REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
BRANCH _____
STA. ROSA CITY, LAGUNA
IN RE: PETITION FOR
ISSUANCE OF OWNER’S LRC NO. ____________
COPY OF ORIGINAL
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
LYDIA ROY SASAHARA,
represented by her Attorney-in-Fact,
Edrelen C. Gregorio
Petitioner.
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PETITION
Petitioner LYDIA ROY SASAHARA, through counsel, most respectfully states:
1. Petitioner LYDIA ROY SASAHARA (“SASAHARA”) is of legal age, Filipino, and
a resident of 516 Rosewood Street, Phase 2, Block 17, Lot 4, La Marea Hills
Subdivision, Brgy. San Antonio, City of San Pedro, Province of Laguna. She
is represented in this action by Edrelen C. Gregorio, a Filipino, of legal age and a
resident of P1A Lot 2 Blk 7, Pacita Complex 1, San Pedro City, Laguna, as evidenced
by his Special Power of Attorney, hereto attached as Annex “A”. Petitioner may be
served with notices and other processes of this Honorable Court through the undersigned
counsel.
2. That petitioner SASAHARA is the owner of a parcel of land registered under
petitioner's name LYDIA ROY SASAHARA (“SASAHARA”, for brevity), situated in
Brgy. Dita, Sta. Rosa City, Laguna with an area of 40 square meters, and covered by
Original Certificate of Title (OCT) No. T-709710 of the Register of Deeds for the
Province of Laguna (“PROPERTY”), more particularly described as follows:
““A parcel of land (Lot 41, Blk-13, of the consol./subd. Plan, Pcs-04-012800, being a
portion of the consol. Of all Lots of Nlks.1 to 5, & Road Lots 1 to 5, all Psd-04-011555,
LRC Rec. No., situated in Brgy. Dita, Mun. of Sta Rosa, Prov. Of Laguna, Bounded on
the SW., along line 1-2 by Road Lot 3; on the NW., aling line2-3 by Lot 40, Blk-13,
both of the consol. Subd. Pla; on the NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 1667, Sta Rosa East; on
the SE., along line 4-1 by Lot 42, Blk-13, of the consol. Subd. Plan, containing an area
of Forty (40) SQ. METERS.”
A certified true copy of said OCT No. T-709710 is attached as Annex “B” and a copy of
the pertinent Tax Declaration thereof, are hereto respectively attached as Annexes “C”,
“D” and “D-1” hereof.
3. That the facts and circumstances in relation to the ownership by petitioner
SASAHARA of the aforementioned property which are material to the instant petition,
are as follows:
3.1. The registered owner of the said property is Lydia Roy Sasahara.
3.2. At the time of her stay in Japan as the wife of a Japanese Citizen Kenetsu Sasahara,
her elder sister taking care of all the legal documents of all her acquired properties in the
Philippines.
4. Notably, it was only long after January of this year when the petitioner spend her
vacation in the Philippines and she looked for the original duplicate owner’s copy of
said OCT No. T-709710.
5.1. Specifically, Petitioner searched for said original title from whatever remained of in
her personal files and documents. But after a thorough and extensive search, the former
failed to locate the duplicate original owner’s copy of said OCT No. T-709710 up to the
present. Hence, said OCT No. T-709710, is considered irretrievably lost for all intents
and purposes.
5. That in view of the discovery of the loss of said duplicate original owner’s copy of
said title, said Petitioner, executed an Affidavit of Loss (which is hereto attached as
Annex “E”) which was duly entered and recorded in the Registry of Deeds of Calamba
City and consequently annotated on the last page of OCT No. T-709710, which is hereto
sub-marked as Annex “B-1” hereof).
6. That moreover, petitioner SASAHARA has also continuously occupied, possessed
and exercised acts of ownership over the said property and has paid and updated the
pertinent Real Property Taxes thereon. A copy of the latest Official Receipts showing
advance
payment of the Real Property Tax for the year 2022 for the said property, is hereto
attached as Annex “F” hereof.
7. That the Duplicate Original Owner’s copy OCT No. T-709710 has never been
pledged or otherwise delivered to any person or entity in pledge or to guarantee any
obligation, as
evidenced by the certified true copy thereof (Annex “B”). Neither has it been
confiscated, revoked or cancelled for any violation of law.
8. By way of support to the instant petition, a copy of the Judicial Affidavits of
petitioner’s witnesses, Edrelen C. Gregorio, is hereto attached as Annexes “G” hereof.
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, the petitioner respectfully pray for this Honorable Court to
declare as null and void the Duplicate Original Owner’s copy OCT No. T-709710 which
has been lost, and to order and direct the Register of Deeds for the City of Calamba,
Province of Laguna, after payment to him of the fees prescribed by law, to issue in lieu
thereof a New Owner’s Duplicate Certificate of Title which shall in all respects be
entitled like faith and credit as the original duplicate, in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Land Registration Law.
Other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for.
San Pedro City for Sta. Rosa City, ___________, 2022.
SUAREZ, ZAMORA, & SUAREZ
Counsel for Petitioner
3 rd Floor, R. A. Suarez Building
363 El Grande Avenue Corner
Cebu Street, BF Homes, Parañaque City
Email: rasuarezlaw@yahoo.com.ph
Tel. Nos.: 8825-6881/ 8478-7711
By:
ROLAND RHONNEL M. SUAREZ
MCLE Compliance No. V-0004895/ December 16, 2014
PTR NO. 0881121/01-11-2017
IBP Lifetime No. 04299
Attorney’s Roll No. 43025
VERIFICATION WITH
CERTIFICATION OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING
I, EDRELEN C. GREGORIO, a Filipino, of legal age and a resident of P1A Lot 2
Blk 7, Pacita Complex 1, San Pedro City, Laguna, subscribing under oath, depose and
state:
1. That I have caused the preparation and the filing of the instant Petition;
2. That I have read and understood the allegations therein contained and the same are
true and correct of my own knowledge and based on authentic records;
3. The instant Petition is not filed to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly
increase the cost of litigation and that the factual allegations therein have evidentiary
support after reasonable opportunity for discovery.
4. That I hereby certify that we have not heretofore commenced any other action or
proceeding involving the same issues in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals or any
other tribunal or agency; that to the best of my knowledge, no such other action or
proceeding is pending in the said courts, tribunal or agency; that if I should hereafter
learn of any such pending action or proceeding, I hereby undertake to inform this
Honorable Court of such fact within five (5) days therefrom.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set my hand this ____ day of
________________ 2022, in ____________________.
EDRELEN C. GREGORIO
Phil. Passport No. P7767904B
Valid Until Oct 2, 2031 / DFA Lucena
Republic of the Philippines)
) S.S.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ____ day of
__________________, 2022 by Edrelen C. Gregorio who have satisfactorily proven his
identity to me through his above-indicated government-issued Identification card, that
he is the same person who personally signed the foregoing verification before me and
acknowledged that he executed the same.
WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL on the date and place above
indicated.
Doc. No._____ Notary Public
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