Comments on: Buy only titled lands: realtor

By: mila solidon

mila solidon — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:15:07 +0000

I would also like to know how I can get the original title for the land I bought from Nueva Ecija. The person I trusted to buy the land for me only sent me as “duplicate
owner’s certificate” I am living in Canada but I want to go homw to the Philippines when I retire. Please let me know where I could get the original Title.

Thank you very much.

Mila

By: carlos dehesa

carlos dehesa — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:48:42 +0000

i need help in how to get my “ORIGINAL TITLE” FOR MY LOT IN GUN-OB, LAPU-LAPU CITY. I AM FROM U.S MY EX WIFE IS ALSO FROM U.S. BUT FROM CEBU. ITS TITLED TO BOTH OUR NAMES.SHE WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE TITLE, HOW DO I GET AN ORIGINAL COPY? PLS. HELP ME THANKS.

By: engkanta

engkanta — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:57:42 +0000

a tax declaration can be a proof of ownership but it’s not a guarantee of ownership. meaning it is possible for a person who has a tax declaration to a property to be not the rightful owner of the property as opposed to a person having a valid OCT or TCT. so just to be on the safe side, buy only titled lands. unless, of course, you are fairly certain that the person with the tax declaration is the owner.

By: atty raul dado

atty raul dado — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:37:12 +0000

tax dec’s can are proof of ownership, along with torrens titles. ( also:homesteads, grants)

you just need to update your taxes,and you need to have been the first to file your claim over the property

By: pedro holkan

pedro holkan — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:25:49 +0000

i was approached by someone i want to trust who showed me a thirty year old tax declaration on property she says her mother owns. is this a common way filipinos accept property to avoid the expense of an actual title. i know it cannot show actual proof of ownership, but i wonder if people in the philippines generally use this document as the best proof of ownership they can afford, or again, as in the scenario where i was told a seperate contract on land can put an amecian purchaser in charge of the land he buys but cannot own, is the tax declaration simply a ruse used against the uninformed forigner to take advantage of him?

thanks again, Pedro