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DENR vows to improve land titling system in 2022

Published Dec 27, 2021 12:04 pm

The Land Management Bureau (LMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has committed to improve the land titling system in the country in order to maximize land use, particularly for the agricuture sector.

DENR SEc, Roy Cimatu said the move is in response to the signing of Republic Act 11573 which removes the deadline for agricultural free patent applications and reducing the required period of land possession.

The Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 11573, which Cimatu recently signed to improve the confirmation process for imperfect land titles, provides the guidelines in the processing of agricultural free patent applications with the streamlined process to facilitate the land titling program of the DENR.

"Though the LMB has achieved much in 2021, we remain committed to the effective implementation of policies and programs that are responsive to the demands of the public especially in the administration and management of alienable and disposable public lands in the year ahead," said Cimatu.

For her part, DENR-LMB Director Atty. Emelyne V. Talabis said they will continue to leverage on digital transformation, partnerships, as well as on creating new policies to remain in the forefront of improving the land administration function of the department.

To ease land transactions, she said the DENR has partnered with the Land Registration Authority on system linkage and exchange of land information databases of both agencies to make the registration of DENR-approved plans and DENR-issued patents more efficient and secure.

"The Rapid Land Tenure Appraisal inventory approach is also being conducted by the DENR to get more accurate land data and determine the remaining scope for land titling," said Talabis.

Talabis said the LMB also continues to enhance the Land Administrations Management System (LAMS) being implemented in the DENR regional offices, which include the pilot operation of the Public Land Application, automation of land transaction services, as well as the Inspection, Verification and Approval of Surveys to eliminate red tapes and nuances in the processing of land surveys and titling applications.

A total of 42,146 survey plans using the LAMS Philippines were approved from January to November 15, 2021, broken down into 36,766 survey plans for simple subdivision and 5,380 survey plans for complex subdivision.As of October 2021, the LMB has also served 1,701 requests from its Online Land Records Services through elandservices.lmbdenr.ph.

It also received the FOI (Freedom of Information) Service Experience Award from the Freedom of Information Philippines for its transparency and immediacy in providing the requesting public access to land records and information.

For titling of agricultural and residential free patents, the Land Sector transmitted a total of 15,697 agricultural free patents covering 9,328.3470 hectares to the Registry of Deeds (ROD) from January to October 31, 2021, while 21,824 residential free patents were transmitted to the ROD covering 575.8309 hectares.

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