
Originally Posted by
Juan Martinez
LRA is land registration authority.
to know the status of the property you're eyeing to buy, do these things:
1. go to the Registry of Deeds of Bulacan. Request for a certified true copy of the certificate of title of that property. at the back of that certificate of title is a "memorandum of encumbrances." if there is no encumbrances listed or rubber stamped mark at the back of said title or if the back thereof is clean, then it is CLEAN-- no problem. (by the way, FYI, registry of deeds is the office, register of deeds is the book, registrar of deeds is the person).
2. if you want to know whether the real property tax is paid up-to-date, then you go to the municipal/city assessor and municipal/city treasurer of the place where the property is located for inquiry because real property tax is a local tax.
hope that helps.