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Act No. 496 Section 39

Section 39

SEC. 39. Every applicant receiving a certificate of title in pursuance of a decree of registration, and every subsequent purchaser of registered land who takes a certificate of title for value in good faith, shall hold the same free of all incumbrance except those noted on said certificate and any of the following incumbrances which may he subsisting, namely: First. Liens, claims, or rights arising or existing under the laws or Constitution of the United States or of the Philippine Islands which the statutes of the Philippine Islands can not require to appear of record in the registry. Second. Taxes within two years after the same have become due and payable. Third. Any public highway, way, or private way established by law, where the certificate of title does not state that the boundaries of such highway or way have been determined. But if there are casements or other rights appurtenant to a parcel of registered land which for any reason have failed to be registered, such casements or rights shall remain so appurtenant notwithstanding such failure, and shall be held to pass with the land until cut off or extinguished. by the registration of the servient estate, or in any other manner.

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CitationAct No. 496 Section 39 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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