Publications

Diligencias Legales de Puerto Rico publishes, for the attorneys and clients who rely on the firm, the law of service of process in Puerto Rico in a single authoritative volume, in English and in Spanish. Both treatises are free to download and may be cited with attribution.

Service of Process in Puerto Rico

A Treatise on the Constitutional Foundations, the Rules Framework, and the Jurisprudence Governing the Service of Process in the Courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and in the Federal Forum. C. Constantin Poindexter Salcedo, MA, JD, CPCU, AFSB, ASLI, ARe, AINS, AIS, CPLP. First edition, September 2026, San Juan. 44 pages.

Five parts and eighteen chapters: the constitutional office of service and due process (Mullane, International Shoe); the architecture of the 2009 Rules and the historical development from the Spanish Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil and the 1904 Code; form and issuance of the summons; the one hundred twenty day period; who may serve; personal service, service on minors and incompetents, on corporations and partnerships, on governmental entities and through statutory agents; service by publication and the prior-efforts requirement; service outside Puerto Rico, the Hague Service Convention and the Inter-American Convention; the federal forum; proof of service; defects, waiver and void judgments; and practice standards for the professional server, with a checklist for counsel and a table of authorities. Spanish terms of art are explained on first appearance.

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El Emplazamiento en Puerto Rico

Tratado sobre los fundamentos constitucionales, el marco reglamentario y la jurisprudencia que rigen el diligenciamiento del emplazamiento en los tribunales del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y en el foro federal. C. Constantin Poindexter Salcedo. Primera edición, septiembre de 2026, San Juan. 48 pages.

The Spanish edition of the same treatise, prepared for Puerto Rico counsel, paralegals and corporate legal departments.

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How to cite

C. Constantin Poindexter Salcedo, Service of Process in Puerto Rico (San Juan: Diligencias Legales de Puerto Rico, 2026). C. Constantin Poindexter Salcedo, El Emplazamiento en Puerto Rico (San Juan: Diligencias Legales de Puerto Rico, 2026). Brief quotation with attribution in reviews and scholarly works is permitted; any other reproduction requires written permission.

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