The Civil Code of the Philippines

Chapter 1: OWNERSHIP IN GENERAL

• Article 429: Panagusar iti puersa tapno masalakniban ti sanikuaThe owner or lawful possessor of a thing has the right to exclude any person from the enjoyment and disposal thereof. For this purpose, he…

Chapter 2: RIGHT OF ACCESSION

Chapter 3: QUIETING OF TITLE

• Article 476: Action to quiet titleWhenever there is a cloud on title to real property or any interest therein, by reason of any instrument, record, claim, encumbrance or…

Chapter 2: LEGAL EASEMENTS

Chapter 2: PERSONS WHO MAY GIVE OR RECEIVE A DONATION

• Article 749: Porma ti panangidonar iti dagaIn order that the donation of an immovable may be valid, it must be made in a public document, specifying therein the property donated and…

Chapter 4: REVOCATION AND REDUCTION OF DONATIONS

• Article 765: Panangbabawi iti donation gapu iti ingratitudeThe donation may also be revoked at the instance of the donor, by reason of ingratitude in the following cases: (1) If the donee should…

Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 777: Mayakar dagiti karbengan iti oras ti ipapatayThe rights to the succession are transmitted from the moment of the death of the decedent.

Chapter 2: TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION

Chapter 3: LEGAL OR INTESTATE SUCCESSION

Chapter 3: PRESCRIPTION OF ACTIONS

• Article 1144: Sangapulo a tawen nga agidarum iti naisurat a kontrataThe following actions must be brought within ten years from the time the right of action accrues: (1) Upon a written contract; (2) Upon an…
• Article 1145: Innem a tawen para iti oral contractThe following actions must be commenced within six years: (1) Upon an oral contract; (2) Upon a quasi-contract.
• Article 1155: Kasano a ma-interrupt ti prescription of actionsThe prescription of actions is interrupted when they are filed before the court, when there is a written extrajudicial demand by the…

Chapter 2: NATURE AND EFFECT OF OBLIGATIONS

• Article 1169: Delay ken demandThose obliged to deliver or to do something incur in delay from the time the obligee judicially or extrajudicially demands from them the…
• Article 1174: Fortuitous eventExcept in cases expressly specified by the law, or when it is otherwise declared by stipulation, or when the nature of the obligation…

Chapter 3: DIFFERENT KINDS OF OBLIGATIONS

Chapter 3: FORM OF CONTRACTS

• Article 1356: Mangtali ti kontrata iti aniaman a pormaContracts shall be obligatory, in whatever form they may have been entered into, provided all the essential requisites for their validity…

Chapter 7: VOIDABLE CONTRACTS

• Article 1390: Voidable a kontrataThe following contracts are voidable or annullable, even though there may have been no damage to the contracting parties: (1) Those where…

Chapter 8: UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS

• Article 1403: Unenforceable a kontrata ken ti Statute of FraudsThe following contracts are unenforceable, unless they are ratified: (1) Those entered into in the name of another person by one who has…

Chapter 1: NATURE AND FORM OF THE CONTRACT

• Article 1484: Hulugan a gatang ti movable (Recto Law)In a contract of sale of personal property the price of which is payable in installments, the vendor may exercise any of the following…

Chapter 4: OBLIGATIONS OF THE VENDOR

Chapter 7: EXTINGUISHMENT OF SALE

Chapter 2: LEASE OF RURAL AND URBAN LANDS

Chapter 1: NATURE, FORM AND KINDS OF AGENCY

• Article 1878: Special power of attorneySpecial powers of attorney are necessary in the following cases: (1) To make such payments as are not usually considered as acts of…

Chapter 2: SIMPLE LOAN OR Mutuum

• Article 1956: Masapul a naitulag a naisurat ti interestNo interest shall be due unless it has been expressly stipulated in writing.

Chapter 1: NATURE AND EXTENT OF GUARANTY

• Article 2047: Guaranty ken suretyshipBy guaranty a person, called the guarantor, binds himself to the creditor to fulfill the obligation of the principal debtor in case the…

Chapter 1: QUASI-CONTRACTS

Chapter 2: QUASI-DELICTS

• Article 2176: Quasi-delict: responsabilidad iti fault wenno negligenceWhoever by act or omission causes damage to another, there being fault or negligence, is obliged to pay for the damage done. Such fault or…
• Article 2180: Responsabilidad ti employer, nagannak ken eskuelaanThe obligation imposed by article 2176 is demandable not only for one’s own acts or omissions, but also for those of persons for whom one…