Text of the provision
Art. 1089. The titles of acquisition or ownership of each property shall be delivered to the co-heir to whom said property has been adjudicated.
(1065a)
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
The titles of acquisition or ownership of each property are delivered to the co-heir to whom it has been adjudicated.
Delivery of the corresponding title documents is the practical follow-through to adjudication: once specific property has been assigned to a particular co-heir in the partition, that heir needs the paper evidence of ownership — deeds, certificates of title, and similar instruments — to deal with the property as sole owner, register the transfer, or later sell or encumber it. Before partition, the heirs generally hold the estate's properties, and whatever documents evidence them, in common; this article resolves what becomes of those documents once co-ownership ends and specific assets have been assigned to specific heirs.
Questions about this provision
- After partition, who holds the title document to each inherited property?
- Who keeps the land title after the estate is divided among the heirs?
Related provisions
- Article 1088 — Legal Redemption Among Co-Heirs.
- Article 1090 — Titles Covering Several Parcels.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.