According to the ordinary decree section of the LRA, the petitioner must first seek certification from the

registry of deeds that there was indeed no certificate of title issued in lieu of the decree of registration. Only after the registry of deeds issues a certification stating that there was no certificate of title issued would an action for cancellation of the destroyed decree and subsequent issuance of the corresponding certificate of title, as in the case at bar, be proper. From these information, it may be properly deduced that petitioners action is premature, there having been