1.

Survey of the land by the Bureau of Lands or a

duly licensed surveyor;
2. Preparation and filing of the application for
registration by the applicant;
3. Setting of the date for the hearing of the
application by the court;
4. Transmittal of the duplicate of the application
and the date of initial hearing together with all
documents attached thereto by the Clerk of Court
to the Land Registration Commission; LRA now
5. Publication of notice of the filing of the
application and date and place of the hearing
once in a newspaper of general circulation and
once in the Official Gazette;
6. Service of notice upon contiguous owners,
occupants, and those known to have interests in
the property by the sheriff;
7. Filing of the answer to the application by any
person whether named in the notice or not;
8. Hearing of the case by the court and the
presentation of evidence;
9. Promulgation of the judgment by the court;
10. Issuance of an order by the court declaring
the judgment final and instructing the Land
Registration Commission (NALTDRA) to issue the
decree of registration in accordance with Section
39 of P.D. No. 1529;
11. Entry of the decree of registration in the
Land Registration Commission (NALTDRA);
12. Sending of copy of the decree of registration
to the corresponding Registrar of Deeds by the
Land Registration Commission (NALTDRA);
13. Transcription of the decree of registration in
the registration book and the issuance of the
owners duplicate certificate of the original
certificate of title to the applicant by the
Registrar of Deeds upon payment of the
prescribed fees. (Republic vs. Heirs of Luisa
Abrille, 71 SCRA 57 l[1976])