Sample Pleading for Registration of Unregistered Land

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT NATIONAL JUDICIAL CAPITAL REGION BRANCH _____ LAS PIÑAS CITY PETITION FOR THE REGISTRATION OF UNREGISTERED LAND LOCATED AT _______ LAS PIÑAS CITY LRC

CASE

NO._______ MICHAEL THADDEUS ZACARIAS PETITIONER REGISTER OF DEEDS OF LAS PIÑAS CITY RESPONDENT x---------------------------------------------------x PETITION PETITIONER, by and through counsel, Honorable Court respectfully aver that:

unto

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1. Petitioner, Michael Thaddeus Zacarias, is a Filipino, of legal age, single and a resident of _________ Las Piñas City; 2. Respondent is the Register of Deeds of Las Piñas City which has a official address at City Hall Compound, Las Piñas City where it may be served with summons and other court processes at the given address; 3. Petitioner is applying for the registration of the unregistered land located at _________________ (subject lot); 4. Petitioner has been occupying the subject lot for ______ years starting from ______ up to present;

PRAYER WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed that the Register of Deeds of Las Piñas City issue an original certificate of title of the lot located at _________ registered in the name of the petitioner. Other just and equitable reliefs are likewise prayed for.

Respectfully submitted. 13 August 2016 City of Las Piñas Atty. James Reid Counsel for the Petitioner

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING I, Michael Thaddeus Zacarias, of legal age, after having been duly sworn in accordance with law, depose and state that: 1. I am the petitioner/applicant in the above-stated case; 2. I caused the preparation of the foregoing petition; 3. I have read the contents thereof and the facts stated therein are true and correct of my personal knowledge and/or on the basis of copies of documents and records in my possession; 4. I have not commenced any other action or proceeding involving the same issues in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency; 5. To the best of my knowledge and belief, no such action or proceeding is pending in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency; 6. If I should thereafter learn that a similar action or proceeding has been filed or is pending before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency, I undertake to report that fact within five (5) days therefrom to this Honorable Court.

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Affiant SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ___ day of __________ 200_ at _________________ affiant exhibiting to me his Community Tax Certificate No.____________________ issued on ________________ 2016 at ______________ City. JAMES REID NOTARY PUBLIC

Doc. No. ___; Page No. ___; Book No. ___; Series of 2016.