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PD 266 Section 1

PD 266 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. All Land Transfer Certificates issued pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 27 shall be filed by the Department of Agrarian Reform and recorded with the Land Registration Commission and forthwith the latter shall transmit a copy thereof to the Register of Deeds of the province or city where the land lies. When involving registered land, the Department of Agrarian Reform shall indicate the number of the corresponding original or transfer certificate of title. Upon receipt of the copy of the Land Transfer Certificate, the Register of Deeds concerned shall record it in the primary entry book and annotate a memorandum thereof in the corresponding certificate of title covering the land, without need of prior surrender of the owner's duplicate certificate of title. It shall be the duty of the Register of Deeds to notify the registered owner concerned of such fact within a reasonable time. If the land involved is not registered under the Torrens System, the Register of Deeds shall record the Land Transfer Certificate in the primary entry book and in the registration book made and provided for unregistered lands under Act 3344.

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CitationPD 266 Section 1 (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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