Step 1: The Requirements and where to get them.

You need the following as your Annexes for your petition: (Note:
You can get this list from your RTC Clerk of Court)

a. A Copy of the Certificate of Membership in the Philippines

Bar – You get this after you sign your Roll of Attorney. Have it
photocopied, you do not have to have it certified.

b. Certification of no pending administrative case from the

OBC – This one is the cause of delay of all petitions. It took us a
month before we can get this one. To get this, you have to go to
the OBC, fill out the form and pay the fees (about P100. 00 in
2017) plus LBC if you want them to send it to you. One LBC can fit
at least Three (3) Certificates so you can split the cost with your
friends. What we did is that we gave one address (our friend) and
have all our OBC Clearance sent there. By the way, it took us a
month before we received our OBC Clearance.

To avoid delay, go to the OBC after Roll signing and fill out the
form for your Notarial Commission.

c. Certificate of Good Moral Character by two executive

officers of the Local Chapter – Get this from your local chapter.
In Baguio-Benguet, the local chapter is located at the IBP building
located beside Justice Hall. The IBP persons are very friendly and
accommodating. Important: Bring your IBP receipt before going
there. You can get this immediately depending on your chapter.

d. Clearance from the Office of the Clerk of Court (RTC

Clearance) – Go to the RTC Clerk of Court and pay the fees. You
can get this within Thirty Minutes to an hour.

e. NBI Clearance – If you are from Baguio City, I have a guide

here. You can still use this guide even if you are not from Baguio
since the process is the same.

f.  Three (3) Specimen Signature – Sign a blank bond paper with

the signature that you want to use. I am sure that most of us have
been experimenting with our signatures since First Year Law. I
recommend opting for a short signature instead of a long formal
signature because you will be signing a lot of documents in the
future.

g. Three (3) Pieces of Passport sized ID – Paste/glue it in a

piece of bond paper.
h. IBP Membership Receipt – You will get this once you paid your
fees in the Supreme Court

i. PTR Receipt – Get this from your City/Municipal Hall, get your
CEDULA first tell them that you are a NEW LAWYER with no office
yet. Bring your CEDULA to the counter for PTR Receipt, tell them
that you are a NEW LAWYER. The fee will not exceed P500 for
new lawyers.

STEP 2: Filing Your Petition

Now that you have the required documents, you may now draft
your Petition. If you have none, my store offers a Notary Petition
plus Formal Offer of Evidence templates. you can have these
forms for a minimal fee. You can edit this and share if you wish.

Bring your Petition together with the Annexes checked by the Clerk
of Court first before paying for the filing fee. Make sure to
photocopy all your Annexes.

Step 3: Publication
You do not have the liberty to choose which newspaper will publish
your Petition. The court will conduct a raffle and the chosen
newspaper will publish and give you the affidavit of publication.
The fees that we paid is P2500 each lawyer, other batches paid
P1500 each, others P650 each. Yes, very expensive. However, our
friend filed a petition for recomputation before the Office of the
Clerk of Court and we were able to get Php 1500 refund each.
Newspapers have prescribed rates, so always ask for
recomputation. Only one person filed the Petition for recomputation
and it benefited us all. So, if the publication fees are excessive, go
to the Clerk of Court.

Step 4: Hearing
Before the hearing, you have to submit a FORMAL OFFER OF
EXHIBITS with the clerk of court. If you have no copy, my store
offers a bundle of Notary Petition plus Formal Offer for a minimal
fee. The forms are in word format and follow the Efficient Paper
Rule.  Bring all originals with you together with the Formal Offer
and submit it to the Clerk of Court. You may submit it on the day of
the Hearing but it is advisable to submit it a few days before the
hearing.