Text of the provision
Art. 1134. Ownership and other real rights over immovable property are acquired by ordinary prescription through possession of ten years.
(1957a)
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
Ownership and other real rights over immovable property are acquired by prescription through possession of ten years (with good faith and just title).
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 1133 — Stolen Movables Never Prescribe for the Thief.
- Article 1135 — Possessing More Land Than the Title Shows.
Cases citing this article
- Substituted Heirs of Jaime S.T. Valiente vs. Virginia A. Valiente, et al, G.R. No. 194897, November 13, 2023 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Republic of the Philippines vs. Northern Cement Corporation, G.R. No. 200256, April 11, 2018 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Municipal Rural Bank of Libmanan, Camarines Sur vs. Virginia Ordoñez, G.R. No. 204663, September 27, 2017 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Heirs of Delfin and Maria Tappa vs. Heirs of Jose Bacud, et al, G.R. No. 187633, April 14, 2016 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Filomena Cabling vs. Rodrigo Dangcalan, G.R. No. 187696, June 16, 2016 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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