Declaration to be prepared by owner of real property.
Section 12
SEC. 12. Declaration to be prepared by owner of real property. — It shall be the duty of every owner of real property within a municipality or municipal district or his duly authorized representative, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the provincial assessor a declaration of said property stating the value of each parcel thereof which he owns within the municipality or municipal district. Such declaration shall contain a description of the property sufficient in detail to enable the provincial assessor to identify the same. It shall also be the duty of any person acquiring at any time real property in any municipality or municipal district or making any improvement on real property belonging to him, to prepare and submit to the provincial assessor, within sixty days after the acquisition of such property or the completion of the improvement, a declaration containing the value of the real property so acquired or of the improvement made. The property and improvement must be so described as to enable the provincial assessor to identify the same on examination. He shall subscribe the declaration and verify the same on oath free of charge, before the municipal treasurer or before the provincial assessor, or if not conveniently accessible to one of these, before the municipal mayor or any other person authorized to administer oaths.