Procedure for reconstitution of lost titles
Republic Act No. 26[1] Section 3, provides the procedure for
the reconstitution of lost titles. Section 3 thereof reads:
SECTION 3. Transfer certificates of title shall be reconstituted from such of
the sources hereunder enumerated as may be available, in the following
order:
SECTION 3. Transfer certificates of title shall be reconstituted from such of
the sources hereunder enumerated as may be available, in the following
order:(a) The owner's duplicate of the certificate of title;
(b) The co-owner's, mortgagee's, or lessee's duplicate of the certificate of title;
(c) A certified copy of the certificate of title, previously issued by the register of deeds or by a legal custodian thereof;
(d) The deed of transfer or other document, on file in the registry of deeds, containing the description of the property, or an authenticated copy thereof, showing that its original had been registered, and pursuant to which the lost or destroyed transfer certificate of title was issued;
(e) 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
(f) Any other document which, in the judgment of the court, is sufficient and proper basis for reconstituting the lost or destroyed certificate of title.
[1] An Act Providing a Special Procedure for the Reconstitution of Torrens Certificates of Title Lost or Destroyed (25 September 1946).