3. What is a homestead?

Homestead is a mode of acquiring alienable and disposable lands of the public

domain for agricultural purposes conditioned upon actual cultivation and
residence. The Philippine Legislature passed the Homestead law in 1903.

4. Where should homestead application be filed?

In the office of the Land Management Bureau DENR.
5. Who are qualified to apply for homestead?
Any citizen of the Philippines over the age of 18 years, or the head of a family,
may enter a homestead of not exceeding 12 hectares of agricultural land of the
public domain. The applicant must have cultivated and improved at least 1/5 of
the land continuously since the approval of the application and resided for at
least 1 year in the municipality in which the land is located, or in a municipality
in which the land is located, or in a municipality adjacent to the same, and then,
upon payment of the required fee, he shall be entitled to a patent.

6. May a married woman apply for a homestead?

A married woman can now apply for a patent application under DAO-2002-13
dated June 24, 2002 issued by the then Secretary of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources Heherson T. Alvarez. This is in accordance
with Article II, Section 14 of the Constitution and Republic Act No. 7192 otherwise
known as the Women in Development and Nation Building Act as implemented
by DAO No. 98-15 of May 27, 1998 on "Revised Guidelines on the
Imoplementation of Gender and Development (GAD) Activities in the DENR". This
Administrative Order gives women, equal right as men in filing, acceptance,
processing and approval of public land applications.

What is the maximum area may be granted to a homestead application?

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Who are authorized to sign the application?

In DAO 2016-07 of the DENR, the director of PENRO shall sign the application for
homestead consisting of 5 Has. Up to 10 has. If the homestead that will be
applied will be more that 10 has. Then the Secretary of DENR shall be the one to
sign the application.