Reconveyance of Inherited Property: When Can an Heir Recover Land?
When can an heir seek reconveyance of inherited property in the Philippines? Learn how fraud, implied trust, excluded heirs, title registration, and prescription affect the remedy.
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How to Cancel a Deed or Title After a Fraudulent Estate Transfer
How can heirs challenge a deed or title created through a fraudulent estate transfer? Learn when nullity, cancellation, reconveyance, and title correction may be appropriate.
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What If the Land Title Is Still in the Grandparent’s Name?
What should heirs do when inherited land is still titled in a grandparent’s name? Learn why multiple estates may need to be settled in sequence before title transfer.
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How to Verify a Land Title Before Buying Property
Get the certified true copy yourself, read every annotation, match the land on the ground, verify the seller’s authority, and clear mortgages and adverse claims before you pay. The copy the seller shows you proves nothing on its own.
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Can a Co-Owner Sell Property Without the Other Owners’ Consent?
A co-owner can sell his own undivided share without asking anyone. What he cannot do is sell the whole property, or a specific portion of it, and bind the others. Here is what such a sale actually transfers and what the remaining co-owners can do about it.
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Land Title vs Tax Declaration: What Proves Ownership in the Philippines?
A certificate of title proves ownership of registered land. A tax declaration does not – it is a tax assessment record that at most proves possession. Here is what each document does, what to do if you only hold a tax declaration, and how to get untitled land titled.
