Article 435

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

ELI5— what this means for you

No private property can be taken for public use without just compensation. This is the rule on expropriation (eminent domain). The government must pay fair market value.

Key point

The government can take your private property but must pay just compensation — the fair market value.

Official text — RA 386

No person shall be deprived of his property except by competent authority and for public use and always upon payment of just compensation.

Should this requirement be not first complied with, the courts shall protect and, in a proper case, restore the owner in his possession. (349a)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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