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Practice question: Earnest Money

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does 1482 itself give either party an automatic right to withdraw from a perfected sale merely by sacrificing earnest money?
  1. No.
  2. Yes; earnest money always makes every sale optional.
  3. Only the receipt’s color decides.
  4. Every sale automatically expires at sunset.
  5. The buyer may always choose a new price.

Legal references

  • Civil Code Articles1306,1475,1482,1490-1492,1504,1522-1523 and1589-1590: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
  • Chavez v. Spouses Gopez, G.R.242366, February26,2025, MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/gr_242366_2025.html

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