Practice question
Two persons make conflicting ownership claims over property in a covered amended-Section7 proceeding. May the agency simply pay whichever claimant it prefers and bypass the statutory deposit route?
- Yes, the agency’s choice conclusively determines title
- Yes, the contractor may keep the deposit
- No possession is ever possible with conflicting claims
- The claimants automatically split the amount equally
- No; Section7(b) prescribes deposit for the person adjudged entitled in the same proceeding
Legal references
- RA12289 Section7, amended Section7(b): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2025/ra_12289_2025.html
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