NEW CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

PRELIMINARY TITLE
Chapter 1. Effect and Application of Laws
Chapter 2. Human Relations

BOOK I. PERSONS
Title I. Civil Personality
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Natural Persons
Chapter 3. Juridical Persons
Title II.
Citizenship and Domicile
Title III.
-IX (Repealed by E.O. No.209, Family Code of the Philippines)
Title X.
Funerals
Title XI.
(Repealed by E.O. No.209, Family Code of the Philippines)
Title XII.
Care and Education of Children
Title XIII.
Use of Surnames
Title XIV.
Absence
Chapter 1. Provisional Measures in Case of Absence
Chapter 2. Declaration of Absence
Chapter 3. Administration of the Property of the Absentee
Chapter 4. Presumption of Death
Chapter 5. Effect of Absence Upon the Contingent Rights of the Absentee
Title XV.
(Repealed by E.O. No.209, Family Code of the Philippines)
Title XVI.
Civil Register

BOOK II.

PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS (arts.414-711)

Title I.
Classification of Property (arts.414-426)
Preliminary Provisions
Chapter 1. Immovable Property
Chapter 2. Movable Property
Chapter 3. Property in Relation To Whom it Belongs
Provisions Common to the Three Preceding Chapters
Title II.
Ownership (arts.427-483)
Chapter 1. Ownership in General
Chapter 2. Right of Accession
General Provisions
Section 1. Right of Accession with Respect to what is Produced by Property
Section 2. Right of Accession with Respect to Immovable Property
Section 3. Right of Accession with Respect to Movable Property
Chapter 3. Quieting of Title
Chapter 4. Ruinous Buildings and Trees in Danger of Falling
Title III.
Co-Ownership (arts. 484-501)
Title IV.
Some Special Properties (arts. 502-522)
Chapter 1. Waters
Section 1. Ownership of Waters
Section 2. The Use of Public Waters
Section 3. The Use of Waters of Private Ownership
Section 4. Subterrain Waters
Section 5. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Minerals
Chapter 3. Trademarks and Trade name
Title V.
Possession (arts.523-561)
Chapter 1. Possession and the Kinds Thereof
Chapter 2. Acquisition of Possession
Chapter 3. Effects of Possession
Title VI.
Usufruct (arts.562-612)
Chapter 1. Usufruct in General
Chapter 2. Rights of the Usufructuary
Chapter 3. Obligations of the Usufructuary
Chapter 4. Extinguishment of Usufruct
Title VII.
Easement or Servitudes (arts. 613-693)
Chapter 1. Easement in General
Section 1. Different Kinds of Easements
Section 2. Modes of Acquiring Easements
Section 3. Rights and Obligations of the Owners of the Dominant and Servient Estates
Bar Binder Codal Brief - NCC | 1

Section 4. Modes of Extinguishment of Easements

Chapter 2. Legal Easements
Section 1. General Provisions
Section 2. Easement Relating to Waters
Section 3. Easement of Right of Way
Section 4. Easement of Party Wall
Section 5. Easement of Light and View
Section 6. Drainage of Buildings
Section 7. Intermediate Distances and Works for Certain Constructions and Plantings
Section 8. Easement Against Nuisance
Section 9. Lateral and Subjacent Support
Chapter 3. Voluntary Easements
Title VIII.
Nuisance (arts.694-707)
Title IX.
Registry of Property (arts. 708-711)
BOOK III. DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP
Preliminary Provisions (art.712)
Title I.
Occupation (arts. 713-720)
Title II.
Intellectual Creation (arts. 721-724)
Title III.
Donation (arts. 725-773)
Chapter 1. Nature of Donations
Chapter 2. Persons Who May Give or Receive a Donation
Chapter 3. Effect of Donations and Limitations Thereon
Chapter 4. Revocation and Reduction of Donations
Title IV.
Succession
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Testamentary Succession
Section 1. Wills
Subsection 1. Wills in General
Subsection 2. Testamentary Capacity and Intent
Subsection 3. Forms of Wills
Subsection 4. Witnesses to Wills
Subsection 5. Codicils and Incorporation by Reference
Subsection 6. Revocation of Wills and Testamentary Dispositions
Subsection 7. Republication and Revival of Wills
Subsection 8. Allowance and Disallowance of Wills
Section 2. Institution of Heir
Section 3. Substitution of Heirs
Section 4. Conditional Testamentary Dispositions and Testamentary Dispositions with a Term
Section 5. Legitime
Section 6. Disinheritance
Section 7. Legacies and Devises
Chapter 3. Legal or Intestate Succession
Section 1. General Provisions
Subsection 1. Relationship
Subsection 2. Right of Representation
Section 2. Order of Intestate Succession
Subsection 1. Descending Direct Line
Subsection 2. Ascending Direct Line
Subsection 3. Illegitimate Children
Subsection 4. Surviving Spouse
Subsection 5. Collateral Relatives
Subsection 6. The State
Chapter 4. Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Section 1. Right of Accretion
Section 2. Capacity to Succeed by Will or by Intestacy
Section 3. Acceptance and Repudiation of the Inheritance
Section 4. Executors and Administrators
Section 5. Collation
Section 6. Partition and Distribution of the Estate
Subsection 1. Partition
Subsection 2. Effects of Partition
Subsection 3. Rescission and Nullity of Partition
Title V.
Prescription (arts.1106-1155)
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Prescription of Ownership and Other Real Rights
Chapter 3. Prescription of Actions
Bar Binder Codal Brief - NCC | 2

BOOK IV. OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS

Title I.
Obligations
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Nature and Effect of Obligations
Chapter 3. Different Kinds of Obligations
Section 1. Pure and Conditional Obligations
Section 2. Obligations with a Period
Section 3. Alternative Obligations
Section 4. Joint and Solidary Obligations
Section 5. Divisible and Indivisible Obligations
Section 6. Obligations with a Penal Clause
Chapter 4. Extinguishment of Obligations
General Provisions
Section 1. Payment or Performance
Subsection 1. Application of Payments
Subsection 2. Payment by Cession
Subsection 3. Tender of Payment and Consignation
Section 2. Loss of the Thing Due
Section 3. Condonation or Remission of the Debt
Section 4. Confusion or Merger of Rights
Section 5. Compensation
Section 6. Novation
Title II.
Contracts
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Essential Requisites of Contracts
General Provisions
Section 1. Consent
Section 2. Object of Contracts
Section 3. Cause of Contracts
Chapter 3. Form of Contracts
Chapter 4. Reformation of Instruments
Chapter 5. Interpretation of Contracts
Chapter 6. Rescissible Contracts
Chapter 7. Voidable Contracts
Chapter 8. Unenforceable Contracts
Chapter 9. Void or Inexistent Contracts
Title III.
Natural Obligations
Title IV.
Estoppel
Title V.
Trust (arts. 1440-1457)
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Express Trusts
Chapter 3. Implied Trusts
Title VI.
Sales (arts.1458-1637) refer to CLV outline
Chapter 1. Nature and Form of the Contract
Chapter 2. Capacity to Buy and Sell
Chapter 3. Effects of the Contract When the Thing Sold Has Been Lost
Chapter 4. Obligations of the Vendor
Section 1. General Provisions
Section 2. Delivery of the Thing Sold
Section 3. Conditions and Warranties
Subsection 1. Warranty in Case of Eviction
Subsection 2. Warranty against Hidden Defects of or Encumbrances Upon the Thing Sold
Chapter 5. Obligations of the Vendee
Chapter 6. Actions for Breach of Contract of Sale of Goods
Chapter 7. Extinguishment of Sale
Section 1. Conventional Redemption
Section 2. Legal Redemption
Chapter 8. Assignment of Credits and Other Incorporeal Rights
Chapter 9. General Provisions
Title VII.
Barter or Exchange
Title VIII.
Lease
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Lease of Rural and Urban Lands
Section 1. General Provisions
Section 2. Rights and Obligations of the Lessor and the Lessee
Bar Binder Codal Brief - NCC | 3

Section 3. Special Provisions for Leases of Rural Lands

Section 4. Special Provisions for the Lease of Urban Lands
Chapter 3. Work and Labor
Section 1. Household Service
Section 2. Contract of Labor
Section 3. Contract for a Piece of Work
Section 4. Common Carriers
Subsection 1. General Provisions
Subsection 2. Vigilance Over Goods
Subsection 3. Safety of Passengers
Subsection 4. Common Provisions
Title IX.
Partnership (arts.1767-1867)
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Obligations of the partners
Section 1. Obligations of the Partners among Themselves
Section 2. Property Rights of a Partner
Section 3. Obligations of the Partners with Regard to Third Persons
Chapter 3. Dissolution and Winding Up
Chapter 4. Limited Partnership
Title X.
Agency (arts. 1868-1932)
Chapter 1. Nature, Form and Kinds of Agency
Chapter 2. Obligations of the Agent
Chapter 3. Obligations of the Principal
Chapter 4. Modes of Extinguishment of Agency
Title XI.
Loan (arts.1933-1961)
General Provisions
Chapter 1. Commodatum
Section 1. Nature of Commodatum
Section 2. Obligations of the Bailee
Section 3. Obligations of the Bailor
Chapter 2. Simple Loan or Mutuum
Title XII.
Deposit (arts.1962-2009)
Chapter 1. Deposit in General and Its Different Kinds
Chapter 2. Voluntary Deposit
Section 1. General Provisions
Section 2. Obligations of the Depositary
Section 3. Obligations of the Depositor
Chapter 3. Necessary Deposit
Chapter 4. Sequestration or Judicial Deposit
Title XIII.
Aleatory Contracts
General Provisions
Chapter 1. Insurance
Chapter 2. Gambling
Chapter 3. Life Annuity
Title XIV.
Compromises and Arbitrations
Chapter 1. Compromises
Chapter 2. Arbitrations
Title XV.
Guaranty (arts.2047-2084)
Chapter 1. Nature and Extent of Guaranty
Chapter 2. Effects of Guaranty
Section 1. Effects of Guaranty Between the Guarantor and the Creditor
Section 2. Effects of Guaranty Between the Debtor and the Guarantor
Section 3. Effects of Guaranty Between Co- Guarantors
Chapter 3. Extinguishment of Guaranty
Chapter 4. Legal and Judicial Bonds
Title XVI.
Pledge, Mortgage and Antichresis (arts.2085-2141)
Chapter 1. Provisions Common to Pledge and Mortgage
Chapter 2. Pledge
Chapter 3. Mortgage
Chapter 4. Antichresis
Chapter 5. Chattel Mortgage
Title XVII.
Extra-Contractual
Obligations
Chapter 1. Quasi-contracts
Section 1. Negotiorum Gestio
Section 2. Solutio Indebiti
Bar Binder Codal Brief - NCC | 4

Section 3. Other Quasi-Contracts

Chapter 2. Quasi-delicts
Title XVIII.
Damages
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Actual or Compensatory Damages
Chapter 3. Other Kinds of Damages
Section 1. Moral Damages
Section 2. Nominal Damages
Section 3. Temperate or Moderate Damages
Section 4. Liquidated Damages
Section 5. Exemplary or Corrective Damages
Title XIX.
Concurrence and Preference of Credits (arts. 2236-2251)
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Chapter 2. Classification of Credits
Chapter 3. Order of Preference of Credit

Bar Binder Codal Brief - NCC | 5