Cadastral Surveys Outputs

Cadastral Surveys Outputs

• Cadastral Maps (CM) indicating individual parcels and their actual geographic position
• Lot Data Computation Books containing computations for each lot
• Lot Description Books providing detailed descriptions of each lot
• Monument Description Books documenting monument descriptions
• Technical Description of all lots within the Cadastre
• Geographic Positions of Reference Points for location reference
• Land Use Maps and Land Use Registers showing land utilization
• Political Boundary Maps indicating administrative boundaries
• Tax Maps used for Realty Tax Valuation/Collection
• Numerical and alphabetical list of all claimants/occupants/owners
• Allocation Book for allocating lots
• Cadastral Cost Registers for tracking costs
• Miscellaneous data on land surveys, land disposition and titling, occupancy, profiles, and other land and survey information

Characteristics of Cadastral Maps

• Show lot numbers, claimants' names, and lot corners
• Indicate Forest Lands, Reservations, and other unalienable areas as one lot
• Display local names of natural features such as mountains and bodies of water
• Show names of barangays (barrios) within their respective boundaries
• Indicate easements of 3, 20, or 40 meters depending on land classification
• Display grid lines, plane coordinates, graticule lines, and geographic coordinates
• Show survey control stations, traverse lines, political boundaries, and monuments
• Include Reference/Location Monuments

Cadastral Survey Project

• All lands within a Cadastral Survey Project, in the absence of titles, are presumed public lands
• Claims are contestable by the government
• The Director of Lands ensures land rights are properly settled and adjudicated during the Cadastral hearing
• Failure to prove a claim results in the land being declared public by the court
• Landowners cannot refuse to have their lands surveyed
• Cadastral proceeding is a judicial proceeding settling and adjudicating land titles
• It is in rem, instituted against the whole world to bar indefinitely objections against the right sought to be established

Status of Cadastral Surveys in the Philippines (as of 2014)

• A total of 753 cities/municipalities (46% of the total) containing an area of 13,836,698.79 hectares were cadastrally surveyed and approved
• 881 cities/municipalities remain to be surveyed
• The DENR has completed the cadastral survey of 1,634 cities and municipalities nationwide