PH Consulate General in NY Holds Forum on LRA Functions, Land Titling Updates in PH

Land Registration Authority Deputy Administrator Robert Nomar V. Leyretana (right) with Consul General Claro S. Cristobal (left) during a forum on the LRA’s functions and land titling updates at the Philippine Center in New York. (New York PCG photo)

NEW YORK 12 April 2019 – Land Registration Authority (LRA) Deputy Administrator Robert Nomar V. Leyretana held a forum, organized by the Philippine Consulate General in New York, to discuss the functions of the LRA and land titling updates in the Philippines to the Filipino-American community in the United States Northeast on 29 March 2019.

More than 60 members of the Filipino-American community in the U.S. Northeast, many of whom are lawyers and land owners in the Philippines, participated in the event.

Deputy Administrator Leyretana gave an overview of the general functions and mandates of the LRA and the Registry of Deeds, the processes involved in buying, transferring and registering titled and untitled lands, settling an estate belonging to a deceased person, and the LRA’s mapping solutions and services.

He said that the LRA is the central repository of records relative to original registration of lands. It issues decrees of registration pursuant to final judgments of the courts in land registration proceedings, and causes the issuance by the Registers of Deeds of the corresponding certificates of title.

He also discussed LRA’s Land Titling Computerization Program (LTCP), which aims to secure titles and documents, prevent duplicates and overlaps, standardize processes, fees and requirements, create an up-to-date information and records that will be available anytime and anywhere, and improve disaster recovery and business continuity. END

Members of the Filipino-American community raise questions on registration and transfer of certificate of title during the focus group discussion on the Land Registry Authority functions and land titling updates in the Philippines. (New York PCG photo)

Consul General Claro S. Cristobal, and other officers of the Philippine Consulate General in New York, Land Registry Authority Deputy Administrator Robert Nomar V. Leyretana, and members of the Filipino-American community during the focus group discussion on the LRA’s functions and land titling updates in New York. (New York PCG photo)

For more information, visit www.newyorkpcg.dfa.gov.ph, www.newyorkpcg.org or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinNY/.