COURT TYPE OF JURISDICTION CASES/ACTIONS/PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTIONAL

AMOUNT/NOTES
Actions involving personal property Valued at/amount not
Actions demanding sum of money exceeding
Admiralty and maritime cases P300,000- outside Metro
Probate proceedings, testate or intestate Manila
P400,000- within Metro
Manila
Actions involving title or possession of real property Value not exceeding
P20,000- outside Metro
Manila
Exclusive Original P50,000- within Metro
Manila
MTC
Forcible entry and unlawful detainer With jurisdiction to resolve
issue of ownership to
determine issue of
possession
Provisional remedies in principal actions w/n their jurisdiction (preliminary
attachment, preliminary injunction, etc.)
Inclusion and exclusion of voters
Small claims cases
Cadastral and land registration cases assigned by the SC where there is no Valued at no more than
Delegated
controversy or opposition or in contested lots P100,000
Special Petition for Habeas Corpus in the absence of all RTC judges

Actions involving personal property Valued more than/amount

Actions demanding sum of money exceeding
Admiralty and maritime cases P300,000- outside Metro
Probate proceedings, testate or intestate Manila
P400,000- within Metro
Manila
Actions involving title or possession of real property Value exceeding
RTC Exclusive Original
P20,000- outside Metro
Manila
P50,000- within Metro
Manila
All civil actions in which the subject of the litigation is incapable of pecuniary
estimation
In all actions involving the contract of marriage and marital relations When there are no Family
 courts in the area
All civil actions and special proceedings falling within the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court (JDRC) and Court of
Agrarian Relation
All cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of any court, tribunal, person,
or body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions

Appellate All cases decided by MTCs in their respective territorial jurisdiction

Exclusive Original Actions for annulment of judgments of RTC

Ordinary appeals from the RTC and the Family Court
Petition for Review from
 Decisions rendered by RTC
CA Exclusive Appellate  Decisions, resolutions, orders, or awards of the CSC, or other bodies
mentioned in Rule 43
 Office of the Ombudsman in admin disciplinary cases

Appellate Decisions of MTC in cadastral or land registration cases

Petitions for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus against the:

 CA
 COMELEC
Exclusive Original
 COA
 Sandiganbayan
 CTA
Petition for review on certiorari against the:
 CA
 CTA
SC  Sandiganbayan
 RTC in cases involving
 constitutionality or validity of law, treaty,
Appellate international or executive agreement, PD,
proclamation, order, instruction, order,
instruction, ordinance or regulation
 Legality of a tax, impost, assessment, toll or
penalty
 Jurisdiction of a lower court
 Errors or question of law
 Petitions for guardianship, custody of children and habeas corpus involving
children
Petitions for adoption for children and the revocation thereof
Complaints for annulment of marriage, declaration of nullity of marriage and
those relation to status and property relations of husband and wife or those
living together under different status and agreements, and petitions for
dissolution of conjugal partnership of gains
Petitions for support and/or acknowledgement
Family Courts Exclusive Original Summary judicial proceedings brought under the Family Code
Petitions for declaration of status of children as abandoned, dependent or
neglected children, petitions for voluntary or involuntary commitment of
children, the suspension, termination or restoration of parental authority
and other cases under PD 603 and other related laws
Petitions for constitution of family home
Cases against minors cognizable under the Dangerous Drugs Act
Violations of RA 7610 (VAWC)
Cases of domestic violence against women and children

Decisions of the Collector of Internal Revenue in cases involving disputed

assessments, refunds of taxes, fees or other charges, penalties imposed in
relation thereto, or other matters arising under the NIRC
Decisions of the Commissioner of Customs in cases involving liability for
customs duties, fees, or other money charges; seizure, detention or release
Court of Tax Appeals Exclusive Original of property affected; fines, forfeitures, or other matters arising penalties
imposed in relation thereto; and other matters arising under the Customs
Law
Decisions of provincial or city Boards of Assessment Appeals in cases
involving the assessment and taxation of real property or other matters
arising under the Assessment Law

Cases involving violations of Intellectual Property Rights

Cases formerly cognizable by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(a) Devices or schemes employed by or any acts, of the board of directors,
business associates, its officers or partnership, amounting to fraud and
Commercial Court Exclusive Original misrepresentation which may be detrimental to the interest of the public
and/or of the stockholder, partners, members of associations or
organizations registered with the Commission;
(b) Controversies arising out of intra-corporate or partnership relations,
between and among stockholders, members, or associates; between any or
 all of them and the corporation, partnership or association of which they are
stockholders, members or associates, respectively; and between such
corporation, partnership or association and the state insofar as it concerns
their individual franchise or right to exist as such entity; and
(c) Controversies in the election or appointments of directors, trustees,
officers or managers of such corporations, partnerships or associations.

Environmental cases
Environmental Court Exclusive Original Cases involving violations of the Fisheries code and the National Protected
Areas System Act

Cases involving violations of One of the principally

1. Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act accused officials must be a
2. RA 1379 government official
3. Articles 210-212 of the RPC classified as grade 27 or
Other offenses or felonies committed by public officials mentioned above in higher, a member of the
Exclusive Original relation to their office congress, a member of the
Civil and criminal cases filed pursuant to and in connection with Executive judiciary, or a chairman of
Sandiganbayan
Order Nos. 1, 2, 14, and 14-A series of 1986 the constitutional
Petitions for the issuance of the writs of mandamus, prohibition, certiorari, commissions
habeas corpus injunctions and other ancillary writs and processes in aid of
its appellate jurisdiction
Cases involving the principally accused officials that are below grade 27,
Exclusive Appellate original jurisdiction will be with either MTC or RTC; the Sandiganbayan will
exercise exclusive appellate jurisdiction on said cases
 Concurrent Jurisdiction
Courts Cases
SC and CA Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus against the:
 RTC
 CSC
 Central Board of Assessment Appeals
 Other quasi-judicial agencies in Rule 43
 NLRC
SC and RTC Cases affecting ambassadors, public ministers and consuls
SC, CA, and RTC Petitions for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus against lower courts and other bodies
Petitions for quo warranto and habeas corpus