CARL and RA 7279 Registration of sale of fice(5) hectares agricultural land must be

accompanied by DAR CLEARANCE

CONVERSION is the act of authorizing the change of the current
use of a piece of land into some other use
LAND USE CLASSIFICATION refers to the act of allocating lands to
different activities or class of land uses, evolved and enacted
through the town planning and zoning process
URBANIZABLE LAND refers to land located in the fringes of built-up
communities which has provincial characteristic but is flavored
with metropolitan utilities, facilities and amenities
PARC is PRESIDENTIAL AGRARIAN REFORM COUNCIL

THE COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (CMP) is a mortgage
financing program of the National Home Mortgage Finance
Corporation which assists legally organized associations of
underprivileged and homeless citizens to purchase and develop a
tract of land under concept of community ownership
RE-CLASSIFICATION the act of specifying how agricultural lands
shall be utilized for non-agricultural uses such as residential,
industrial or commercial
LAND USE PLAN usually presented in a land use map, indicates the
social desired mix of land uses and a set of policies to guide for
future development
Agricultural lands with a slope of 18% are exempt from the
coverage of Agrarian Reform Law
PARCCOM is PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM COORDINATING
COMMITTEE
BARC is BARANGAY AGRARIAN REFORM COMMITTEE
CNI is CAPITALIZED FUTURE NET INCOME OF PROPWERTY
CS is COMPARABLE SALES OF NEARBY PROPERTIES
MV is MARKET VALUE PER TAX DECLARATION OF THE PROPERTY
Agrarian reform law of October 221, 1972 refers to PD 27
In case of sale of agricultural lands not exceeding 5 hectares, aside
from clearance from DAR, buyer must also submit an AFFIDAVIT
OF TOTAL OR AGGREGATE LANDHOLDING

DAR has exclusive authority to approve or disapprove applications As provided for by the Agrarian Reform Law, lands awarded to a
for conversions of agricultural lands for residential, commercial, tenant beneficiary cannot be the subject of a conversion permit
industrial and other land uses within FIVE (5) YEARS FROM GRANT OF EMANCIPATION PATENT

For landowner, retention limit is maximum of 5 HECTARES and for
each children of the landowner, 3 HECTARES EACH, provided that
the child is at least 15 years of age and actually TILLING OR
DIRECTLY MANAGING the farm
The acquisition of land in advance of actual payment need based
on present value for future planned development is referred to
under the Urban Land Reform law as LAND BANKING
The right of pre-emption or right of 1st refusal under PD 1517
(Urban Land Reform) is exercisable by a legitimate tenant in urban
land if he has occupied the land for AT LEAST 10 YEARS
Penalty for professional squatters or squatting syndicates per RA
7279 (UDHA) 6 YEARS IMPRISONMENT OF FINE OF NOT LESS
THAN P60,000 BUT NOT MORE THAN 100,000 OR BOTH AT
DISCRETION OF THE COURT

Change from one classification or use of land property to another is The 2 Criteria for CARP coverage is suitability of the land for
called CONVERSION agriculture and ITS POSSIBILITY OF ACQUISITION

DISTURBANCE COMPENSATION is the cash payment in kind given

by landowner or developer to tenants farm workers or bona fide
occupants to be affected by the DAR conversion

As provided by R.A. 7279, a developer of a subdivision is required

to develop equivalent of 20% of the project for SOCIALIZED
HOUSING

The priority right of a tenant to buy the land located in an urban

land reform area is known as TENANTs RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

Conversion permit of agricultural land of not more than 5 hectares

shall be approved by DAR REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Urbanizable areas refer to sites and lands which, considering

present characteristics and prevailing condition, display marked
and great potential of becoming urban areas within the period of
FIVE YEARS