Article 1140
ELI5— what this means for you
Ownership and other real rights over immovables are acquired through uninterrupted adverse possession for 30 years — without need for just title or good faith.
Key point
Occupying someone else's land openly, continuously, and adversely for 30 years can make you the legal owner.
Official text — RA 386
Actions to recover movables shall prescribe eight years from the time the possession thereof is lost, unless the possessor has acquired the ownership by prescription for a less period, according to articles 1132, and without prejudice to the provisions of articles 559, 1505, and 1133. (1962a)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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