JUDICIAL LEGALIZATION OF IMPERPECT TITLEA

Ordinary Registration Proceeding QUALIFIED PERSON/S1 1 QUALIFIED PERSON/S

APPLICATION2

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT3

PUBLICATION AND POSTING4

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND SURVEY PLAN OF LAND CLAIMED

SOLICITOR-GENERAL

F A V O R A B L E J U D G E M E N T

THROUGH THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS

INVESTIGATION

WITHIN 3 MONTHS

DECREE OF REGISTRATION FOLLOWED BY CERTIFICATE OF TITLE7

IF DEEM ADVISABLE IN THE INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT

Cadastral Registration Proceedings

COURT

CLAIMANT/S5

ANSWER TO THE PETITION OF THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS6

COURT

ADMINISTRATIVE LEGALIZATION OF IMPERPECT TITLE

QUALIFIED PERSON/S8 APPLICATION10 BUREAU OF LANDS POSTING OF NOTICES11 ACTION ON THE APPLICATION BY THE BUREAU OF LANDS12

LIMITATION IN AREA9

A] Filing of the application is until December 31, 2010 1] (a) Those who prior to the transfer of sovereignty from Spain to the US have applied for the purchase, composition or other form of grant of lands of the public domain under the laws and royal decrees then in force and have instituted and prosecuted the proceedings in connection therewith, but have, with or without default upon their part, or for any other cause, not received title therefor, if such applicants or grantees and their heirs have occupied and cultivated said land continuously since the filing of their application; (b) Those who by themselves or through their predecessors-in-interest have been in open, continuous, exclusive, and notorious possession and occupation of agricultural lands of the public domain, under a bona fide claim of acquisition of ownership, SINCE JUNE 12, 1945, immediately preceding the filing of the application of confirmation of title, except when prevented by war or force majeure. These shall be conclusively presumed to have performed all the conditions essential to a Government grant and shall be entitled to a certificate of title under the provision of P.D. 1073; and (c) Members of the national cultural minorities who by themselves or through their predecessors-in-interest have been in open, continuous, exclusive and notorious possession and occupation of lands of the public domain suitable to agriculture, whether disposable or not, under a bona fide claim of ownership since June 12, 1945. 2] The application shall conform as nearly as may be in its material allegations to the requirements of an application for registration under the Land Registration Act, and shall be accompanied by a plan of the land and all documents evidencing a right on the part of the applicant to the land claimed. The application shall also state the citizenship of the applicant and shall set forth fully the nature of the claim and when based upon proceeding initiated under Spanish laws, it shall specify as exactly as possible the date and form of application for purchase composition or other form of grant, the extent of the compliance with the conditions required by the Spanish laws and royal decrees for the acquisition of legal title, and if not fully complied with, the reason for such noncompliance, together with a statement of the length of time such land or any portion thereof has been actually occupied by the claimant or his predecessors in interest. Such application shall pray that the validity of the alleged title or claim be inquired into and that a certificate of title be issued accordingly. 3] In the province or city where the land lies 4] Publication of the notice of initial hearing once a week for 3 consecutive weeks in the O.G., and in 2 newspapers, one published in Manila and the other in the municipality or province where the land is situated. Posting in the Bulletin Board of the LMB, Q.C. and in 3 conspicuous places in the provincial capitol and the municipal hall where the land is situated 5] Claimants of lands that are embraced in cadastral proceedings instituted by the government 6] Instead of an application, an answer to the petition of the Director of Lands. Filing of such answer has the same effect of an application 7] Decree of Registration is issued to applicant or claimant by the Commissioner of Land Registration, followed by the issuance of an original certificate of title in his name by the Register of Deeds. 8] Natural-born Filipino; - Not owner of more than 24 hectares (now 12 hectares; - Since July 4, 1945 or prior thereto, has continuously occupied and cultivated, either by himself or through his predecessors-in-interest, such public lands as may be subject of disposition; - In lieu of continuous cultivation, applicant may show that he has paid real estate taxes on the property for the same period and the land has not been occupied by other persons. 9] Royal decrees: 1,000 hectares; R.A. 6236 & P.D. 1073: 144 hectares; 1973 Constitution: 24 hectares; and 1987 Constitution: 12 hectares. 10] To be accompanied with a map and technical description of the land, and affidavits subscribed by two disinterested persons residing the same municipality or barangay where the land lies; 11] In conspicuous places in the provincial capital, the municipality and barangay where the land is situated for 2 consecutive weeks. Notice shall require those having interests to file their objection or adverse claim 12] Upon the expiration of the period provided in the notices, and there being no valid objections of adverse claims presented, and the Director of Lands after due investigation being satisfied of the truth of the allegations contained in the application and in the affidavits attached thereto, the corresponding patent for the land applied for may be issued to the applicant