Cases Covered by Rules on Summary Procedure
CIVIL CASES
(a) All cases of forcible entry and unlawful detainer, irrespective of the amount of damages or unpaid rentals sought to be recovered. Where attorney‘s fees are awarded, the same shall not exceed P20,000;
(b) All other cases, except probate proceedings where the total amount of the plaintiff‘s claim does not exceed P100,000 (outside MM) or P200,000 (in MM), exclusive of interest and costs.
CRIMINAL CASES
(a) Violations of traffic law, rules and regulations;
(b) Violation of the rental law;
(c) All other criminal cases where the penalty prescribed is imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or fine not exceedint P1,000, or both, irrespective of other imposable penalties, accessory or otherwise, or of the civil liability arising therefrom, provided, that in offenses involving damage to property through criminal negligence, RSP shall govern where the imposable fine does not exceed P10,000.
DOES NOT APPLY
The Rules on Summary Procedure does not apply to a civil case where the plaintiff‘s cause of action is pleaded in the same complaint with another cause of action subject to the ordinary procedure; nor to a criminal case where the offense charged is necessarily related to another criminal case subject to the ordinary procedure.
