Puerto Rico

For Puerto Rico, payment bond threshold is No special statutory provision; bond amount is a payment bond for not less than one-half the contract amount plus any additions, enlargement or increase thereto; claim deadline is Suit must instituted by all claimants within six months after final acceptance of the work by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; preliminary notice required is shall have the right to file suit on the bond without necessity for previous notice; statutory citation is Puerto Rico Laws Annotated, Title 22, Chapter 3, verified against its source on 2026-08-17.

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PUERTO RICO Amount of Bond: Public Bonds. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico requires a payment bond for not less than one-half the contract amount plus any additions, enlargement or increase thereto. The penal sum of the payment bond required by various authorities in Puerto Rico varies in amount. P.R. Laws Ann., Title 22, Chapter 3, §48. Labor and Material Covered: Public Bonds. The payment bond required by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from every contractor who is awarded a contract for the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration or preparation of any public work covers: (a) the payment to the workers and employees for the contractor, of the salaries and wages earned by them in their work; and (b) the payment, to the persons selling, supplying or delivering equipment, tools and material for the work of the price or value of the materials, equipment and tools supplied, sold or delivered. P.R. Laws Ann., Title 22, Chapter 3, §49. Notice Required: Public Bonds. The law of Puerto Rico applicable to bonds taken by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico first reads that every person who has worked as a worker or employee on or who has supplied, sold or delivered materials, equipment and tools for work and who has not been paid, in whole or in part, his salaries or wages or the price of the materials, equipment and tools sold, delivered or supplied for the work shall have the right to file suit on the bond without necessity for previous notice for recovery of any amount, which may for such reason be owing him. It further reads: “Any person or persons who have a direct contractual relationship with a subcontractor on the work and who have or do not have an expressed or implied contractual relationship with the contractor on the work, who has posted the bond, may institute action against the contractor, the bond of the contractor, the bondsmen of the contractor, or against any of said bondsmen, for the recovery of any part of: (a) any amount which may be owed them by the subcontractor for salaries or wages they have earned as employees or workers of the subcontractor on the work; and (b) any amount which may be owed them by reason of their having supplied, sold or delivered materials, equipment and tools for the subcontractor on the work. Suppliers or sellers of materials, equipment and tools to the subcontractor shall be obligated, before instituting action against the contractor, his bond or his bondsmen, to notify the contractor by registered mail of their claim. At the expiration of 30 days from the mailing of said notice they may institute the action herein authorized. Workers and employees of the subcontractor may institute action at any time without previous notice to the contractor of their claim.” P.R. Laws Ann., Title 22, Chapter 3, §§51, 55. Time for Suit: Public Bonds. Cannot be filed until after 30 days from the date of mailing of notice to the contractor before instituting suit on the contractor’s public work bonds. Suit must instituted by all claimants within six months after final acceptance of the work by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. P.R. Laws Ann., Title 22, Chapter 3, §§51, 55. Contracts Excluded: No special statutory provision. Penalty for Failure to Take Bond: No special statutory provision. Statutory Citation: Puerto Rico Laws Annotated, Title 22, Chapter 3.

— fullertonlaw.com, retrieved 2026-08-17

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