" o "Inc.", o palabras o abreviaturas de significados análogos en otros idiomas, siempre que se escriban en letras o caracteres romanos [...] El nombre será de tal naturaleza que pueda distinguírsele en los registros del Departamento de Estado de los nombres de otras corporaciones, compañías de responsabilidad limitadas y sociedades de responsabilidad limitada, organizadas, reservadas, o registradas como corporaciones domésticas o foráneas, con arreglo a leyes del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.
[Certificate of incorporation.] A. The certificate of incorporation shall set forth: 1. The name of the corporation, which shall contain one of the following terms: 'Corporación', 'Corp.', 'CRL', 'SRL', 'Incorporado' or 'Inc.', or words or abbreviations of analogous meaning in other languages, provided they are written in Roman letters or characters [...] The name shall be such that it can be distinguished in the records of the Department of State from the names of other corporations, limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships organized, reserved or registered as domestic or foreign corporations under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
incFACTS staff translation - not a certified translation.
Ley General de Corporaciones (Ley 164-2009, según enmendada), Capítulo XIX - Compañías de Responsabilidad Limitada · applies to
LLCs
Nombre según el certificado.El nombre de cada compañía de responsabilidad limitada, según surge de su certificado de organización: (1) Contendrá los términos "Compañía de Responsabilidad Limitada" o "Limited Liability Company", o la abreviatura "C.R.L.", o "L.L.C.", o la designación de "CRL" o LLC". [...] (3) Deberá poder distinguirse en los récords del Departamento de Estado del nombre en dichos récords de cualquier corporación, sociedad, sociedad limitada, fideicomiso o compañía de responsabilidad limitada reservada, registrada, formada u organizada a tenor con las leyes de Puerto Rico [...]
[Name as stated in the certificate.] The name of each limited liability company, as it appears in its certificate of organization: (1) Shall contain the terms 'Compañía de Responsabilidad Limitada' or 'Limited Liability Company', or the abbreviation 'C.R.L.' or 'L.L.C.', or the designation 'CRL' or 'LLC'. [...] (3) Must be distinguishable in the records of the Department of State from the name, in those records, of any corporation, partnership, limited partnership, trust or limited liability company reserved, registered, formed or organized under the laws of Puerto Rico [...]
incFACTS staff translation - not a certified translation.
Domestic corporations are served on any officer, director or registered agent, at such a person's dwelling, or at the designated office; if with due diligence no authorized person can be served, service proceeds under the Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure (art. 12.01(B)). For an authorized foreign corporation, absent a resident agent every officer, director or agent found in Puerto Rico is deemed its agent for service (art. 13.11(A)), and it may be served by registered or certified mail to its secretary at the designated office if it has no resident agent or the agent cannot be served with reasonable diligence (art. 13.11(B)). After revocation of authorization, the Secretary of State is the foreign corporation's agent for service (art. 13.15(D)); an equivalent consent to service through the Secretary of State applies on withdrawal (art. 13.12(C)).
What happens if there is no agent
○Pending review
Cancellation Domestic. If the resident agent resigns without a successor and the corporation does not designate a new resident agent within 30 days of the resignation filing, the Secretary of State annuls the corporation's authority to do business in Puerto Rico and cancels its certificate of incorporation.
Revocation Foreign. The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under art. 13.15 to revoke a foreign corporation's certificate of authorization if it lacks a resident agent or designated office in Puerto Rico for 60 days or more; the corporation gets a 60-day cure window after notice, and on revocation the Secretary of State becomes its agent for service of process (art. 13.15(D)).
Fines Foreign. A foreign corporation that violates Chapter XIII (which includes the continuous resident agent and designated office duty of art. 13.10(A)) may be fined at least $200 per violation; any agent doing business in Puerto Rico for a non-compliant foreign corporation is fined $100 to $500.
Replacement Deadline Foreign. If a foreign corporation's certified resident agent dies, leaves Puerto Rico, or resigns, the corporation must substitute, designate and certify a new resident agent to the Secretary of State within 10 days.
Dollar amounts named in the registered-agent statutes
What
Amount
Status
Minimum filing fee for a certificate of change of resident agent or of the designated office address (art. 3.03 filing, for-profit corporations)
$50 minimum
○Pending review
Minimum filing fee for a resident agent's change-of-address certificate (art. 3.04 filing)
$50 minimum
○Pending review
Resident agent resignation certificate: base fee plus per-corporation add-on (the statute cross-references art. 3.04 here)
$50 minimum plus $5 minimum per corporation
○Pending review
Resident agent resignation certificate under art. 3.05 (resignation with appointment of successor), per corporation
$10 minimum per corporation
○Pending review
Submitting service of process through the Secretary of State
$50 minimum
○Pending review
Fine for a foreign corporation violating Chapter XIII (includes the continuous resident-agent requirement), per violation
$200 minimum
○Pending review
Fine for an agent transacting business in Puerto Rico for a non-compliant foreign corporation
$100 to $500
○Pending review
14 statutory citations and their supporting verbatim quotations sit behind this section in the record and are withheld from public display until the review pass lands, because a citation presented as authority is a verification claimed. Statutory references appearing inside the summaries above are part of the recorded text rather than an authority claim, and they are not rendered as citations, linked, or emitted in this page's structured data. How the gate works.
Governance rules
7 governance rules are recorded for Puerto Rico - the organizational and annual meetings, action by written consent, and whether bylaws or an operating agreement are mandatory. Each verified rule links to the statutory text it was verified against, quoted verbatim below.
no member/manager meetings mandated; meeting mechanics (notice, waiver, quorum, record date, proxies, consent without meeting) are left entirely to the CCRL
Organizational meeting required · applies to
corporations ·
yes
Luego de radicado el certificado de incorporación, se citará para la primera reunión del incorporador o de los incorporadores o de la junta de directores, si los directores fueron designados en el certificado [...] El propósito de la reunión será adoptar los estatutos de la corporación, elegir los directores, si la reunión es de incorporadores [...] o elegir a los oficiales de la corporación, si la reunión es de directores. También se realizarán aquellos otros actos necesarios para perfeccionar la organización de la corporación
Annual meeting required · applies to
corporations ·
yes
Salvo que los directores sean elegidos por consentimiento de los accionistas en lugar de reunión, según provee este inciso, se celebrará una reunión anual de accionistas para elegir los directores en la fecha y hora designadas por los estatutos corporativos o en la manera dispuesta en los mismos. Los accionistas podrán, excepto por disposición en contrario en el certificado de incorporación, elegir a los directores por consentimiento unánime de los accionistas en lugar de en una reunión anual
Action by written consent allowed · applies to
corporations ·
yes
Salvo que el certificado de incorporación disponga otra cosa, se podrá realizar, sin que se celebre una reunión, sin convocatoria y sin votación, cualquier acto que este Artículo requiera que se lleve a cabo en cualquier reunión anual o extraordinaria de accionistas de una corporación [...] si los accionistas tenedores de las acciones en circulación que tengan el mínimo necesario de votos para autorizar o realizar el acto en una reunión en que estuvieran presentes todos los accionistas con derecho al voto y ejercieran tal derecho, consienten por escrito a la acción tomada
Los estatutos iniciales o subsiguientes de la corporación podrán adoptarse, enmendarse o derogarse por los incorporadores, por los directores iniciales si fueron nombrados en el certificado de incorporación, o si la corporación no ha recibido pago alguno por sus acciones, por la junta de directores. Después que la corporación haya recibido cualquier pago por cualesquiera acciones, la facultad para adoptar, alterar o derogar los estatutos, corresponde a los accionistas con derecho al voto
Operating agreement required · applies to
LLCs ·
no
Significa aquel contrato escrito (sea llamado contrato de compañía de responsabilidad limitada, contrato operacional, o de cualquier otra forma), adoptado por los miembros de una compañía de responsabilidad limitada para regir los asuntos internos y administración de la compañía de responsabilidad limitada. Un contrato de compañía de responsabilidad limitada será válido aun cuando la compañía de responsabilidad limitada tenga un solo miembro.
Un CCRL podrá contener disposiciones relativas a notificación de hora, lugar y propósito de cualquier reunión en la cual los miembros votarán sobre cualquier asunto, renuncia a dicha notificación, acción por consentimiento sin reunión, la fijación de una fecha récord, requisitos de quórum, votos en persona o por proxy o cualquier otro asunto relacionado con el ejercicio de cualquier derecho al voto.
Action by written consent allowed · applies to
LLCs ·
yes
Excepto que otra cosa se disponga en el CCRL, en cualquier asunto que los miembros vayan a votar, consentir o aprobar, los miembros podrán tomar dicha acción sin una reunión, sin notificación previa y sin votar si adoptan un consentimiento o consentimientos escritos, que dispongan la acción tomada y contengan la firma de al menos los miembros que posean el número mínimo de votos que hubieran sido necesarios para autorizar o tomar dicha acción, en una reunión en la cual todos los miembros con derecho al voto en el asunto estuvieran presentes y votaran.
Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico - Registro de Marcas y Nombres Comerciales. NOT a DBA registry - PR trade names sit on the TRADEMARK side.
State fee
Registration $150; renewal $150; late-renewal grace period $30; mandatory publication in the online Gaceta $75 (so $225 all-in for a new registration); declaration of first or continued use $10 each; certificate of existence $15; voluntary cancellation $5; change of owner $10.
Term
10 years - Reglamento 9584 Regla 35(A): 'Todo registro de Nombre Comercial tendra una vigencia de diez (10) anos a partir de la fecha del registro del Nombre Comercial.'
Renewal
Renewable for 10-year terms; renewal filed within one year before expiration of the 10-year term (held notes' renewalCadence already says 'between the 9th and 10th year')
Publication
Required.
Online filing
Not available
The regime
Puerto Rico has no mandatory DBA/assumed-name filing act. Trade names ('nombres comerciales') are governed by a dedicated statute, Act 75-1992, which creates a voluntary registry at the Department of State: registration is expressly 'potestativo' (optional) but confers on the owner the exclusive right to use the name in Puerto Rico commerce. The trademark act (Act 169-2009) applies suppletorily, and Department of State Regulation 9584 (Aug. 30, 2024) supplies the filing procedure, 10-year term, and maintenance requirements. Statutory text is in Spanish.
Where it is filed
The Registro de Nombres Comerciales kept by the Secretary of State (Departamento de Estado). Filings are made electronically through the Department's online Sistema de Marcas y Nombres Comerciales platform (Regulation 9584 requires electronic filing).
Ten years from the date of registration (set by regulation, not by the act itself). Maintenance also requires a Declaration of Continued Use filed once between the 5th and 6th year after registration (registration is cancelled if missed), and, for applications filed on an intent-to-use basis, a Declaration of First Use within 3 years of the filing date.
Puerto Rico has no separate entity assumed-name/DBA filing mechanism in the captured corpus. Corporations and other juridical persons that want protection for an operating name use the same voluntary nombre comercial registry at the Department of State; the procedural regulation expressly provides for corporate applicants (state/country of organization must be stated). The official FAQ lists the merchant registry ('registro de comerciante') and municipal license only as examples of the license evidence that accompanies an application, not as name filings.
Penalties
There is no penalty for doing business under an unregistered trade name - registration is expressly optional ('potestativo'). The cost of not registering is the absence of the registered exclusive right; an unregistered user must resort to unfair-competition litigation (the pre-1992 baseline the statute's Exposición de Motivos describes). A registration lapses by cancellation if the owner fails to file the Declaration of Continued Use between the 5th and 6th year, misses the renewal window and grace period, or loses a prior-user cancellation claim brought within five years of registration.
Set by Department of State regulation - no statutory dollar amount
Ley 75-1992 art. 3(E); 10 L.P.R.A. § 225a ('los derechos de radicación que mediante reglamentación disponga al Secretario')
◎Verified
Renewal fee
Set by Department of State regulation - no statutory dollar amount
Reglamento 9584, Regla 35(B) ('el pago de los derechos que mediante Reglamento establezca el Secretario')
◎Verified
Filing fee (published by the filing office)
Registration $150; renewal $150; late-renewal grace period $30; mandatory publication in the online Gaceta $75 (so $225 all-in for a new registration); declaration of first or continued use $10 each; certificate of existence $15; voluntary cancellation $5; change of owner $10.
Source: statutory text captured from the OGP Biblioteca Virtual government consolidations (bvirtualogp.pr.gov), which OGP's own footer describes as not an official compilation; the official L.P.R.A. text sits behind the the contracted commercial publisher hottopics portal
Regulation: Reglamento 9584 is a scanned PDF whose OCR layer drops accents and mangles some words (e.g. 'Requisites' for 'Requisitos'); excerpts from it are flagged [OCR text]
Faq: the captured Department of State FAQ predates the 2024 regulations (still cites Reglamentos 8075/4873, superseded by 9585/9584)
Common questions
Does Puerto Rico require a DBA or trade name filing?
No. Registration of a nombre comercial with the Department of State is expressly optional - 'el registro... es potestativo' (Ley 75-1992 art. 4). But registering is what confers the exclusive right to use the name in Puerto Rico commerce; an unregistered user is left to unfair-competition remedies in court.
Where and how is a Puerto Rico trade name registered?
In the Registro de Nombres Comerciales kept by the Secretary of State (Ley 75-1992 art. 3), filed electronically through the Department of State's online marks and trade names system. The application must identify the business activity, include a sworn declaration that no one else has the right to use the name in Puerto Rico, facsimiles/specimens of the name, evidence of applying for or holding a municipal license (patente municipal) or other required permits or merchant registration, and the regulation-set filing fee (art. 3(A)-(E); Reglamento 9584 Regla 9).
How long does a Puerto Rico trade name registration last?
Ten years from registration (Reglamento 9584 Regla 35(A)), renewable for successive 10-year periods by application filed in the year before expiration (the 9th-10th year window), with a 6-month post-expiration grace period. Maintenance also requires a Declaration of Continued Use between the 5th and 6th year (Regla 34) - miss it and the registration is cancelled. The Registry sends no reminders (Regla 35(D)).
Does registration beat a prior user of the same name?
Not automatically. Registration confers the exclusive right prospectively, but a prior user ('usuario anterior') may petition the Secretary of State to cancel a confusingly similar registered name within five years of its registration (Ley 75-1992 art. 4).
Recurring entity-level tax
No franchise or privilege tax in this jurisdiction
Stored as a delta against the federal baseline:
9 days this state closes that the
federal government does not, and 0 federal
holidays its filing office works through.
Puerto Rico 2026 closure delta
Date
Day
Filing office
2026-01-06
Dia de Reyes (Three Kings Day)
Filing office closed
2026-03-02
American Citizenship Day
Filing office closed
2026-03-23
Emancipation Day (Abolicion de la Esclavitud)
Filing office closed
2026-04-03
Good Friday (Viernes Santo)
Filing office closed
2026-07-03
Independence Day (Friday, July 3, 2026 federal observance)
Filing office closed
2026-07-24
Dia libre - conmemoracion del Semiquincentenario de los Estados Unidos (OE-2026-031 / ME 8-2026)
Filing office closed
2026-07-25
PR Constitution Day
Filing office closed
2026-07-27
Jose Celso Barbosa Day
Filing office closed
2026-11-19
Dia de la Puertorriquenidad
Filing office closed
Provenance - Puerto Rico 2026 closures◎Verified
Citation withheld: this record did not clear the publication gate.
1 restricted entity-name word entry
are recorded for Puerto Rico,
the rest requiring an agency's consent or licensure before the word may appear in a name.
Governing law: Ley 164-2009 (Ley General de Corporaciones), Art. 1.02 (14 L.P.R.A. § 3502).
Puerto Rico restricted entity-name words
Treatment
Word or phrase
Authority
Citation
Status
Restricted
Cooperativa / Coop (and any word or symbol implying cooperative status)
Ley 239-2004, Art. 3.6 (5 L.P.R.A. § 4393): "Queda prohibido el uso de la denominación 'Cooperativa' o de palabra o símbolo que pudiera dar la impresión de que se trata de una cooperativa, por persona o entidad que no esté organizada de conformidad con las disposiciones de esta Ley."
● accepted · ○ not accepted · ? unknown or conditional (hover for the recorded condition). Channel data covers 54 jurisdictions (2026-08-15 wave). Source links render on verified rows only.
Contact the filing office
Verified against the agency's own contact page
2026-08-13.
Source links render on verified rows only.
Reaching the filing office
◎Verified
Phone
787.722.6410 (Corporations direct line)
Mailing address
Departamento de Estado, PO Box 9023271, San Juan, PR 00902-3271
Use the Corporations direct number from the official contact page rather than the (787) 722-2121 switchboard; corporate filings are made online through the Electronic Registry (rcp.estado.pr.gov), so the PO Box serves correspondence - no courier street address or business-services email is published on the reachable official pages
Where to search Puerto Rico's UCC (Article 9) financing statements, on what terms, and what the office charges to file one. Verified against the filing office's own pages 2026-09-11. UCC division contacts are listed with the other filing-office contacts above.
UCC records - Puerto Rico◎Verified
Filing office
Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico - Registro de Transacciones Comerciales (Puerto Rico Department of State - Commercial Transactions Registry / Online Secured Transactions Register)
Filing-office statute
Act 21-2012 (Chapter 9, Secured Transactions, of the Commercial Transactions Act, Act 241-1996) per the agency page; the Act text at bvirtualogp.pr.gov is a scanned PDF I could not read, so the 9-501 section itself was NOT read
Agency page lists "Copy (certified or not) of any document in the Registry" and "Electronic access to the Registry" as services; the UCC11PR Information Request form offers "COPY REQUEST - CERTIFIED (Optional)" and "SPECIFIED COPIES ONLY". Online copy cost not printed on any page I could read.
$25 per financing statement, filed through the online Registro de Transacciones Comerciales (uccapp.estado.pr.gov); $5 for each additional name indexed
Filing channels
online only - paper is not accepted; Portal: Registro de Transacciones Comerciales / 'PR UCC - Online Secured Transactions Register' at https://uccapp.estado.pr.gov/ (registration required; users registered before 12/16/2024 must migrate
UCC-3 amendments, as the office states the fees
Continuation $25; Amendment $25; Termination $25; Information Statement (UCC-5) $25, as published by the Departamento de Estado
Effective for
5 years from filing - Ley 208-1995 sec. 9-515(a), 19 L.P.R.A. § 2335 (as amended by Ley 17-2014)
Whether Puerto Rico requires a general state-level business license, and on what terms. A "None" is a verified finding cited to the agency's own pages, not a gap. Which of the state's filings ask for an industry code is in the next section.
State business license - Puerto Rico◎Verified
General state license
Yes - Certificado de Registro de Comerciantes (Departamento de Hacienda, via SURI); separately, the OGPe Permiso Único operating permit
Who must hold it
Cualquier persona que desee llevar a cabo negocios en Puerto Rico como un comerciante - one application per commercial location, filed before beginning to operate
Código de Rentas Internas de Puerto Rico de 2011 (Ley 1-2011), Subtítulo D, Capítulo 6, Sec. 4060.01 (13 L.P.R.A. § 32141); Ley 161-2009 Art. 8.4A (23 L.P.R.A. § 9018c-1) for the Permiso Único
Initial fee
none
Renewal cadence
biennial - Before commencing operations (Sec. 4060.01(b)); Hacienda CC RI 16-12 requires filing at least 30 days before beginning operations; certificate then valid two years, renewed through SURI
Penalty
Failure to register as required by Sec. 4060.01(a): penalty of up to $10,000 (Sec. 6043.03(a)); transferring a certificate $5,000; false information $5,000; failure to notify changes $500; forged certificate $10,000 each
Exemptions
None stated in Sec. 4060.01 - every 'comerciante' must register each location; Non-merchants importing property for personal use register separately only to declare imports (Hacienda 'Registrarse para declarar importaciones'); Definition of 'comerciante' and any carve-outs sit in Sec. 4010.01 and the Reglamento del IVU (not researched here)
city licenses - Estará sujeta al pago de patentes bajo las disposiciones de este Código toda persona dedicada a la prestación de cualquier servicio con fines de lucro, a la venta de cualquier bien, a cualquier negocio financiero o a cualquier industria o negocio en los municipios del Gobierno de Puerto Rico
Which of Puerto Rico's business filings ask the filer for an industry classification, and in what form. "No industry information" is a positive finding cited to the form. Where the state uses its own category list and the list was captured, it is expandable below. The NAICS and SIC reference lists are on their own page.
Industry code on Puerto Rico filings, 8 of 8 rows verified
Filing
Entity scope
Asks for
Required
Where on the form
Source
Formation
domestic for-profit stock corporation
no industry information
not asked
CORPREG01 Article TERCERO/THIRD - free-text nature or purposes; no NAICS/SIC/code field
SURI (suri.hacienda.pr.gov) > Registro de Comerciantes (new registration / add location or activity): NAICS code(s) per location, with the principal activity
Corporation income tax return (Planilla 480.20) heading: nature of industry or business and NAICS code as shown on the Certificado de Registro de Comerciante
Puerto Rico has 78 county-equivalents: 78 municipios. Names and codes are the U.S. Census Bureau's (2020 national county codes); county seats and official sites are not yet published here.