The sections of Rule 3 of the 2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), each reproduced verbatim and verified against the Supreme Court's official text.
- Section 1. Who may be parties; plaintiff and defendant
- Section 2. Parties in interest
- Section 3. Representatives as parties
- Section 4. Spouses as parties
- Section 5. Minor or incompetent persons
- Section 6. Permissive joinder of parties
- Section 7. Compulsory joinder of indispensable parties
- Section 8. Necessary party
- Section 9. Non
- Section 10. Unwilling co
- Section 11. Misjoinder and non
- Section 12. Class suit
- Section 13. Alternative defendants
- Section 14. Unknown identity or name of defendant
- Section 15. Entity without juridical personality as defendant
- Section 16. Death of party; duty of counsel
- Section 17. Death or separation of a party who is a public officer
- Section 18. Incompetency or incapacity
- Section 19. Transfer of interest
- Section 20. Action on contractual money claims
- Section 21. Indigent party
- Section 22. Notice to the Solicitor General
Note. Verbatim rule text with general framing, not legal advice.