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Article 243

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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The family home extrajudicially formed shall be exempt from execution, forced sale or attachment, except: (1) For nonpayment of taxes.

Official text — RA 386

The family home extrajudicially formed shall be exempt from execution, forced sale or attachment, except:

(1) For nonpayment of taxes;

(2) For debts incurred before the declaration was recorded in the Registry of Property;

(3) For debts secured by mortgages on the premises before or after such record of the declaration;

(4) For debts due to laborers, mechanics, architects, builders, material-men and others who have rendered service or furnished material for the prosecution of the building.

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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