- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1410
- Topic
- Void and Inexistent Contracts
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
- Title
- TITLE II CONTRACTS
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 9 Void and Inexistent Contracts
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
The action or defense for the declaration of the inexistence of a contract does not prescribe.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
There is no deadline for challenging a contract that is void or nonexistent. A party may assert its inexistence, whether as a claim or as a defense, at any time, because the right to have such a contract declared void never prescribes or expires.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Intellegal Wiki · How the courts apply it
In Manuel O. Fuentes v. Conrado G. Roca, the Supreme Court held: A sale of conjugal property without the written consent of the other spouse is void (not merely voidable) under Family Code Article 124, and the action to declare it void does not prescribe (Article 1410).
One leading Supreme Court case applying this provision.
Cases applying this article
- Belinda Alexander v. Spouses Jorge
- Manuel O. Fuentes v. Conrado G. Roca
- Villanueva v. Court of Appeals
- Spouses Teodorico M. Viovicente v. Spouses Danilo L. Viovicente
- Jesus Campos v. Nenita Buenvenida Pastrana
- Natividad Bautista-Borja v. Iluminada Bautista
- Solidstate Multi-Products Corporation v. Sps. Erlinda Catienza-Velasco
- Fil-Estate Golf v. Felicidad Navarro
Other Supreme Court decisions also apply this article.