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Conveyance- legal process, transferring property
from one owner to
o Posting (not < 30 days of notice The Phil Reclamation Authority (formerly PEA)-
of sale in bulletin board of LM created to reclaim land including foreshore and
provincial bldg., muni bldg., submerged areas by dredging, filing, or other
brgy hall) means.
o Submission of bids to lmb with
The Public Estate Authority- primarily
enclosed cash/ check/ treasury
responsible for integrating, directing, and
warrant
coordinating all reclamation proj. for and on
Marshy Land behalf of the nat’l govt.
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A marsh is a type of wetland, an area of land where not capable of being owned, possessed, acquired,
water covers ground for long periods of time. and transferred
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tenant Mainly, principally, mostly, generally
Who can purchase reclaimed lands? Not to create/ vest title but to confirm
and register title already created and
Only natural person and not a private
vested
corporation
Protects only the holders of a title in
1987 consti, lands of public domain can
good faith
be acquired by private corp only by
Does not permit its provisions to be
lease
used as a shield for the commission of
Barred from acquiring any kind of
fraud
alienable land of public domain
In rem proceedings
Registration of Patents
Judicial proceedings for the land
The patent of conveyance from the govt
registration in the phils
to the grantee shall not take effect as a
o shall be in rem6
conveyance or bind the land but shall
o shall be based on the generally
operate only as a contract between
acceptable principle underlying
them as evidence of authority to the
the Torrens system
register of deeds to make registration
Jurisdiction
Limitations on land acquired under the public
land act defined as power to hear and decide
cases
1. No land to be granted when such grant
power with which courts are invested
will affect injuriously the use of
with the power of administering justice
adjoining land or of waters, rivers,
in order for the court to have authority
foreshore, roads
to dispose of a case on the merits, it
2. Minerals, excluded from the grant
must acquire jurisdiction over the
3. Grants of land subject to public
subject matter and the parties
servitudes
4. Land subject to right of way, not > 20 m which court has jurisdiction over land
in width for public highways, railroads, registration cases?
irrigations, ditches, etc.
5. Reservation of right to regulate use of Regional trial court-
waters o Have exclusive jurisdiction over
6. Reservation for power purposes of flow all applications for original
of waters registration of title to lands
7. Prohibition against conveyance, with power to hear and
alienation, or encumbrance except to determine all questions arising
qualified person upon such applications or
petitions
Registration under PD 1529 Metropolitan trial courts, municipal
trial courts, and municipal circuit trial
courts
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In rem jurisdiction ("power about or against 'the or a "status" against a person over whom the court
thing'") is a legal term describing the power a court does not have in personam jurisdiction
may exercise over property (either real or personal)
o May hear and determine and notorious9 possession and
cadastral/ land registration occupation
cases covering lots where there 3. The possession is under a bona fide
is no controversy or opposition claim of ownership since June 12, 1945
or contested lots where the or earlier.
value of which does not exceed
When should an applicant’s possession be
P 100, 000.00.
reckoned?
How is the value of land determined?
As long as at the time of the application
1. Affidavit of the claimant for registration, the land has already
2. Agreement of the respective claimants been declared part of the a&d
3. Tax declaration of real property agricultural public lands
Who may file application of registration over Are tax declaration evidence or proof of
the land? ownership?
1. Those who by themselves Proof that real property taxes are paid
a. Or through their predecessors for.
in interest have been in open, Not sufficient evidence of ownership
continuous. Exclusive, and Prima facie evidence of possession or
notorious possession and claim of ownership
occupation of a&d lands of the
public domain under a bonafide Prescription on Sec 14
claim of ownership since June One acquires and other real rights
12 1945 through lapse of time in the manner
2. … who have acquired ownership of and under conditions laid down by law.
private lands by prescriptions Acquisitive prescription
3. …who have acquired ownership of o Ordinary - requires possession
private/ abandoned river beds by right in good faith and with just title
of accession/ accretion for ten years
4. …who have acquired ownership of land o Extraordinary – without good
in any other manner provided by law faith and just title which
Requisites of judicial confirmation of requires uninterrupted adverse
incomplete or imperfect title possession for 30 yrs
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When it is visible and apparent (obvious) to a Conspicuous that it is generally known and talked
common observer of by the public or at least by the people in the
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Consists of uninterrupted acts of non-permissive vicinity of the premises
possession of property by the current occupants and
their predecessor
4. Possession in concept of an owner, Taking place on land adjacent to the
public, peaceful, and uninterrupted river banks
Good faith, just title
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unnoticeable you could sink the bed, instead of a river, you would
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Consists of water, a bed, and banks. It is a have a fathomless gulf. Remove the banks and you
compound idea; it cannot exist without all its parts. have a boundless flood. (from slide)
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Evaporate the water, and you have a dry hollow. If relating to or situated on the banks of a river.
due to the destructive force of the through his death to another or others either
waters, by his will or by operation of law.
a. it is only just that such risks or
Right to the succession are transmitted from
damages as may prejudice the
the moment of death of the decedent14
owners thereof should in some
way be compensated by the Contract of sale- one of the parties obligates
right of accretion. himself to transfer the ownership and to deliver
a determine thing and the other to pay, a price
Accretion if favor of the state
certain in money or its equivalent.
Art 462: river, changing its course by
Elements of sale
natural cause, opens a new bed through
a private state, this bed shall become of Subject matter
public dominion Price certain
Art 464: islands formed on the seas Terms of payment of the price
within the jurisdiction of the
Philippines, on lakes, and on navigable Subject matter of sale of land
or floatable rivers belong to the state. What defines the land is not area but
Other modes of acquisition Sec 14(4) the boundaries laid down as enclosing
the land and indicating its limits.
1. Donation Important: there is in fact an object
2. Succession which is determinate or at least
3. Sale determinable
Donation- an act of liberty, a person disposes Price certain
gratuitously of a thing or right in favor of
another who accepts it. 1. Parties have fixed/ agreed upon a
definite amount
Requisites of valid donation 2. It be certain with reference to another
(immovable) thing certain
1. Must be made in a public 3. Determination of the price; left to the
document judgment of a specified person
2. Acceptance must be made by
donee13 in the same deed of Delivery, how made
donation, or in separate 1. By the execution of a public document
document, during the lifetime 2. By symbolic delivery of keys along with
of the donor the recording of the sale with the
Succession- by virtue of which the property, register of deeds
rights, and obligations to the extent of value of 3. Tradicion constitutum possessorium15
the inheritance of a person are transmitted which the vendor remains in actual
possession of the property in so other
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Person who receives gift original possessor of the property remains in control
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A person who has died but transfers the legal possession to another
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the change in intention of one having legal
possession of real or personal property whereby the
concept such as lessee or tradicion 13. Transcription of the decree of
brevi manu16 which the possessor registration in the registration book and
changes the character of his possession, the issuance of the owner’s copy of the
from lessee to owner original certificate of title
STEPS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FOR THE Section 17 PD 1529- What and where to file
REFISTRATION OF TITLE TO LAND UNDER 1529
Filed with the Court of First Instance
1. Survey of the land (RTC) (prov. Or city) where lands is
2. Preparation and filing of the situated
application File together with the application all
3. Setting of the date for the hearing of original muniments of titles
the application by the court Copies
4. Transmittal by the clerk of court to the Survey plan of the land approved by the
land registration authority (lra) the bureau of lands
duplicate of the application and the The clerk of court shall not accept any
date of initial hearing together with all application unless it is shown that the
the documents attached thereto applicant has furnished the Director of
5. Publication of notice of the filing of the Lands with a copy of the application
application and the date and place of and all annexes
hearing once in a newspaper of general
circulation and once in the official Form of application
gazette 1. Shall be in writing
6. Service of notice upon contiguous 2. Signed by the applicant or the person
owners, occupants, and those known to duly authorized in his behalf
have interest in the property by the 3. Sworn to before any officer authorized
sheriff to administer oaths for the province or
7. Filing of the answer to the application city where the application was actually
by any person whether named in the signed
notice or not
8. Hearing of the case by the court and Contents of the Application
the presentation of evidence
1. Contain a description (land)
9. Promulgation17 of the judgment by the
2. Citizenship and civil status of the
court
applicant (single/married)
10. Issuance of an order by the court
a. If the marriage has been legally
declaring the judgment final and
dissolved;
instructing the LRA to issue the decree
b. When and how the marriage
of registration
relation terminated
11. Entry of the decree of registration in
3. Full name and addresses of all
the LRA
occupants (land) and those of the
12. Sending copy of the decree of
adjoining owners
registration by the LRA to the
a. If known, and if not known;
corresponding Registrar of Deeds
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who is already in possession of the item but not as to make known by open declaration
the owner of the item.
b. Shall state the extent of the
search made to find them POSTING
Notice of application
LRA shall cause a duly attested
the public, notice of initial hearing of copy of the notice of initial
the application for land reg. by means hearing to be posted by the
of sheriff (prov or city) or by his
1. publication deputy
2. mailing o in a conspicuous place
3. posting on the bulletin board
LRA is responsible for the compliance (municipal or city)
with the notice reqs. Of PD 1529 o at least 14 days before
the date of initial
PUBLICATION hearing
LRA shall cause notice of initial hearing it is the right of any person
to be published once in the official claiming an interest where
gazette and once in a newspaper of named in the notice or not,
general circulation in the Ph. o to appear and file an
The publication in OG shall be sufficient opposition
to confer18 jurisdiction upon court o on or before the date of
initial hearing
MAILING o or within such further
time as may be allowed
LRA shall within 7 days after publication
by the court
of notice in the OG cause a copy of the
notice of initial hearing to be mailed to Opposition- oppositor shall
every person named in the notice
whose address is known 1. State all the objections
Other persons/offices to be notified by 2. Set forth the interest claimed
mail 3. Apply for the remedy desired
1. Dept of Public Works and 4. Swear by himself/ someone on his
Highways behalf the opposition
2. Provincial governor and Trial and Judgment
city/municipal mayor
3. Dept of Agrarian Reform Either conducted by court or through a
4. Office of the Solicitor General commissioner19
5. Lands Management Bureau All conflicting claims of ownership and
6. Bureau of Forestry interest in the subject land shall be
7. Director of Mines determined by the court
8. Director of Fisheries and If court fins that the applicant/
Aquatic Resources oppositor has sufficient title proper for
registration
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grant a representative of the supreme authority in an
area.
Judgment shall be rendered20 the oct shall be a true copy of the
confirming the title of the applicant/ decree of registration
oppositor to the land/ portions thereof the original and duplicate copies of the
OCT shall be sent to the Register of
Finality of Judgment
Deeds (ROD) of the city/ province
Judgment rendered in a land where the land lies for entry in the
registration proceeding becomes final registration book
upon the expiration of 30 days to be ROD, send notice by mail to the
counted from the date of receipt of registered owner and shall be delivered
notice of the judgment to him upon payment of legal fees
After judgment has become final and
Lapse of one year from issuance of decree
executory, it shall devolve upon the
court to forthwith21 issue an order to Before the expiration of one year, the
the commissioner (LRA) decree of registration may be reopened
for the issuance of the decree of only by reason of actual fraud
registration and the corresponding Decree shall not be reopened or revised
certificate of title in favor of the person by reason of absence, minority, or
adjudged entitled to registration other disability of any person adversely
affected thereby
Certificate of Finality
Or where an innocent purchaser for
The clerk of court shall send value has acquired the land or an
o certified copies of judgment interest therein, whose rights may be
and prejudiced,
o of the order of the court After a year, the decree and the COT
directing the LRA issued shall become incontrovertible.
to issue the Any person aggrieved by such decree of
o decree of registration registration in any case may pursue his
o and certificate of title, remedy by action for damages against
o and certificate stating that the the applicant or any other persons
decision has not been responsible for the fraud
amended,
reconsidered, nor
appealed, and has
become final.
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Provide/give/deliver immediately; without delay.