ACTION JURISDICTION PRESCRIPTION

Replevin – remedy for the Rtc or mtc 4 years in GF

recovery of possession of depending on the
personal property wrongly amount 8 years in BF
detained
Accion interdictal (ejectment
suit)– a summary action for
recovery of physical or
material possession of property
1. forcible entry recover 1. MTC irrespective 1. one year from actual entry of land
material possession of of the amount of
real property where damages
deprived of by reason of
FISTS 2. MTC 2. 1 year from the last demand to vacate.
2. unlawful detainer –
recovery of any real If there is fixed period for termination of the lease,
property by a landlord, lease ends automatically without demand so 1 year from
vendor, vendee or other expiration of lease
person against whom the
possession of the same If reason for ejectment is non-payment of rent or non-
was unlawfully withheld fulfillment of the conditions of one year, then reckoning
after the expiration or period is from last demand to vacate
termination of the right
to hold possession
accion publiciana – to recover Rtc/mtc 10 years from the time the cause of action arises.
real right of posession of real
property when the dispossession
was committed:
a. entry was not obtained thru
FISTS or failure to state that
deprivation was caused by
FISTS.
b. one year period for bringing
forcible entry or unlawful
detainer has already expired
Rtc/mtc 4 years based on fraud from the issuance of COT
Accion reinvincatoria – recover
real property based on 10 yeas based on implied or constructive trust
ownership.
Imprescriptible when plaintiff is in possession of
property
REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS AND MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS
CIVIL CASES RTC MTC
If the gross claim is more than 2M Not exceeding 2M
Exclusive Jdn PAPM:
1. Actions involving personal property depending on value of property
2. admiralty and maritime cases depending on the amount of demand or claim.
3. Probate proceedings (testate or intestate) depending on the gross value of the estate
4. Demand for Money depending on the amount

Note: Exclusive of Interest, Damages, Attorney’s fees, Litigation expenses, and Costs.

Note: In cases where the claim for damages is the main cause of action or one of the
causes of action, the amount of such claim shall be considered in determining the
jurisdiction of the court.

Note: the totality of all claims embodied in one complaint shall be the test in determining
jurisdiction:
 whether the claims arise out of the same or different transactions,
 whether they belong to the same or different persons
If the assessed value or interest in of the real property If the assessed value or
exceeds 400k interest in the real property
does not exceed 400k
5. Actions involving title to or possession of real property or any interest therein
6. Actions where the subject matter of which is 6. Inclusion and exclusion of
INCAPABLE of pecuniary estimation (when the basic issue voters
is something other than the right to recover a sum of 7. cases falling under the
money or money claim is merely incidental to the Revised Summary
principal relief). Procedures:
7. Cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of any court  Forcible Entry and
or body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions. Unlawful Detainer
9. Under Section 5.2 of the SEC to hear and decide: (irrespective of the
a. cases involving devices or schemes employed by amount)
or any acts of the board of director, business Note: where the
associates, its officers or partnership amounting attorney’s fees are
to fraud or misrepresentations awarded, the same
b. Intra-corporate controversies. shall not exceed
c. Controversies in the elections or appointments of P20K
directors, trustees, officers or managers of  Other civil cases,
corporations, partnerships or associations. except probate
d. Petitions of corporations, partnerships or proceedings where
associations to be declared in the state of the total amount of
suspension of payments. the plaintiff’s claim
does not exceed
Note: if wrongly filed to its branch designated as a Special P100k or 200k (on
Commercial Court, then the case shall be referred to the metro manila)
Executive Judge for re-docketing as an ordinary civil code exclusive of interest
and costs.
8. Cases falling under the
2016 Revised Rules of
Procedure for Small Claims
Cases P200k exclusive of
interest and costs
 Increases to 300K
(effective August 1,
2018)
 Further increased to
400k (effective April
1, 2019)
Applicable in all actions that
are purely civil in nature
 where the claim or relief
prayed for is solely for
payment or reimbursement
of sum of money.

The claim or demand may

be:
a. For money owed
under the following:
- contract of lease;
- contract of loan;
- contract of
services;
- contract of sale;
and
Contract of
mortgage;
b. For damages from
fault or negligence,
quasi-contract or
contract;
c. The enforcement of
a barangay amicable
settlement or an
arbitration award
involving a money
claim coverd by this
Rule.
SPECIAL The SC may designate certain branches or RTC to handle Petition for writ of habeas
exclusively criminal cases, juvenile and domestic corpus or application for
relations cases, agrarian cases, urban land reform bail in criminal cases in the
cases not falling under the jurisdiction of any quasi- absence of all RTC judges in
judicial bodies and agencies, and/or such other special the province or city.
cases as the SC may determine in the interest of speedy
and efficient administration of justice. NOTE: in the absence of all
the RTC judges, any MTC
judge in the province or city
where the absent RTC judges
sit, may hear and decide:
 Petition for writ of
habeas corpus; or
 Applications for bail
in criminal cases
CONCURREN With the SC: actions affecting ambassadors, public
T ministers and conculs
With the SC and CA:
1. Petitions for writs of habeas corpus;
2. Petition for quo warranto;
3. Petitions for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus
against inferior courts and other bodies; and
4. Petitions for continuing mandamus

With the SC, CA & SB:

1. Petitions for a writ of Amparo and
2. Petitions for a writ of habeas data.

With the insurance commissioner:

Single claim not exceeding P5M
APPELLATE All cases decided by the MTCs in their respective
territorial jurisdiction except decisions of lower courts in
the exercise of delegated jurisdiction
DELEGATED May be assigned by the SC to
hear cadastral or land
registration cases where:
1. There is no
controversy or
opposition over the
land; or
2. In case of contested
lands, the value
does not exceed
100K

COURT OF APPEALS
EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL Actions for annulment of judgments of the RTC

NOTE: the court of appeals may act as a trial court in the ff:
1. In annulment of judgments
2. When a motion for new trial is granted by the CA
3. A petition for habeas corpus shall be set for hearing
4. To resolve factual issues in cases within its original appellate
jurisdiction
5. In cases involving claims for damages arising from provisional
remedies
6. Writ of kalikasan proceedings
7. In writ of habeas data proceedings

CONCURRENT With the SC:

1. Petition for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus against:
a. RTC
b. CSC
c. Central Board of Assessment Appeals
d. NLRC
e. Other quasi-judicial agencies
2. Petitions for a writ of kalikasan

With the SC & RTC

1. petitions for writ of habeas corpus
2. Petitions for quo waranto
3. Petitions for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus against inferior courts and
other bodies.

With the RTC, SC and SB:

1. Petitions for a writ of amparo
2. Petitions for a writ of habeas data
APPELLATE 1. By way or Ordinary appeal from RTC an the Family Courts;
2. By way of Petition for Review from the RTC rendered in the exercise of its
appellate jurisdiction;
3. By way of petition for review from the decisions, resolutions, order or
awards of the:
a. CSC
b. Office of the Ombudsman in administrative disciplinary; and
c. Other bodies mentioning in Rule 43; and
d. By way of ordinary appeal over decisions of the MTCs in cadastral or
land registration cases pursuant to its delegated jurisdiction.

SUPREME COURT
Exclusive Original Petitions for certiorari, prohibiton or mandamus against:
1. Court of Appeals
2. Commissions on Elections
 3. Commission on Audit
4. Sandiganbayan; and
5. Court of Tax Appeals

Disciplinary proceedings against members of the Bar and court personnel

CONCURRENT With the RTC:
Cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls

With the CA:

1. Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, or mandamus against:
a. RTC
b. CSC
c. Central Board of Assessment Appeals
d. NLRC
e. Other quasi-judicial agencies
2. Petitions for a Writ of Kalikasan

With the RTC and CA:

1. Petitions for Writs of Habeas Corpus
3. Petitions for Quo Warranto
3, Petitions for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus against inferior courts and other
bodies; and
Petitions for continuing mandamus

With the RTC, CA and SB

Appellate By way of petition for review on certiorari:
1. CA
2. SB
3. RTC on pure questions of law;
4. In cases involving the constitutionality or validity of a treaty. International agreement
or executive agreement, law, presidential decree, proclamation, order, instruction,
ordinance or regulation, legality of a tax, impost, assessment, toll or penalty,
jurisdiction of a lower court; and
5. CTA

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