Kaukulang dokumento upang mailipat ang lupa sa bagong may ari

ni Atty. Persida Rueda-Acosta - @Magtanong Kay Attorney | November 6, 2020

Dear Chief Acosta,

Ako ay nakabili ng lupa na kasalukuyang may nakabinbin na aplikasyon para sa orihinal na rehistrasyon sa korte ng aking seller. Ngayon, nais naming malaman kung ano ba ang dapat naming gawin. Kailangan pa ba naming mag-substitute sa seller bilang aplikante sa rehistrasyon nito upang sa amin na maipangalan kung sakali mang marehistro at mapatituluhan na ito? – Juni

Dear Juni,

Ang sagot sa inyong katanungan ay hindi po. Bagkus, ang dapat ninyong gawin ay ipresenta sa korte ang mga kaukulang dokumento tulad ng Deed of Sale, subdivision plan at iba pang dokumento o instrumentong may kaugnayan sa nasabing paglipat sa inyo bilang bagong may ari. Ito ay alinsunod sa Seksiyon 22 ng Presidential Decree No. 1529 o mas kilala sa tawag na “Property Registration Decree”, viz:

“Section 22. Dealings with land pending original registration. After the filing of the application and before the issuance of the decree of registration, the land therein described may still be the subject of dealings in whole or in part, in which case the interested party shall present to the court the pertinent instruments together with a subdivision plan approved by the Director of Lands in case of transfer of portions thereof and the court, after notice to the parties, shall order such land registered subject to the conveyance or encumbrance created by said instruments, or order that the decree of registration be issued in the name of the person to whom the property has been conveyed by said instruments.” (Binigyang-diin)

Sa katunayan, sinabi ng Korte Suprema sa kasong Mendoza vs. Court of Appeals (G.R. No. L-36637, July 14, 1978), isinulat ni Honorable former Associate Justice Guillermo S. Santos, na ang buyer ay hindi na kinakailangan humalili o mag-substitute pa para sa aplikante, bagkus dapat lang sundin ang mga hinihiling ng batas ayon sa Seksiyon 22:

“The law does not require that the application for registration be amended by substituting the “buyer” or the “person to whom the property has been conveyed” for the applicant. Neither does it require that the “buyer” or the “person to whom the property has been conveyed” be a party to the case. He may thus be a total stranger to the land registration proceedings. The only requirements of the law are: (1) that the instrument be presented to the court by the interested party together with a motion that the same be considered in relation with the application; and (2) that prior notice be given to the parties to the case. And the peculiar facts and circumstances obtaining in this case show that these requirements have been complied with.” (Binigyang-diin)

Nawa ay nasagot namin ang inyong mga katanungan. Nais naming ipaalala sa inyo na ang opinyong ito ay nakabase sa inyong mga naisalaysay sa inyong liham at sa pagkakaintindi namin dito. Maaaring maiba ang opinyon kung mayroong karagdagang impormasyong ibibigay. Mas mainam kung personal kayong sumangguni sa abogado.

Maraming salamat sa inyong patuloy na pagtitiwala.