EXISTENCE OF CO-OWNERSHIP

Article 484 of the Civil Code of the Philippines states that there is co-ownership whenever the ownership of an undivided thing or right belongs to different persons

Alburo Law
March 04, 2026

EXISTENCE OF CO-OWNERSHIP

May a thing or right be owned by two or more persons?

The law says: Yes.

Article 484 of the Civil Code of the Philippines states that there is co-ownership whenever the ownership of an undivided thing or right belongs to different persons.

The Supreme Court defined Co-ownership in the case of Vagilidad v. Vagilidad, Jr., G.R. No. 161136, November 16, 2006, as the right of common dominion which two or more persons have in a spiritual part of a thing, not materially or physically divided. Before the partition of the property held in common, no individual or co-owner can claim title to any definite portion thereof. All that the co-owner has is an ideal or abstract quota or proportionate share in the entire property.

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