Puerto Rico · Código Penal de Puerto Rico 2012 (Ley 146-2012)
Cód. Penal PR § 196: Usurpación
What this law says, in plain English
Usurpation criminalizes unauthorized entry into another's home with intent to exercise control, illegal diversion of water, unlawful dispossession of real property rights, and illegal alteration of property boundaries. Illegal occupation of government-assigned public housing carries a fixed three-year prison sentence.
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