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Chattel Mortgage
No right of redemption
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Payment of fees
Register of Deeds shall enter upon original certificate of title & upon
duplicate a memorandum date, time of filing, signature, file number
assigned to deed
Register of Deeds to note on deed the date & time of filing & reference to
volume & page of registration book in which it was registered
No duplicate need be issued
Subject Matter
Real property plus all its accessions unless contrary is stipulated
Future property without legal effect
Future improvements deemed included
Fruits & rents of mortgaged property deemed included
Continuing credit secured by mortgage valid
Forms:
Private document void & inexistent
Public instrument but not recorded binding between parties but not 3 rd
persons without notice
Public document & registered valid & binding to 3rd parties
May Mortgage be Registered Without Duplicate Title: Yes
If being withheld by the owner, Register of Deeds notifies by mail within 24
hours to registered owner:
Stating that mortgage has been registered
Requesting that owners duplicate be produced so that memorandum be
made thereof
Owner refuses to comply within reasonable time; Register of Deeds to notify
court & court may enter order requiring owner to produce certificate
Subsequent Dealings in Mortgaged Property
May be further alienated stipulation to contrary is void
Assignment must also be registered since registration is operative act to
affect land
If not recorded valid as to parties but not to 3 rd parties, right not protected
against somebody who registers & procures better right
No need to secure permission of mortgagee
Understood unless prohibited in contract
May be further mortgaged stipulation to contrary is void
Pactum commisorium not allowed
Property is mortgaged
There is stipulation for automatic appropriation
Discharge
Execute public document canceling or releasing mortgaged in form
prescribed by law
Present instrument with Register of Deeds where land lies together with
owners duplicate for registration
Memorandum of cancellation is annotated on duplicate & original
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Assignment of Mortgage
No need to be registered, permissive only & not mandatory
Cancellation of Chattel Mortgage
Mortgagee to execute a discharge of the mortgage in manner provided by
law
Foreclosure of Mortgage
The must first be non-payment & at least 30 days have elapsed since then
Alternatives:
Judicial
Extra-judicial only if there is stipulation/authority
Procedure in Foreclosure
Notice posted for 10 days in at least 2 public places in municipality where
property is to be sold designating the time, place and purpose of sale
Mortgagor is notified in writing at least 10 days before sale
Public auction
30 days after sale, officer makes a return & file with Register of Deeds
where mortgage has been recorded
Officers return operates as a discharge of the lien created by the mortgage
Proceeds to be applied:
Cost of sale
Amount of obligation
Subsequent mortgages
Balance mortgagor
Recovery of Deficiency: Allowed
CHAPTER 11: LEASE
Lease one of parties deliver possession of property to another who is
obliged to pay rent for use of such property.
Registration of Lease
File with Register of Deeds the instrument creating lease together with
Owners Duplicate of certificate of title
Register of Deeds to register by way of memorandum upon certificate of
title
No new certificate shall be issued
When Prohibition in Mortgaged Property as regards Subsequent
Conveyances, etc.: Leasehold cannot be registered in the title thereof.
Effect of Registration:
Creates a real right but without prejudice to rights of 3 rd persons
If not registered valid as between parties but not to 3 rd persons without
notice
Registration lessor not required to initiate; lessee shall initiate
Aliens:
May be granted temporary rights for residential purposes
Limit: 25 years, renewable for another 25 years
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Kinds:
Preliminary
Garnishment
Levy on execution
Registration of Attachment / Other Liens
Copy of writ in order to preserve any lien, right or attachment upon
registered land may be filed with Register of Deeds where land lies,
containing number of certificate of title of land to be affected or description
of land
Register of Deeds to index attachment in names of both plaintiff &
defendant or name of person whom property is held or in whose name
stands in the records
If duplicate of certificate of title is not presented:
Register of Deeds shall within 36 hours send notice to registered owner by
mail stating that there has been registration & requesting him to produce
duplicate so that memorandum be made
If owner neglects or refuses Register of Deeds shall report matter to court
Court after notice shall enter an order to owner to surrender certificate at
time & place to be named therein
4. Although notice of attachment is not noted in duplicate, notation in book
of entry of Register of Deeds produces effect of registration already.
Effect of Registration of Attachment:
Creates real right
Has priority over execution sale
But between 2 attachments one that is earlier in registration is preferred
If not registered actual knowledge is same as registration
Duty of Register of Deeds
Basically ministerial but may refuse registration in ff circumstances:
Title to land is not in the name of defendant
No evidence is submitted to show that he has present or possible future
interest in land
Unless: heir
Properties Exempt From Execution: Family Home
Attachment How continued, reduced or discharged
Any method sufficient in law
Document to be registered
EXECUTION SALE
To enforce a lien of any description on registered land, any execution or
affidavit to enforce such lien shall be filed with Register of Deeds where land
lies
Register in registration book & memorandum upon proper certificate of title
as adverse claim or as an encumbrance
To determine preferential rights between 2 liens: priority of registration of
attachment
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TAX SALE
Sale of land for collection of delinquent taxes and penalties due the
government
In personam (all persons interested shall be notified so that they are given
opportunity to be heard)
Notice to be given to delinquent tax payer at last known address
Publication of notice must also be made in English, Spanish & local dialect &
posted in a public & conspicuous place in place wherein property is situated
& at main entrance of provincial building
Sale cannot affect rights of other lien holders unless given right to defend
their rights: due process must be strictly observed
Tax lien superior to attachment
No need to register tax lien because it is automatically registered once the
tax accrues
But sale of registered land to foreclose a tax lien need to be registered
Procedure of Registration of Tax Sale:
Officers return shall be submitted to Register of Deeds together with
duplicate title
Register in registration book
Memorandum shall be entered in certificate as an adverse claim or
encumbrance
After period of redemption has expired & no redemption (2 years from
registration of auction sale) cancellation of title & issuance of new one
Before cancellation, notice shall be sent to registered owner: to surrender
title & show cause why it shall not be cancelled
Actual Knowledge is Equivalent to Registration
Adverse Claim
Make a statement in writing setting forth alleged interest, from whom
acquired, how acquired, no of certificate of land, name of registered owner,
description of land in which right/interest is claimed signed & sworn to
Statement shall be entitled to registration as adverse claim on certificate of
title
Effective for 30 days from date of registration
After 30 days, may be cancelled by filing of verified petition by party in
interest
Any party may petition in court to cancel adverse claim
Court to grant speedy hearing
If adverse claim is adjudged invalid may be cancelled
No 2nd adverse claim based on same ground shall be registered by same
claimant
CHAPTER 14: REGISTRATION OF LIS PENDENS
Purpose: keep subject matter within the power of the court until the entry
of final judgment
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ORDINARY
Party
Initiating
Government
Private Individual
Subject
Matter
Private Lands
Ownership
Ownership is Asserted
Survey
Government undertakes
survey and advances
expenses
On account of owner
As to risk
In absence of successful
claimant, property goes to
government
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