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CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
TORRENS TITLE – certificate of ownership issued under the Torrens System of registration by the government through road naming & declaring owner in fee simple of property described therein free from all liens except those expressly noted
PROCESS:
1. Within 15 days from finality of order of judgment directing registration of title – court to order LRA to issue decree of registration and certificate of title
2. Clerk of court will send order of court & copies of judgment
3. Administrator to issue decree of registration & original & duplicate of OCT – signed by Administrator, entered & file decree of registration in LRA
4. Send to ROD – original & duplicate of title & certificate for entry in his registration book
5. Enter in record book, dated, signed, numbered & sealed – take effect upon date of entry
6. ROD to send notice to registered owner ready for delivery after payment of fees
7. ROD shall send duplicate & note on each certificate of title to whom it is issued
8. Original copy to be filed in ROD; bound in consecutive order
ACTION FOR PARTITION, SPLITTING OR CONSOLIDATION OF TITLES:
1. Splitting or consolidation – ordinary – ROD level, no court involved
2. Subdivision plan – approval of NHA, final approval of LRA, then ROD to issue memorandum that streets not to be disposed except by way of donation to govt. shall be effected without approval of NHA
ANNOTATIONS AT BACK OF CERTIFICATE – need court order, otherwise null & void
TORRENS TITLE – certificate of ownership issued under the Torrens System of registration by the government through road naming & declaring owner in fee simple of property described therein free from all liens except those expressly noted
PROCESS:
1. Within 15 days from finality of order of judgment directing registration of title – court to order LRA to issue decree of registration and certificate of title
2. Clerk of court will send order of court & copies of judgment
3. Administrator to issue decree of registration & original & duplicate of OCT – signed by Administrator, entered & file decree of registration in LRA
4. Send to ROD – original & duplicate of title & certificate for entry in his registration book
5. Enter in record book, dated, signed, numbered & sealed – take effect upon date of entry
6. ROD to send notice to registered owner ready for delivery after payment of fees
7. ROD shall send duplicate & note on each certificate of title to whom it is issued
8. Original copy to be filed in ROD; bound in consecutive order
ACTION FOR PARTITION, SPLITTING OR CONSOLIDATION OF TITLES:
1. Splitting or consolidation – ordinary – ROD level, no court involved
2. Subdivision plan – approval of NHA, final approval of LRA, then ROD to issue memorandum that streets not to be disposed except by way of donation to govt. shall be effected without approval of NHA
ANNOTATIONS AT BACK OF CERTIFICATE – need court order, otherwise null & void
