Steps in Chronological Order for the Registration of Title to Land Under Act 496

1. Survey of the land by the Bureau of Lands (now Land Management Services) or a duly licensed surveyor;
2. Preparation and filing of the application for registration by the applicant;
3. Setting of the date of the hearing of the application by the court;
4. Trnasmittal of the duplicate of the application and the date of initial hearing together with all documents attahced thereto by the Clerk of Court to the Land Registration Authority;
5. Publication of notice of the filing of the application and date and place of the hearing once in newspaper of general circulation and once inthe Official Gazette;
6. Service of notice upon contiguous owners, occupants, and those hnown to have interest in the property by the Sheriff;
7.Filing of the answer to the application by any person whether named in the notice or not;
8. Hearing of the cause by the court and the presentation of evidence;
9. Promulgation of the judgment by the court;
10. Issuance of an order by the court declaring the judgment final and instructing the Land Registration Authority to issue the decree of registration in accordance with Sec. 39 of P.D. 1529
11. Entry of Decree of registration in the Land Registration Authority;
12. Sending copy of the decree of registration to the corresponding Registrar of Deeds by the Land Registration Authority;
13. Transription of the decree of registrationin the registration book and the issuance of the owner's duplicate certificate of the original certificate of title to the applicant by the Registrar of Deeds upon payment of the prescribed fees.