• Spanish Mortgage Law, Ley Hipotecaria

•The law sought to register and tax lands pursuant to the Royal Decree of 1880
1893

• Royal Decree of 1894, the Maura Law

• It required the "adjustment" or registration of all agricultural lands, otherwise the lands shall
1894 revert to the state.

• Act No. 496, the Land Registration Act

•Placed all public and private lands in the Philippines under the Torrens system, which requires that the government issue

1902
an official certificate of title attesting to the fact that the person named is the owner of the property described therein,
subject to such liens and encumbrances as thereon noted or the law warrants or reserves.

• Act No. 926, the first Public Land Act

•Operated on the assumption that title to public lands in the Philippine Islands remained in the government; and that the

1903
government's title to public land sprung from the Treaty of Paris and other subsequent treaties between Spain and the
United States.

• Act No. 2259, the Cadastral Act

• Decree shall be the basis for the issuance of the certificate of title which shall have the same
1913 effect as a certificate of title granted under the Property Registration Decree

• Act No. 2874, the second Public Land Act

•More comprehensive in scope but limited the exploitation of agricultural lands to Filipinos and
1919 Americans and citizens of other countries which gave Filipinos the same privileges.

• Commonwealth Act No. 141

•Essentially the same with Act 2874 except for the transitory provisions on the rights of American
citizens and corporations during the Commonwealth period at par with Filipino citizens and
1936 corporations

• Presidential Decree No. 1529, the Property Registration Decree

•It has expanded the coverage to include judicial combination of imperfect and incomplete titles in its Section 14 (1),
cadastral registration proceedings in Section 35 to 38, voluntary proceedings in Sections 51 to 68, involuntary proceedings
1978 in Sections 69 to 77, certificates of land transfer and emancipation patents issued pursuant to PD No. 27 in Sections 104
to 106, and reconstruction of lost or destroyed original Torrens titles in Section 110.

Created by Eiza Jean Curan (2020)