The Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) Land Management Bureau (LMB) has forged a tie-up with the Land Registration Authority (LRA) to ensure a more accurate and accessible land information system in some regions, including Metro Manila.
The agency said the partnership was designed to relieve the transacting public of the hassles of land registration through the use of an online data linkage system.
To test the efficiency of the system linkage, implementation would be test-piloted in the DENR-Region 4-A, Region 7, Region 10 and National Capital Region.
Management Bureau has tapped the Land Registration Authority to ensure a more accurate and accessible land information system some regions, including Metro Manila.
The agency said the partnership is designed to relieve the transacting public of the hassles of land registration through the use of an online data linkage system.
To test the efficiency of the system linkage, implementation would be piloted in the DENR-Region 4-A, Region 7, Region 10 and National Capital Region.
The accord, signed by LRA administrator Robert Nomar Leyretana and LMB director Emelyne Talabis, provided for the procedural guidelines for the registration of patents and plans approved by the DENR in the Registry of Deeds, and other related matters.
The process was in consonance with the DENR-LRA Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1, Series of 2021, which prescribed the full systems linkage and land data exchange between the two agencies in relation to DENR-approved plans and DENR-issued patents submitted for registration in the Registers of Deeds.
Talabis said the new memorandum would provide a more coordinated, accurate, and accessible land information system between the DENR-LMB and LRA as well as the protocols for land-related transactions of the DENR and LRA, such as the processing and approval of survey plans, verification of lot status, and patent issuance and registration through the integration of the data linkage systems.
Ex-environment chief Joselin Marcus Fragada viewed the signing of the agreement as a land industry milestone as the DENR-LRA data linkage is a “progressive step in addressing the fragmented system of land administration and management in the country for a more secure, credible, and streamlined titling processes.”
“We have several land title-issuing authorities in the country, and these agencies have their own separate land information databases. With this fragmented setup of titling and registration, double-titling is prone to happen. This innovation will solve such problem and improve public service delivery,” he noted.
“This JMO is a continuation of our journey towards a better land information system. I believe that this will lead to more reforms in the land administration management system, especially with digitization,” Talabis said.