- Statute
- Philippine Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 810
- Topic
- Testamentary Succession
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
- Title
- TITLE IV SUCCESSION
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 2 Testamentary Succession
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
A person may execute a holographic will which must be entirely written, dated, and signed by the hand of the testator himself. It is subject to no other form, and may be made in or out of the Philippines, and need not be witnessed. (678, 688a)
Cases applying this article
- Ajero v. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 106720
- Labrador v. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 83843
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