DAR Administrative Order No.

07-16
“The Rules and Procedures Governing the Voluntary Transfer of Ownership of Agricultural
Lands Covered By A Certificate of Land Ownership Award or an Emancipation Patent prior to
the Termination of the Holding Period”

This Administrative Order covers the rules of procedure for all cases of voluntary transfer of
awarded lands to a private person during the holding period. This private person under this
A.O. is not those who are covered by intestate succession and testate succession of legitimes to
compulsory heirs during the holding period. To determine if a private person is qualified to be a
beneficiary Sec. 22 of RA No. 6657 and those set upon by the department shall be the standard
to be followed.

The transferee shall assume the obligations of the transferor in the payment of the
amortization or if through methods other than hereditary succession, at his option the
transferee to pay the amount he has already paid. No awarded land may be mortgaged prior to
the termination of the holding period and upon the registration of the Title in the name of the
transferee, the ten year period limiting transfers shall begin anew. A farmer who transfers
his/her awarded land to another private person shall be disqualified to be a beneficiary of
another landholding to be distributed by the DAR subsequent to the transfer. A waiver of
his/her ownership rights over an awarded land in favor of another person is deemed as a
transfer and subject to A.O. no. 07-16.