Article 1137
RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision
ELI5— what this means for you
Ownership and other real rights over immovable property are acquired by ordinary prescription through possession in good faith and with just title for 10 years.
Official text — RA 386
Ownership and other real rights over immovables also prescribe through uninterrupted adverse possession thereof for thirty years, without need of title or of good faith. (1959a)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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