TABLE OF PRESCRIPTIONS
40 days:
 redhibitory action based
on defects of animals
(1577, NCC)
5 years:
 legal separation (57, FC)
 annulment of marriage
based on –
a) lack of parental consent (47, par
1, FC)
b) fraud (par 3)
c) force, intimidation, undue
influence (par 4)
d) physical incapacity and affliction
with a STD (par 5)
 action to claim legitimacy
if child died during
minority or in state of
insanity (173, FC)
 declaration of incapacity
of heir (1040, NCC))
 warranty of solvency of
debtor if credit is
assigned to co-heir
during partition (1095,
NCC)
 all other actions whose
periods are not fixed by
law (1149, NCC)
6 mos: 1 year: 2 years:
 reduction of price for
rescission in case of
 action to impugn child’s
legitimacy if H is in the
breach of sale of RE for
same place as wife (170,
unit or measure or for
FC)
lump sum (1543, 1542,
 revocation of donation for
NCC)
acts of ingratitude (769,
NCC)
 FEUD (1147, NCC)
 defamation (1147, NCC)
 rescission or damages if
immovable sold is
encumbered with non-
apparent burden or
servitude
6 years: 8 years:
 action upon oral contract  recovery of movables
 action upon quasi- (replevin) if possessor in
contract BF
3 years: 4 years:
 revocation or reduction of
 action to impugn child’s  action to impugn
donation based on-
legitimacy if H is in child’s legitimacy if H
a) supervening birth, appearance or
Phils., but not in the is abroad (170, FC)
adoption of child (763, NCC)
same place as wife
b) non-fulfillment of condition (764,
(170, FC)
NCC)
 recovery of movable
(replevin) if possessor in
GF (1132, par 1., NCC)
 action upon an injury of
rights of plaintiff (1146,
NCC)
 quasi-delict (1146, NCC)
 rescission of rescissible
contracts (1389, NCC)
 annulment of voidable
contracts (1391, NCC)
10 years: Lifetime:
 action to claim
 accion
legitimacy (173, FC)
reinvindicatoria if real
right of possession is  action to obtain
lost (555, 1134, NCC); if declaration of
possessor in GF (1134, illegitimate filiation
NCC) (175, FC)
 action upon
mortgagge contract
(1142, NCC)
 action upon written
contract (1144, NCC)
 action upon an
obligation created by
law (1144, NCC)
 action upon a
judgment (1144, NCC)