REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS
KAGAWARAN NG KATARUNGAN
PANGASIWAAN SA PATALAAN NG LUPAIN
(LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY)
East Avenue cor. NIA Road
Quezon City
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
SUBJECT: Administrative Reconstitution of Manually-Issued Original
Copies of Certificate of Title Lost and Destroyed Due to Fire in the
Registry of Deeds for the Province of Isabela
WHEREAS, the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Isabela (the "RD" or “the Registry") was
severely damaged by fire on June 17, 2016 (the “incident”), where books, titles, documents,
cash and property in the Registry of Deeds were either lost or damaged beyond recognition,
and can no longer be used;
WHEREAS, Section 3 of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6732, dated July 17, 1989, with subject: "AN
‘ACT ALLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE RECONSTITUTION OF ORIGINAL COPIES OF CERTIFICATES
OF TITLES LOST OR DESTROYED DUE TO FIRE, FLOOD AND OTHER FORCE MAJEURE,
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION ONE HUNDRED TEN OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NUMBERED FIFTEEN TWENTY-NINE AND SECTION FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED
TWENTY-SIX", provides:
"Section 3. Immediately after the loss or destruction of titles mentioned in
Section 2 hereof, a true, complete and faithful inventory of all books, titles,
documents, cash and property in the Registry of Deeds concerned shall be
prepared by the Land Registration Authority through the newly designated
reconstituting officer or Register of Deeds. Said inventory, duly signed and
certified under oath by the Administrator of the Land Registration Authority, shall
be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province or city where
the loss or destruction of titles occurred.”
WHEREAS, as required by the Land Registration Authority (“LRA”) Central Office and in
compliance with Section 3 quoted above, the Register of Deeds and personnel from the Registry
of Deeds Office and the LRA Information and Communications Technology Division conducted,
prepared and certified as correct an inventory of books, titles, documents, cash and property,
that were not damaged in the incident, which is herewith attached as Annex “A”, “B” and °C”
hereof;
WHEREAS, the conditions relative to administrative reconstitution set forth under Section 1 of
R.A. No. 6732, are as follows:
"substantial loss or destruction of land titles due to fire, flood or other force
‘majeure as determined by the Administrator of the Land Registration Authority;
provided that the number of certificates of title lost or damaged should be at
east ten percent (10%) of the total number in the possession of the Office of
the Register of Deeds: provided, further, that in no case shall the number of
certificates of titles lost or damaged be less than five hundred (500),”;
WHEREAS, the above-stated condition applies in the case of the Registry of Deeds for the
Province of Isabela, considering that only 76,928 out of 268,617 active titles in the database
were recovered by LRA, the listing of which is hereto attached as “Annex D” hereof recovered
(71.13%) have either been lost or damaged, which list is likewise hereto attached as “Annex E”
hereof. frWHEREFORE, premises considered, this Authority shall implement the Administrative
Reconstitution of manually-issued original copies of Certificate of Title that were lost and
destroyed due to the incident, as follows:
1, The rules and regulations for the effective implementation of the Administrative
Reconstitution shall be governed by the provisions of LRA Circular No. 13, issued on
July 26, 1989, 2 copy of which is provided in the official LRA website (i.e,
www.lra.gov,ph);
2. The List of the Titles, documents, cash and properties contained in Annexes “A”; "B";
“C’j and “D", referred in this Notice to the Public is likewise provided and may be
‘accessed by the public, in the LRA Website (www. lra.gov.ph)
3. Assample of the petition that may be used shall be provided in said LRA Website;
4. This Notice shall be published in the LRA Website, and in a newspaper of general
Circulation in the province or city where the loss or destruction of titles occurred;
after which the Registry may start receiving applications for Administrative
Reconstitution.
‘SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to before me unist_! £82018 atQUEZON ERth Renato D.
Bermejo exhibiting to me his Tax Identification No. 302460025.
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