Question & AnswerQ&A (LRA CIRCULAR NO. 21)
Section 58 of P.D. No. 1529 provides that if the land has been subdivided into several lots, the Register of Deeds may, if desired by the grantor, enter a memorandum of the deed of conveyance and issuance of transfer certificate of title to the grantee for certain lots on the mother title, and partially cancel the mother title as to such lots instead of issuing new certificates for the remaining lots.
No, if the subdivision owner requests the issuance of new titles for all the resulting lots, the Register of Deeds must issue the desired certificates.
It is considered a wrong practice to impose upon the landowner the issuance of individual transfer certificates of title for all the subdivision lots upon registration of an approved subdivision plan if not requested by the owner.
The procedure is based on Section 58 of P.D. No. 1529, which allows partial cancellation of the mother title and issuance of new transfer certificates for subdivided lots if desired by the grantor.
A letter-query dated 22 June 1990 wherein the NHA explained problems faced by its offices concerning issuance of individual TCTs to their project beneficiaries prompted the circular.