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RA 26 Section 2

RA 26 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Original certificates of title shall be reconstituted from such of the sources hereunder enumerated as may be available, in the following order: The owner's duplicate of the certificate of title; The co-owner's, mortgagee's, or lessee's duplicate of the certificate of title; A certified copy of the certificate of title, previously issued by the register of deeds or by a legal custodian thereof; An authenticated copy of the decree of registration or patent, as the case may be, pursuant to which the original certificate of title was issued; A document, on file in the registry of deeds, by which the property, the description of which is given in said document, is mortgaged, leased or encumbered, or an authenticated copy of said document showing that its original had been registered; and Any other document which, in the judgment of the court, is sufficient and proper basis for reconstituting the lost or destroyed certificate of title.

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Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗ · Data as of July 4, 2026

CitationRA 26 Section 2 (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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