Niko Villamor

As for real estate (specific immovable property), the following claims, mortgages and liens will be preferred and shall constitute an encumbrance on the immovable or real right:
1) Real estate taxes,
2) Unpaid price of the real property,
3) Unpaid wages and salaries of laborers, architects, engineers and contractors,
4) Claims for furnishers of materials,
5) Mortgage credits recorded in the registry of property (now Registry of Land Titles and Deeds) upon the real estate mortgage,
6) Improvement expenses,
7) Credits annotated in the Registry of Property by virtue of a court order, by attachments or executions and only as to later credits,
Claims of co-heirs for warranty in the p&tition of an immovable among them,
9) Claims of donors of real estate for pecuniary charges or other conditions imposed upon the donor, 10) Credits of insurers for the insurance premium for two years, (Articles 2236-2251, Civil Code).