Text of the provision
Art. 481. The procedure for the quieting of title or the removal of a cloud therefrom shall be governed by such rules of court as the Supreme Court shall promulgated.
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 procedure for quieting title or removing a cloud is governed by the Rules of Court that the Supreme Court promulgates.
This article separates substantive law from procedure: the surrounding articles define when a person may bring an action to quiet title and what the parties owe each other, while this article hands off the mechanics of actually litigating that action — pleadings, evidence, the form of judgment — to the rules the Supreme Court issues for civil procedure generally. A quieting-of-title case is therefore not a specialized proceeding with its own separate procedural code; it proceeds as an ordinary civil action, following whatever procedural rules apply to civil suits at the time it is filed.
Questions about this provision
- Can a Philippine court rely on general legal principles, not just the Civil Code, to decide a quieting of title case?
- What procedure do I follow to file a case to remove a cloud on my property title in the Philippines?
Related provisions
- Article 480 — General Law on Quieting of Title.
- Article 482 — Dangerous Constructions.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.