REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

7th Judicial Region

Regional Trial Court
Cebu City

IN RE: PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT

AS NOTARY PUBLIC FOR AND IN THE
CITY OF CEBU

CASE NO. ______________

MANUEL ZOSIMO M. OZOA
Petitioner.
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PETITION

COMES NOW, the Petitioner and unto this Honorable Court, under oath most
respectfully states that:

Petitioner is a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines since birth, 46 years old,
married and a resident of 86-A Gorordo Ave. Brgy. Kamputhaw, Cebu City with
office address at National Housing Authority, 2nd Floor Machay Bldg., Gorordo Ave.
Cebu City and office telephone number 232-9053;

Petitioner was admitted to the Philippine Bar on May 25, 2017 with Roll of Attorney
No. 67670.

Petitioner is a lawyer in good standing with clearances from the Office of the Bar
Confidant of the Supreme Court and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines;

Petitioner has not been convicted in the first instance of any crime involving moral
turpitude, nor charged in any administrative case in connection with his present
profession;

Petitioner has been commissioned as Notary Public in Dipolog City for a term
ending December 31, 2018 and has been cleared from all his responsibilities as a
Notary Public in the said jurisdiction;

Petitioner is a registered member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and has
paid the required Membership Dues up to CY 2019 with O.R. No. 075064 dated
February 27, 2019;

Petitioner is an IBP Cebu Chapter member of good standing;

Petitioner has paid his Professional Tax Receipt for the year 2019 under Official
Receipt No. 340343 dated July 19, 2019 at Cebu City.
Attached to the Petition are the following:

Certificate of Membership in the Philippine Bar from Office of the Bar Confidant
(Annex A)
Clearance from the Office of the Bar Confidant (Annex B)
Clearance from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Annex C)
Certificate of Good Moral Character of Two Executive Officers of the local IBP
(Annex D)
Certificate of Payment of IBP Dues (Annex E)
RTC and MTCC Court Clearances (Annex F and G)
Office of the Clerk of Court Clearance for Notary Public-RTC Region 9 (Annex H)
Professional Tax Receipt (Annex I)
NBI Clearance (Annex J)
3 specimen signature (Annex K)
3 passport size colored photographs (Annex L)
Letter of Authorization from the NHA (Annex M)

Petitioner will submit his notarial books and acknowledged documents after the
expiration of his notarial commission as provided for by law;

Petitioner possesses all the qualification and none of the disqualifications for the
Office of the Notary Public and have read, understood and is willing to abide with
the 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice;

WHEREFORE, it is most respectfully prayed that:

A certificate of authorization to purchase notarial seal as provided under Section 9,

Rule 3 of 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice, and certificate of authority for a notarial
act as provided under Section 1, Rule IX of the same Rules be issued in favor of the
petitioner.

Cebu City, Philippines, December 1, 2019.

MANUEL ZOSIMO M. OZOA

Petitioner
 VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

I, Manuel Zosimo M. Ozoa, of legal age, married, Filipino and a resident

of Gorordo Ave. Cebu City, under oath depose and state that:

a) I am the Petitioner in the above captioned case; I have caused the

preparation of the same;
b) I have read the allegations contained therein; and
c) I certify that they are all true and correct of my personal knowledge or
based on authentic records.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of December
2019 at Cebu City, Philippines.

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Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, a notary public in and for Cebu City,
this __th day of _______ 2019 at Cebu City, Philippine, affiant appearing before me
with his __ No. ______ issued on __________________ at _____________ and
presenting to me a document entitled Re: Petition for Appointment as Notary
Public in Cebu City, and who signed said document in my presence and sworn as
to said document that he understood the contents thereof and that the same was his
free and voluntary act and deed.

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Notary Public

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