- Statute
- Philippine Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1137
- Topic
- Prescription of Ownership and Other Real Rights
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
- Title
- TITLE V PRESCRIPTION
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 2 Prescription of Ownership and Other Real Rights
- Formerly
- Art. 1959a of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Ownership and other real rights over immovables also prescribe through uninterrupted adverse possession thereof for thirty years, without need of title or of good faith. (1959a)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Thirty years of uninterrupted adverse possession acquires ownership and other real rights over immovables without any need of title or of good faith. This is extraordinary acquisitive prescription, the counterpart of the ten-year ordinary period in Article 1134. What it dispenses with is the good faith and just title that Article 1117 requires for ordinary prescription; it does not dispense with the character of the possession itself, which must still be in the concept of owner, public, peaceful and uninterrupted under Article 1118.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- Heirs of Marcelina Arzadon-Crisologo v. Agrifina Rañon
- Bogo-Medellin Milling Co. v. Court of Appeals
- The Philippine National Bank v. Margarita Quintos E Yparraguirre
- Liwayway Andres v. Sta. Lucia Realty & Development
- Republic of the Philippines v. Pedro O. Enciso
- Bibiana Isaac v. H. W. Bray
- Bonifacio Pimentel v. Eugenio Gutierrez
- Urbano Floriano v. Esteban Delgado
Other Supreme Court decisions also apply this article.