{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:56","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Suits Regarding Immovable Property","number":"56","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/56/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II — CIVIL PROCEDURE IN GENERAL","title":"TITLE I — JURISDICTION","chapter":"Chapter 3. — National and Local Jurisdiction"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Unless expressly provided otherwise, suits for:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/56/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":52,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/52/?article=56&paragraph=p1#article-56-p1"}]},{"id":"p1a","number":"a","parentId":"p1","text":"the recovery of immovable property with or without rent or mesne profits;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/56/#p1a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":52,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/52/?article=56&paragraph=p1a#article-56-p1a"}]},{"id":"p1b","number":"b","parentId":"p1","text":"the partition of immovable property;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/56/#p1b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":52,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/52/?article=56&paragraph=p1b#article-56-p1b"}]},{"id":"p1c","number":"c","parentId":"p1","text":"the determination of any other right to, or interest in immovable property; or","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/56/#p1c","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":52,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/52/?article=56&paragraph=p1c#article-56-p1c"}]},{"id":"p1d","number":"d","parentId":"p1","text":"compensation for damage to immovable property;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/56/#p1d","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":52,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/52/?article=56&paragraph=p1d#article-56-p1d"}]},{"id":"p1-tail","number":"","parentId":"p1","text":"shall be instituted in the court of the place where such property is situated.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/56/#p1-tail","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":52,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/52/?article=56&paragraph=p1-tail#article-56-p1-tail"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"In a suit to obtain relief regarding, or compensation for, damage to immovable property held by or on behalf of the defendant, when the relief sought can be entirely obtained through the defendant’s personal obedience, such suit may be instituted either in the court of the place where such property is located or in the place where the defendant resides.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/56/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":52,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/52/?article=56&paragraph=p2#article-56-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}