REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

____________ JUDICIAL REGION

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
Branch ____
_________________

RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE

ISSUANCE OF THE SECOND
OWNER’S DUPLICATE COPY
OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
OF TITLE NO. ______________
OF THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS
FOR
__________________________

LRC CASE NO. _____________

____________________,
                               Petitioner.

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PETITION

COMES NOW, the Petitioner,

____________________________________, by and through the undersigned
counsel and unto this Honorable Court, respectfully alleges that:

1.                The Petitioner is of legal age, Filpino, single/married, and a resident

of _______________________,  where he/she may be served with court processes;

2.                The Petitioner is a lawful and registered owner of a parcel of land

together with the improvements therein, identified as __________________ of the
consol. subd. plan, _____________________ located in the _______________,
Province of ___________, with an area of _________ (___) SQ. METERS, more
or less, embraced by Transfer Certificate of Title No. ______________ duly issued
by the Registry of Deeds for _________________, which parcel of land is
particularly described as follows:
    Transfer Certificate of Title No. _________________

(please indicate here the technical description)

          A Copy of Transfer Certificate of Title No. _______ is hereto attached

as Annex “A”;

3.      The parcel of land covered by the aforesaid certificate of title is part of
the ____________________ located in ______________________;

4.      The Petitioner usually kept the owner’s duplicate copies of all the
certificate of titles for its real estate properties in the vault together with all the
other important documents of the Petitioner. The said vault is under the control and
supervision of the Petitioner;

5.      After diligent search to the vault of Transfer Certificate of Title No.
________, the same could not be found;

6.      The Petitioner exerted all efforts to look and determine the
whereabouts of the said certificate of title but despite these efforts, the Petitioner
still failed to locate the said certificate and apparently they were misplaced and
deemed lost;

7.      Consequently, the Petitioner executed an Affidavit of Loss, which was

registered with the Register of Deeds for ___________ and annotated at the back
of the original Transfer Certificate of Title No. ____________ in the possession of
said Office under Entry No. _________________, a copy of the Affidavit of Loss
is hereto attached as Annex “B” and made as an integral part hereof;

8.      The issuance of the Second Owner’s Duplicate Copy of TCT No.
________________ can be based and drawn from a certified true copy of the
original copy thereof secured by Petitioner from Registry of Deeds for
_____________ (Annex “C”);

9.      Subject property covered by TCT No. __________ is also covered by

Tax Declaration No. ______________ issued by the Office of the _______
Assessor, a copy of which is hereto attached as Annex “D”;
          
10.    The Petitioner is up to date in the payment of the real estate taxes for
the subject property as evidenced by a Certification issued by the Office of the
____________ Assessor, a copy of which is attached as Annex “E”.
                                           
PRAYER

WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is respectfully prayed of the

Honorable Court that after due notice and hearing, a decision be rendered by this
Honorable Court directing the Registry of Deeds of _______________ to cause the
issuance of a new Owner’s Duplicate Copy of TCT No. ___________ with like
faith and integrity as the lost certificate of title for all legal intents and purposes.

          Other reliefs and remedies as may be deemed just and equitable under the
premises are likewise prayed for.

          RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED. _____(place)________, date. 

ATTY. MMM
(address of the Counsel)
(Contact No. of the Counsel)
IBP No. _________ / date of issue / place of issue
PTR No. ________ / date of issue / place of issue
Roll of Attorney’s No. _________
MCLE Compliance No. ___________