QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 10023)
Any Filipino citizen who is an actual occupant of a residential land may apply, subject to the area limits and the requirement that the land is not needed for public service and/or public use.
In highly urbanized cities: not more than 200 sq m; in other cities: not more than 500 sq m; in first and second class municipalities: not more than 750 sq m; and in all other municipalities: not more than 1,000 sq m.
The land applied for must not be needed for public service and/or public use.
All lands zoned as residential areas, including townsites as defined under the Public Land Act.
No provisions of Presidential Decree No. 705 shall be violated.
Yes. It states that zoned residential areas located inside or abandoned military camp are covered, subject to the Act’s other provisions.
It provides that such residential areas are also covered by the Act.
A map based on an actual survey by a licensed geodetic engineer approved by DENR, a technical description of the land, and a supporting affidavit of two (2) disinterested persons residing in the barangay attesting that the applicant (or predecessor-in-interest) actually resided on and continuously possessed the land under a bona fide claim of acquisition of ownership for at least ten (10) years.
At least ten (10) years of actual resided on and continuously possessed and occupied the land under a bona fide claim of acquisition of ownership.
Public land actually occupied and used for public schools, municipal halls, public plazas or parks, and other government institutions for public use or purpose may be issued special patents under the name of the national agency or LGU concerned, subject to private rights.
They shall not be disposed of unless sanctioned by Congress if owned by the national agency, or sanctioned by the sanggunian through an approved ordinance if owned by the LGU.
Applications must be filed immediately after the effectivity of the Act before the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of the DENR.
CENRO must process within 120 days including notices and other legal requirements, then forward recommendation to PENRO, which has five (5) days to approve or disapprove. If approved, the patent shall be issued.
The parties may seek the proper judicial remedies in case of conflicting claims.
The Director of the Land Management Bureau of the DENR.
They shall be gender responsive.
The Act takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.