RULE4

VENUEOFACTI
ONS

Sect
ion1
.Venueofr
eal
act
ions
.

Acti
ons af
fecti
ng ti
tl
eto orpossession ofrealpr
operty,ori nt
erestt
herei
n,shal
lbe
commencedandt r
iedinthepropercour
twhichhasjur
isdict
ionoverthear
eawhereinthe
real
proper
tyinvol
ved,oraport
ionther
eof,i
ssi
tuat
ed.

For
cibl
eent
ryanddet
aineract
ionsshallbecommencedandtri
edi
nthemunici
palt
ri
alcour
t
oft
hemunici
pal
it
yorci
tywhereintherealpr
oper
tyi
nvol
ved,orapor
ti
ont
hereof
,issi
tuat
ed.

Sec.2.Venueofper
sonal
act
ions
.

Allot
heract
ionsmaybecommencedandt r
iedwherethepl aint
ifforanyoftheprinci
pal
pl
aint
if
fsr
esi
des,orwherethedefendantoranyoft
heprinci
pal defendant
sresi
des,orinthe
caseofanon-resi
dentdef
endantwherehemaybef ound,attheel ecti
onoft
heplai
nti
ff.

Sec.3.Venueofact
ionsagai
nstnon-
resi
dent
s.

I
fanyoft hedefendantsdoesnotresi
deandi snotfoundinthePhili
ppines,andtheact
ion
af
fectsthepersonalst
atusoft
hepl ai
nti
ff
,oranypropertyofsai
ddef endantlocat
edinthe
Phi
li
ppines,t
heact i
onmaybecommencedandt ri
edint hecourtofthepl acewherethe
pl
aint
if
fresi
des,orwheretheproper
tyoranyporti
onthereofi
ssit
uatedorf ound.

Sec.4.WhenRul
enotappl
i
cabl
e.

Thi
sRul
eshal
lnotappl
y:

(
a)I
nthosecaseswher
easpeci
fi
crul
eorl
awpr
ovi
desot
her
wise;or

(b)Wherethepart
ieshaveval
i
dlyagr
eedi
nwr
it
ingbef
oret
hef
il
i
ngoft
heact
ionont
he
excl
usi
vevenuet
hereof
.