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LAND REGISTRATION
PURPOSE
To serve public interest requiring that the title
to all lands be settled and adjudicated
Ordinary procedure was found too slow
To minimize land conflicts
Ordinary Proceeding
Cadastral Proceeding
Registration is voluntary
Compulsory
Owner of the land or his legal heirs are the The Director of lands on behalf of the
applicant
government is the applicant
Application usually refers to a private land
PROCEDURE
SURVEY
Opinion of Phil President
Filing of Answer
Hearing
Where the land is situated
Like and ordinary TRC trial
Conflicting claims are determined
DUTY OF SENDING NOTICES OF DECISIONS TO
INTERESTED PARTIES
-Clerk of Court
Final Judgment
A proceeding in rem
Rationale:
Public policy and public order demand not only
that litigations must terminate at some definite
point but also that titles over the lands under the
Torrens System should be given stability for on it
greatly depends the stability of the countrys
economy.