Legal Insights

Land Registration in the Philippines: Proving Possession and Alienable Status

A Philippine Supreme Court ruling clarifies what evidence is needed to register land under PD 1529, including possession and alienable classification.

Land Registration in the Philippines: Why Possession Since June 12, 1945 Matters

The Supreme Court denied a land registration application because possession began after June 12, 1945, and before the land was declared alienable and disposable.

Substantial Compliance in Land Registration: Belated Filing of Non-Forum Shopping Certification

The Supreme Court clarifies when belated filing of a certification against forum shopping may be excused in land registration cases.

Corporations Cannot Acquire Public Land: T.A.N. Properties v. Republic

The Supreme Court denies a corporation's land registration application, ruling that private corporations cannot acquire alienable public lands under the Constitution.

Land Registration: Proving Continuous Possession for Imperfect Titles

The Supreme Court explains what evidence is needed to register land under an imperfect title, requiring possession since June 12, 1945.

Land Registration Imperfect Title Requires Possession Since June 12 1945

Supreme Court clarifies that 30 years of possession is not enough; possession must trace back to June 12, 1945 for land registration.

Road Right of Way and Due Process in Easement Annotation: The Borromeo Bros. Case

When is annotating an easement of road right of way valid? The Supreme Court explains due process in land registration proceedings.

Forged Titles and Faulty Foundations: How Errors in Original Land Registration Undermine Property Rights in th

A Supreme Court ruling explains why the date of transcription, not decree issuance, determines a title's validity and priority.

Land Registration: Proving Public Lands Are Alienable and Disposable

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on why applicants must prove public lands are alienable and disposable before registration.

Land Registration AND THE Burden OF Proof Establishing Alienability AND Disposability

Fraudulent Land Registration and the Four-Year Prescription Period for Reconveyance Actions

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when the four-year prescriptive period for reconveyance actions begins, using Sixto Antonio v. Santos as guide.

Forum Shopping Dismissal of Land Registration Application Over Larger Properties

When does opposing a land registration application become forum shopping? The Supreme Court clarifies the rule in Calinisan v. Court of Appeals.

Proof of Alienability Required: Land Registration Denied Without Government Certification

Supreme Court denies land registration where applicant failed to prove the property was alienable and disposable public land.

Perfecting Land Titles: Open, Continuous, and Adverse Possession Since June 12, 1945

Learn how the Supreme Court applied the June 12, 1945 possession rule in land registration, citing Republic v. Consunji.

Perfecting Land Titles THE Burden OF Proof AND Attorneys Duty IN Land Registration Cases

Land Registration: Proving Possession Since June 12, 1945 for Imperfect Titles

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies the June 12, 1945 possession requirement for land registration under Section 14 of PD 1529.

Finality of Land Registration Judgment Prevails Despite Delayed Decree Issuance

A land registration judgment becomes final after 30 days and binds the whole world, even if the decree is issued decades later.

Land Title Registration in the Philippines: Overcoming the Presumption of Public Land

A Supreme Court ruling on land registration in the Philippines explains why proving alienable public land requires more than a surveyor's notation.

Writ of Possession in Land Registration: Protecting Actual Possessors' Rights in the Philippines

Explain when courts may issue a writ of possession in land registration cases and why actual possessors under claim of ownership are protected.

Secure Your Land Title WHY Proving Possession Since June 12 1945 IS NON Negotiable IN Philippine Land Registration

Does Filing a Case Stop the Clock? Prescription in Philippine Land Registration Cases

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that prescription and laches do not bar enforcement of final judgments in land registration cases, explaining why.

Prescription and Laches in Land Registration Cases: The Sta. Ana Doctrine Affirmed

Philippine Supreme Court affirms that prescription and laches do not bar enforcement of final land registration judgments, protecting property owners' rights.

Land Title Forever: Why Court Decisions in Land Registration Cases Don't Expire in the Philippines

A Supreme Court ruling confirms that prescription and laches do not bar enforcement of final land registration judgments, protecting property rights indefinitely.

Proving Land Ownership in the Philippines: The June 12, 1945 Rule in Land Registration

Philippine land registration requires proof of possession since June 12, 1945. Learn the rules and the key case of Republic v. Carrasco.