The Philippine Embassy in UAE on Tuesday, August 28, encouraged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the UAE to convert their physical copy of land titles to e-titles or the digital version of land titles.
Under the Land Regulatory Authority’s (LRA) Land Titling Conversion Project, original titles in the Registry of Deeds are now stored in digital databases while the landowner’s duplicate copies of land title can now be converted to e-titles.
In a video uploaded by LRA, physical copies of land titles are prone to getting lost, production of multiple fake copies, fire, and other natural disasters that may damage the physical copies. Landowners will also no longer need to pay hefty fees in securing another copy of land title when their duplicate copies are lost.
Moreover, e-titles also have security features to further protect the legitimacy of the land title.
Landowners need to bring their duplicate land title copies and other required documents to the Registry of Deeds or nearest satellite office. The LRA personnel will then compare the duplicate copy to the original copy stored in their database.
Once validated, the physical copy will then be converted to e-titles for a minimal fee. The e-title will be available for pick-up after a few days.
