The AI-Powered Philippine Legal Library Updated November 2026
A Philippine law library that answers back.
Type a legal question in plain English. BatasDB's AI reads the library — Supreme Court decisions since 1901, Republic Acts, the rules government agencies follow — and answers in seconds, with numbered citations to the exact documents it found.
or see how the search works draft from a sentence
Estafa cases of 2025
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Supreme Court decisions promulgated in 2025 that discuss estafa, including bouncing-check cases under Article 315(2)(d).1 Deceit under Article 315(2)(a) is on the same docket.2
People v. Rosell
To convict one of estafa through bouncing checks, the prosecution must prove the concurrence of the following elements…
Morales v. People
He is hereby ACQUITTED of the crime of Estafa under Article 315, paragraph 2(a) of the Revised Penal Code…
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How it answers
Ask a question. The AI answers from the library.
Not a chatbot guessing from memory — an AI that reads real Philippine legal documents and shows you exactly which ones.
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Ask in plain English
Type your question the way you'd say it out loud — no keywords, no exact phrases, no legalese required.
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The AI reads the library
It searches real Philippine laws and cases, ranked by legal authority — never the open internet, never its own memory.
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Get a cited answer
A plain-English answer in seconds, with numbered citations to the exact documents it found. Open each one and verify.
The library
One library. Every branch of government.
Court decisions, laws, presidential issuances, and the rules government agencies follow — all in one place, all searchable together.
Court decisions
- Supreme Court decisions 1901–today
- Court of Tax Appeals decisions
- Sandiganbayan decisions
Laws & codes
- 1987 Constitution
- Republic Acts 1946–today
- Acts of the Philippine Legislature 1901–1935
- Commonwealth Acts 1935–1946
- Batas Pambansa
- Presidential Decrees
- Rules of Court
- Labor Code
Presidential issuances & treaties
- Executive Orders
- Proclamations
- Administrative Orders
- Memorandum Circulars & Orders
- Treaties
Government agency rules
- BIR tax rules & circulars
- SEC opinions, decisions & circulars
- Bangko Sentral issuances
- DILG circulars
- COMELEC resolutions
- Civil Service Commission circulars
- DOLE orders & regional wage orders
- COA circulars
New agencies added every month.
What you get
Built for how legal work actually happens.
Find the authority, check it, and put it into a first draft — one tool, real sources, all rooted in Philippine law.
Ask in plain English
Type a legal question the way you'd say it. The AI understands what you're asking, finds the real provisions and cases, and answers with citations.
Draft from a sentence
Ask for a complaint, a demand letter, or an NDA. BatasDB writes the first draft from the governing rule, leaves a marked blank wherever it has no fact, and exports to Word or PDF.
No made-up cases
Every result is a real Supreme Court decision or Republic Act. The summary only speaks about what was actually found — it never invents cases.
Every branch, one search
Courts, Congress, the President, and government agencies — Supreme Court decisions, Republic Acts, rules, and circulars in one place. Filter by document type to narrow your scope.
Know if it's still good law
Run any case through the Case Citator and see whether later Supreme Court decisions followed, questioned, or overruled it — with the exact quoted lines as proof.
Your searches stay private
We never store your searches for AI training and never share them. Your library of laws stays the same for everyone — predictable and verifiable.
Draft Assistant
When you need the document, not just the answer.
Ask for a complaint, a demand letter, or an NDA the way you would ask a junior associate. BatasDB writes the first draft from the rule that governs it, leaves a marked blank wherever it has no fact, and exports to Word or PDF.
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Cites only what it found
A draft may cite only the provisions and cases retrieved from the BatasDB library for that document. Anything it cannot ground comes back marked "authority needed" — never a citation that merely looks right.
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Your facts stay blank
Names, dates, amounts and docket numbers you did not give are left as marked blanks, counted at the top of the draft. Nothing reaches a signature on an assumption.
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It refuses what it cannot draft
A request outside the 19 catalogued types is turned away instead of improvised from a generic shape — and you are not charged for it.
Uses 5 credits per draft from your monthly allowance — editing and exporting are free.
Draft Assistant
Motion to Dismiss · drafted from Rule 15, Sec. 12(a).
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
BRANCH [FACT NEEDED: branch], QUEZON CITY
RAMOS TRADING CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
— versus —
[CONFIRM: Sps. Elmer and Carla Bautista],
Defendants.
Civil Case No.
[FACT NEEDED: docket no.]
For: Sum of Money
MOTION TO DISMISS
Defendants, by counsel, respectfully state:
1. This Honorable Court has before it a complaint for sum of money filed on [FACT NEEDED: filing date].
2. An action between the same parties, for the same cause, is already pending before [FACT NEEDED: earlier case, court and docket no.]. The complaint should therefore be dismissed on the ground of litis pendentia under Rule 15, Sec. 12(a) of the Rules of Court, as amended.
WHEREFORE, defendants respectfully pray that the complaint be DISMISSED.
Drafted from
Cites only what was retrieved · Unfilled facts left blank, never guessed · AI-generated draft — review before filing or signing.
Research workflows
From search to signature, in one Philippine legal research tool.
BatasDB is built around the work lawyers and law students already do: finding authority, checking it, understanding what it says, and putting it into a document.
Search Philippine law
Find Supreme Court decisions, Republic Acts, Rules of Court provisions, and other Philippine legal sources by topic, citation, or plain-English question.
Explore the legal search engineVerify whether a case is still good law
Run a case's G.R. number through the Case Citator and see how later Supreme Court decisions treated it — followed, questioned, or overruled — before you rely on it.
See the Case CitatorDraft the document, not just the answer
Ask in one sentence — a complaint, a demand letter, an NDA — and get a first draft built from the rule that governs it. Facts you did not supply are left blank, never invented.
See the Draft AssistantUnderstand a decision faster
Turn long decisions into source-grounded case digests with facts, issues, ruling, and doctrine drawn from the actual opinion.
View Case DigestNew to citators? Read what a case citator is and why Philippine legal research needs one.
Why accuracy matters
In legal research, citing a fake case is malpractice.
Generic AI tools invent case citations that sound real but don't exist. Lawyers around the world have already been sanctioned for submitting made-up rulings to courts.
BatasDB doesn't write the law from memory. It searches a verified library of real Philippine legal documents, then answers using only what it finds — every answer carries numbered links to the exact documents it came from. And if the answer isn't in the library, BatasDB tells you so. It never makes up a case.
Every result is grounded in real, verified Philippine legal documents.
Disbarment
Lawyers who cite fabricated cases face disciplinary action — including suspension or disbarment — for misleading the court.
Case dismissal
Motions built on made-up citations get thrown out. Judges have sanctioned attorneys for filing AI-written briefs with fake case law.
Client harm
Wrong legal advice based on invented precedent can cost clients their freedom, property, or livelihood. The stakes are not theoretical.
BatasDB: search, not generation
Results come from a verified library of Philippine law — not from an AI making things up. What you see is what actually exists.
Who it's for
Built for everyone who works with Philippine law.
From government offices and law firms to solo practitioners, students, and bar reviewees.
Government agencies & offices
Legal research your office can easily procure.
Give every staff member their own account, see how much each person uses, and pay the way your office already pays — invoices, official receipts, and bank transfer. Offices that want to try it first can simply register for a free trial.
See details for governmentLaw firms & legal teams
One plan for the whole firm.
Share one plan across the firm — every lawyer gets a seat (one seat = one user), searches come from a shared monthly allowance, and you can see each member's usage. Add seats anytime as the firm grows.
Plans for firmsSolo practitioners
Big-firm research at a solo price.
Find the right case in seconds, check whether it is still good law, and draft the pleading from the rule — starting at ₱499 a month, with a 7-day free trial.
Start free trialStudents & bar reviewees
Study from the actual cases and laws.
Read the real rulings and provisions behind every topic, the way the bar exam tests them. Law schools can also set up one account for a whole class, with a monthly allowance per student.
Start free trialNo made-up cases — by design.
Generic AI tools often invent case citations, make up G.R. numbers, or get the law wrong — because they were never built around Philippine law. BatasDB finds real, verified documents first, then answers using only what it actually found. Your answers come from real Supreme Court rulings, not guesses.
FAQ
Common questions.
- What does BatasDB cover?
- The library covers Supreme Court decisions since 1901, Republic Acts, the Rules of Court, presidential issuances, treaties, and circulars from agencies like the BIR, SEC, BSP, DILG, COMELEC, CSC, DOLE, and COA. New laws and decisions are added every day, and new agencies are added every month.
- How does BatasDB use AI?
- You ask a legal question in plain English. The AI searches the BatasDB library — real Philippine laws and cases, never the open internet — and writes an answer that cites only documents it actually found, with numbered links you can open and verify. It never answers from memory, and it never invents a case.
- Where can I search Philippine Supreme Court decisions?
- You can search Philippine Supreme Court decisions in BatasDB by topic, G.R. number, party name, or plain-English legal question. Results link back to real source documents you can open and verify.
- How do I find a Supreme Court case by G.R. number?
- Type the G.R. number directly in the search bar. BatasDB will match it to the exact Supreme Court decision in our verified library.
- How do I check if a Philippine case is still good law?
- Run the case's G.R. number through the BatasDB Case Citator. It reads the later Supreme Court decisions that cited your case and tells you whether they followed, questioned, or overruled it — with the exact quoted lines as proof. You can try it free, no sign-up needed.
- Can BatasDB draft a pleading or a demand letter?
- Yes. Ask in one sentence — "draft a demand letter for unpaid rent" is enough. The Draft Assistant writes a first draft of 19 Philippine document types: complaints, answers, motions, affidavits, an NLRC position paper, demand and offer letters, legal memoranda and opinions, a special power of attorney, and a non-disclosure agreement. Every fact you did not supply is left as a marked blank instead of being invented, and you can edit the draft and export it to Word or PDF.
- Is AI legal drafting safe to rely on?
- A general chatbot drafts from memory, so it can cite a rule that was amended years ago or a case that does not exist. BatasDB may cite only law it actually found in our library for that document, checks each citation against a maintained list of superseded rules, and flags every fact and authority it could not verify. The result is a first draft for a lawyer to review and sign — it is not legal advice.
- What is the difference between Lawphil and BatasDB?
- Lawphil is a valuable public source for Philippine legal texts. BatasDB is a legal research tool built on searchable, ranked, and source-linked results so researchers can find relevant authority faster and verify what they cite.
- Is there a free trial?
- Yes. Every new account gets a 7-day free trial — no credit card required. After the trial, plans start at ₱499 a month. The Case Citator stays free to use.
- Can government agencies and law firms subscribe to BatasDB?
- Yes. We work with government offices and law firms directly: invoices you can attach to a purchase request, official receipts, and payment by bank transfer. See the Government & Firms page or email [email protected] to request a quotation.
- Does BatasDB issue official receipts and invoices?
- Yes. Every invoice shows VAT clearly, and official receipts carry your office's registered name and TIN. VAT-exempt offices are supported, and you can pay by bank transfer, card, GCash, or Maya.
- Is there a plan for law schools?
- Yes. A school gets one account for the whole class: the school sets a monthly search allowance for each student, sees how every student uses it, and starts with a 4-week free trial. Email [email protected] to set one up.
- Does BatasDB cover the Rules of Court?
- Yes. The library includes the Rules of Court alongside Supreme Court decisions, Republic Acts, and other Philippine legal sources.
- Can law students use BatasDB for bar review?
- Yes. BatasDB is used by law students for case research, moot preparation, and bar review. Search by topic or citation in plain English.
- Will BatasDB invent or hallucinate case citations?
- No. BatasDB searches a verified library of real Philippine legal documents. It never generates case names or G.R. numbers — every result links to a real source you can verify. If the answer is not in the library, it says so instead of guessing.
Don't ask what the law is. See it — then draft from it.
Search the library and draft the document from the same browser. 7-day free trial, no credit card required.