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For the purposes of this chapter, the phrases and terms stated hereinafter shall have the following meaning:\n(a) Parcel.— Means the cadastral unit represented by the portion of land that constitutes a complete physical unit, which is delimited by a line that, without interruption, returns to its point of origin and belongs to one or various owners pro indiviso or holders.\n(b) Land lot.— Means a registry unit represented by the portion of land belonging to an owner or various owners pro indiviso, registered in the Property Registry.\n(c) Cadastral certificate.— Means the document issued by the MRCC, which certifies the cadastre status of a parcel or land lot that has been duly registered in the cadastre.\n(d) MRCC.— Means the Municipal Revenue Collection Center [CRIM in Spanish].\n(e) Board.— Means the Puerto Rico Cadastre Advisory Board.\n(f) Cadastre.— Means the graphic, numeric, literal, statistic and digital description and representation of all the properties of Puerto Rico. It serves fiscal, juridical, economic and administrative purposes.\n(g) Land Information Management System (LIMS).— Means the Land Information Management System of Puerto Rico, a system implemented by

t serves fiscal, juridical, economic and administrative purposes.\n(g) Land Information Management System (LIMS).— Means the Land Information Management System of Puerto Rico, a system implemented by CRIM (Spanish acronym) with the capacity of maintaining a cadastral database for tax purposes. It is a modeling, storing, updating, and cadastral consultation tool that allows for the maintenance of an accurate, updated, and actual parcel registry pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.\n(h) Cadastral base map.— Means the digitized map developed as part of the LIMS composed of levels of information of geodetic control network, orthopictures, plane surveying and cadastre, superimposed with high precision over a detailed and updated reference of geographical coordinates kept by the MRCC.\n(i) RPA.— Means the Regulations and Permits Administration [ARPE in Spanish], created by virtue of §§ 71 et seq. of Title 23.\n(j) Municipal Permits Office.— Means the permits office established in the municipalities for the transfer of powers of the Planning Board and the RPA, as provided in § 4610 of this title.\nHistory —Aug. 30, 2000, No. 235, § 1, eff. 90 days after Aug. 30, 2000; Nov.

in the municipalities for the transfer of powers of the Planning Board and the RPA, as provided in § 4610 of this title.\nHistory —Aug. 30, 2000, No. 235, § 1, eff. 90 days after Aug. 30, 2000; Nov. 10, 2014, No. 184, § 8.02.