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How to Transfer a Land Title from a Deceased Parent in Philippines?

If your parents (mother and father) are already dead or deceased, you can still transfer their property or land title to your name. This is applicable to citizens in the Philippines.

Here's a simple and basic steps in transferring a land title from a deceased parent to his/her children.
Transfer Land Title from Deceased Parents in Philippines
 
1.) The children or child of the deceased parents needs to execute a Deed of Extra-judicial Settlement of the Estate from a lawyer.
 
All the children should enter in an agreement on how to distribute or dispose the properties (e.g. land).
 
2.) Publish the Deed of Extra-judicial Settlement of Estate in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and Province once a week for three consecutive weeks.
 
3.) Get the Affidavit and Certification of the Publication in the newspaper and bring these documents to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
 
4.) Pay the Estate Tax in the BIR.
 
The BIR will issue a certificate that you should bring to the Land Registration Authority or in the Registry of Deeds in order to file a transfer of title.
 

When should the Family Members transfer the Title?

The family members should transfer it as soon as possible after the execution of the Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of the Estate. You need to pay Estate Tax.

And if you're late in paying this tax, you will be charged 25% on the tax amount and another charge of 20% interest per year.

What to pay in transferring a land title from a Deceased Parents?

Estate Tax. Plus 25% on tax amount (if paid late - after due date) and another 20% interest per year.
Documentary stamp tax (1.5% of the zonal or market value whichever is higher).

Transfer tax/fees (ranges from 0.5% to 1% of the consideration/zonal or market value whichever is higher).

What if you didn't pay the Estate Tax in 10 years? Are there penalties?

Yes. You're going to pay a service charge of 25% of the tax amount plus 20% interest per year. You should pay it as soon as possible or as early as possible. If you ignore it for many years, the total charges plus interest will add up until the amount becomes greater than the current market value of the property.

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • What if there are some siblings or children of the deceased parent who are not included in signatory agreement? All the children (you, your brothers and sisters) should sign the agreement. Even if some children are not interested to inherit the properties of the parent, they are obliged to make and sign a waiver. If they don't make a waiver, the extra-judicial settlement of estate will not be processed.
  • What if your brother or sister is already been dead and had a children? Do they have the right to inherit the property? Yes.
  • What if your brother or sister doesn't cooperate with you in signing the agreement? You should go to the court and let the court call the attention of those who doesn't cooperate with you and let the court decide on how to distribute or dispose the properties according to the law.
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"How to Transfer a Land Title from a Deceased Parent in Philippines?" was written by Mary under the Real Estate category. It has been read 1706192 times and generated 73 comments. The article was created on and updated on 04 March 2021.
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Milaluna Handley [Entry]

Hello,

I bought a property in philippines under my mother's name since I live in USA, now she passed away what are the process to transfer it into my name. Thank you.
Fred [Entry]

Jayson Gaspay, the property shall be inherited by your grandfather, if still living, together with your unlce and aunt. you and your siblings will also inherit as representative of your mother. dy_frederick@yahoo.com

Maricar, assuming that you mother is the only child, you will need an extrajudicial settlement of estate with waiver of rights. dy_frederick@yahoo.com
Jayson Gacos Gaspay [Entry]

Hi,

The House that we live in was from my deceased Grandparents from my mother side, before my grandmother pass away
she make an Power of Attorney that the house will be given to my Mother, but suddenly my Mother passed away also. what are we going to do.

Hope to hear from you.

Thanks
carmie [Entry]

One of our siblings is mentally retarded. We do not have any documents that show these or documents that show guardianship. Both our parents are deceased. How will go about the process.
Maricar [Entry]

My grandfather died one year ago. My grandmother is still alive. My grandmother wants to transfer a land title to my Mother. The land title is currently under the name of my grandfather.

What are the steps/procedures that we need to do to have it transferred to my Mother?

Thank you.
Roderick [Entry]

Roderick Nery,
Good day!

My grandmother died 15 years ago, the land title is in her name, unfortunately one of her relative accidentally burned the land title and all documents related to the land, what are the procedures and requirements to avail another copy from the Register of Deeds.

Appreciate your prompt reply, please send it to my email.

neryroderick1970@gmail.com
Garry Balingit [Entry]

Good day!

My mother died Nov. 30, 2012, the land title is in her name, we can't find the original land title. what are the legal steps to do. Our father is still with us. Thanks for the help. Kindly email me at speargbb@yahoo.com

God Bless and more power!
Des guevarra [Entry]

Where we will go first if we want to transfer land certificate title of my deceased husband? What are the requirements?
Guest [Entry]

Hi Des, go to a Notary Public and tell the lawyer-in-charge that you want to transfer the land ownership from your husband to someone else. He will be willing to assist you on that matter.
joe viloria [Entry]

What’s your contact information in the Philippines?
Bernadette Donaire [Entry]

Where is your office in the Philippine? And phone number. Thank you
Evangeline Candelario [Entry]

Paano po kung ang mga anak ng mayari ay halos namayapa na lahat at ang dalawang natitirang anak ay American Citizens subalit may mga anak dito sa Pilipinas na Filipino Citizens (bale, apo na po ng orihinal na mayari), maaari po ba itong itransfer directly sa mga apo?
Lovella Sarmiento [Entry]

When does the timeframe start in paying the estate tax? Does it start from the time the deed of extrajudicial settlement of estate is published or processed or does it start from the time the title holder died?
Alma Evangelista [Entry]

How long it will take to transfer lot title? How much it will cost? I’ve been waiting for my title for three years now. Who I need to ask for help?
Rayjanna [Entry]

what if my original title was lost.. where can i request for the original title? or is it necessary that the original title be presented before the transfer?
Dennis [Entry]

Hi. Ask ko lang po about our situation. May lupa po great grandparent ko. Di pa po nahati sa grandparent ko and her siblings. Paano po namin ma-process yung lupa to be titled kahit man lang sa anak ng grandparent ko, that is, to my parent and his siblings kung deceased na both great grandparent and grandparent ko? Thank you.
Kathy Sioson [Entry]

My late great grandmother left a parcel of land with 1096 square meter. Her step sister declared that my late grand mother has no children and made a self adjudication stating that she is the only relative left. My late grandmother have 3 children. Now the step sister of my great grandmother sold the property to her child. Now she is dead. How can we get the said property?
Annalyn Bacsa [Entry]

How to get a land title to the one owner if others did not cooperate with a proper turn over of subdivided land?I mean siblings having an argument to the land because 1 of them sell it to other people.How will it be transfered to a buyer?
Jasmin concepcion [Entry]

hello po, i need your guidance and assistance po. regarding po ito sa mga lupa na naiwan ng lolo at lola ko n hindi nailipat sa knyang 7 anak. pareho n po silang namatay mga 80's pa po. pero ang naging administrador po ng lupa nila ay ang panganay nilang anak. at dahil dito hindi nya pinaalam sa iba p niyang kapatid kung ano ano ang mga lupa na hinahawakan niya. xa din nagddisisyon kung cno lng ang bibigyan ng ani ng lupa. di nman po umaangal mga kapatid nya ksama n dun ang nanay ko. 10 yrs ago po namatay ang nanay ko at nagulat kmi dahil hindi xa nagpunta sa burol ng kapatid. at after po malibing c nanay bigla po kaming pinalayas sa bahay dahil sa knya lamang daw po iyong at lupa daw po nya iyon, at kung cno lng daw po ang gus2 nya bigyan. tama po b iyon?? last week po namaty n din yung tita ko n iyon. may naiwan p pong 2 kapatid. ano na po mangyayari sa mga lupa n iyon?? balita po namin nagbebenta n yung mga paborito niyang pamangkin ng lupa. ano po kaya ang dapat kung gawin.
Jovethcab [Entry]

Hi my father is the oldest of the siblings .but since my grandparents which the parents of my father died without any papers to show who will have their property.
So the other sibling of my father took the tittles of the properties of my grandparents . And he is the one also making the decisions and give small area only to the other siblings . So my father which is the oldest get small peace of land o lay while him and two more siblings has big properties.
But ofcourse as his daughter . I feel pity to My father because he only got small properties.
So my questions are:

1: who has the right to decide the properties from my grandparents ?
2: they said that mostly the oldest of the sibling will be the one who should have more rights to hold the titles and make it fairly amount of land ?
3:if I consult this to the DAR do you think we could make this right ?
4: do you think it will cost us much money if we will put this in court to get correct?

Please help me we really needed an answer and idea because their siblings are Soemtimes fighting because of this problem .
Please help us thank you .
Charess Macabinguil [Entry]

what if, the owner of the property is dead and he don't have spouse and children. And the property He bought is in the mother title.He don't have his own title, He only have deed of sale?
RAMON PEREZ [Entry]

Hi good morning ask me lang in my situation namatay Na yung Asawa ko and nskspangalan sa kanya yung lupa papano ang gagawin ko to transfer the title in my name can you please help me thanks
Vener O. Naparam [Entry]

Hi,
I need assistance/guidance on this problem: An original land which is Titled under my wife's grand father had been subdivided by a registered geodetic engineer. The original subdivision plan is in my wife's custody. NO QUESTIONS and oppositions from his father's brothers/sisters. Now, HOW COULD MY WIFE EARN A TITLE as His FATHER has donated that subdivided lot into hers? No questions and opposing actions from her sisters (siblings) then. Please guide me. Thank You.
lovely fabian [Entry]

how much cost of publishing the land title?
ARISTON VILORIA [Entry]

No 44 divide greatgrandparent land to his children first, then they will be divide to children of grandparent then your parents didived to you their children.
fmbautista [Entry]

Regarding Transferring Land Title from deceased parents - what is the difference, if any, in the above procedures if the deceased parents have executed a last will and testament or if there is none?  Thank you.
samuel granita [Entry]

I'm a sole heir.
What procedures do I have to do?
Carolina N. Santos [Entry]

We had our property about 225 sq.m. which was not transferred by our grandparents to my mother and her siblings of 9. My mother and her 6 siblings (4 siblings with wife and children and 2 siblings died single) already died. The remaining 2 siblings with family and 1 single. How are we going to divide the 225 sq. m. Land with improvement.

Thank you
Feliciano Patena [Entry]

Always have problem with land,my wife has inheritance from their parents of a big estate somewhere in the province of LAGUNA. The problem is this property was not transfer to the their parents by the great grandparent so the title still under the grandparents. All of them are deceased now. The land is administered by the cousin.To make the story short the grandparent has 2 surviving children the other one has 2 children and my wife parents has 9 children.They have discussion on how this property to be distributed to the surviving children thru judicial partition equally to the 11 surviving however the cousin doesn't want to subdivided that way he wants the land to be divided into two,one part to his parent and one part to my wife parent in which case is not feasible because both parents where deceased during the talk.

Please provide an expert explanation on this matter. It is been so long that only the cousin is benefiting in all the crafts that were produce by the land even part of the harvest for the 5 hectare rice field. Four of my wife siblings deceased already only five are still alive. Please help us to settle this problem and if you can advice to give us an attorney to settle this matter is much appreciated.
EMILIA ABALAJEN [Entry]

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