Text of the provision
Art. 2213. Interest cannot be recovered upon unliquidated claims or damages, except when the demand can be established with reasonable certainty.
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full. The three sources consulted do not read identically here; the text above is the reading carried by two of the three, including the Official Gazette.
What this article means
Interest cannot be recovered on unliquidated claims or damages — you cannot charge interest on an amount nobody has yet fixed. The exception carries the practical weight: interest runs where the demand can be established with reasonable certainty.
Related provisions
- Article 2089 — Pledge and Mortgage Are Indivisible.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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