The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) plays a crucial role in ensuring that all subdivision and condominium projects comply with national housing standards. If you’re a real estate developer or planning to start a project, one of the primary requirements is securing a Certificate of Registration (CR) and a License to Sell…
After a family member (the “Decedent,” for brevity) passes away, one of the common questions among the surviving family members is how to deal with the properties that the Decedent left behind. There may be real and personal properties registered under the name of the Decedent. Money deposited in the bank, stock certificates, club shares,…
October 4, 2019 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 103-2019 – Prescribes the revised Estate Tax Amnesty Return, Certificate of Availment and clarification on the allowable deductions from the gross estate for Non-Resident Aliens pursuant to the provisions of Estate Tax Amnesty under Title II of RA No. 11213 (Tax Amnesty Act), as implemented by RR No….
May 30, 2019 REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 6-2019 – Implements the provisions of Estate Tax Amnesty pursuant to Republic Act No. 11213 (Tax Amnesty Act) The Estate Tax Amnesty shall cover the estate of decedent/s who died on or before December 31, 2017, with or without assessments duly issued, therefore, whose Estate Tax/es have remained unpaid…
February 22, 2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11231 AN ACT REMOVING THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON THE REGISTRATION, ACQUISITION, ENCUMBRANCE, ALIENATION, TRANSFER AND CONVEYANCE OF LAND COVERED BY FREE PATENTS UNDER SECTIONS 118, 119 AND 121 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 141, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE PUBLIC LAND ACT,” AS AMENDED SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Agricultural Free…
A. Who May Apply The following persons may file an application for registration of title to land, whether personally or through their duly authorized representatives: (1) Those who by themselves or through their predecessors-in-interest have been in open, continuous, exclusive and notorious possession and occupation of alienable and disposable lands of the public domain under a bona…
Ruby Shelter Builders and Realty Development Corporation v. Formaran III, G.R. No. 175914, [February 10, 2009], 598 PHIL 105-131 In Manchester Development Corporation v. Court of Appeals, 28 the Court explicitly pronounced that “[t]he court acquires jurisdiction over any case only upon the payment of the prescribed docket fee”. Hence, the payment of docket fees…
What is the legal basis for an action of quieting of title? The remedy of quieting of title is governed by Article 476 and 477 of the Civil Code, which state: “Art. 476. Whenever there is a cloud on title to real property or any interest therein, by reason of any instrument, record, claim, encumbrance…