PRESCRIPTION PERIOD Cause of Action Nullity of marriage Reconveyance - if resulting from fraud - Torrens title obtained in: - bad

faith - passed to innocent buyer Nullity of a void judgment Ordinary Acquisitive Prescription: - immovables - movables Extraordinary Prescription immovables movables Nullity of Falsified Deed of Sale Torrens Titles Right to seek partition of land when co-ownership is recognized Ejectment Against Administrative offenses Probate of will Deportation of alien Recovery of purchase price Refund of tax Claim for payment Revocation of donation for non-compliance of conditions stipulated; Reduction of donation based on birth, appearance, or adoption of a child Revocation of donation based on ingratitude Mortgage Action Prescription imprescriptible 10 years 4 years Imprescriptible Imprescriptible imprescriptible Reckoning From the issuance of title. From discovery of fraud -

10 years 4 years 30 8 years imprescriptible Imprescriptible but may lose ownership thru latches Imprescriptible Exception: when co-owner repudiates the ownership, action prescribes in ______. 1 year imprescriptible imprescriptible 5 years 2 yrs 2 yrs 10 yrs 4 years

LATCHES unreasonable delay to bring cause of action. Not barred by latches

From date the cause of deportation arose From the date of sale From the date of tax assessment

4 years

1 year 10 years (properties with Torrens title may be foreclosed since right to mortgage can prescribe, for what does not prescribe is the

From time the donor has knowledge of the fact. The moment surety company pays the bond

Demand for right of way Bring action to abate a public or private nuisance Quiet a Title (as long as the plaintiff is in possession of the property) Right to demand support

ownership of the land) imprescriptible imprescriptible imprescriptible

Action to recover property in express trust (based on confidence & trust) UNLESS: In view of lack of confidence or fiduciary relations Recovery of registered owner of land with Torrens Title Upon written contract Rescission of contract Annulment for contract

Imprescriptible (installments on support in arrears may prescribe) Imprescriptible

- may prescribe with latches imprescriptible 10 years 4 years 4 years In case of fraud upon discovery thereof; in case of contracts entered by minors/incapacitated from the time guardianship ceases.

Upon obligation created by law Upon a judgment

Compensation from employer Oral contract Quasi-contract Upon injury to right of plaintiff Quasi-delict / tort Annulment of marriage based on fraud, non-age, force, intimidation Annulment of marriage due to impotency Forcible entry and detainer

10 years 10 years (enforcement by writ of execution 5 years) 10 years 6 years 6 years 4 years 4 years 4 years (Family Code: 5 yrs)

From time such is committed From time fraud, force, etc. cease

8 years 1 year

From the time of celebration of the marriage Date of unlawful deprivation (forcible entry) Date of last demand (for detainer)

Defamation Legal separation Impugn Legitimacy of child if father/heirs reside in the same place of birth of child if residing in other place within the Phils.

1 year 5 years (Family Code) 1 year

Knowledge of cause From recording of birth to the local civil registry

if residing abroad

2 years 3 years 5 years imprescriptible

Other actions not fixed by Law Claim for legitimacy of a legitimate child Establishment of illegitimate filiation of illegitimate child Recovery of the purchase price Action of buyer of land to compel seller to execute deed of conveyance Annulment of contract entered by minors or incapacitated persons Forcible entry Forcible detainer

From the time the right of action accrues. May bring action as long as the person lives May bring the action in his lifetime From the date of sale As long as the buyer still in possession of the property From the time guardianship ceases From time of unlawful deprivation and discovery From the date of last demand

imprescriptible 2 years imprescriptible

4 years

1 year 1 year