---
kind: "unit"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
key: "ch4"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 4"
heading: "Puerto Rico"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/ch4"
sections_count: 77
---

# Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/48/ch4-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — The Executive and Government Officials](/usc/48/ch4-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — The Legislature](/usc/48/ch4-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — The Judiciary](/usc/48/ch4-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Resident Commissioner](/usc/48/ch4-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Slum Clearance and Urban Redevelopment Projects](/usc/48/ch4-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Low Rent Housing Projects and Elimination of Sub-Standard Housing](/usc/48/ch4-schVII.md)