PHILIPPINE LAW SCHOOL

Pasay City

LAND TITLES AND DEEDS

SYLLABUS
Mid-Term, SY 2021-2022

ATTY. CELIA N. GALZOTE-VALDEZ

Professor

1. Definition
a. Land Titles
b. Deeds
2. Background of Land Ownership
a. Free
b. Communal
c. Seasonal Occupation
3. Regalian Doctrine
a. Jura Regalia
i. Concept
ii. Cruz v. DENR, 347 SCRA 128
1. Native title
2. IPRA
iii. Republic vs CA, 160 SCRA 228
b. Article XII, Sec 2, 1987 Constitution
i. Public Domain
1. Article 420, CC
2. Classification
ii. Patrimonial Property
1. Article 422, CC
4. Modes of Acquiring Titles
a. Public Grant
b. Prescription/Adverse Possession
c. Voluntary transfer
d. Escheat
e. Involuntary Transfers
f. Reclamation
i. Reclaimed, Foreshore and Marshy Land
ii. Public Estates Authority
iii. Chavez vs PEA-AMARI, GR 133250 nov 11, 2003
iv. RA 1899
v. Republic Real Estate corp vs CA, G.R. No. 103882, 105276, November 25, 1998
g. Hereditary Succession
i. Testate
1. Notarial
2. Holographic
ii. Intestate
h. Emancipation Patent
i. PD 27
ii. Republic Act No. 6657
iii. PD 1517 – Urban Land Reform Act