REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 197, LAS PIAS CITY
IN RE: PETITION FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF NEW OWNERS
DUPLICATE
COPY
OF
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF
TITLE NO. T-45557,
LRC

Case

No.

13-0309

JOHN and MARY DOE

Petitioners.
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JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT
I, JOHN DOE, of legal age, Filipino, and with address at No. 3
Panay St., Golden Meadows Village, Las Pias City, Metro Manila,
after having been sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and
state:
Q1
A1

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Mr. Witness, do you know the petitioners in this case?

Yes, maam.

Q2
A2

:
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Why do you know the petitioners here?

Because I am the same John Doe, one of the petitioners
in this case. The other petitioner, Mary Doe, is my wife.

Q3
A3

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What is this petition all about?

This petition is for the issuance of a new owners
duplicate copy of Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No.
T-45557.

Q4
A4

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What is this TCT No. T-45557?

It is the torrens title of a parcel of land with improvements,
located at No. 3 Panay St. Golden Meadows Village, Las
Pias City, Metro Manila.

Q5

A5

If you know, who is/are the owner/s of this parcel of land

covered by TCT No. T-45557?
My wife and I are the registered and absolute owners of
the said land.

Q6

What evidence do you have, if any, to prove that?

A6

I have a certified true copy of TCT No. T-45557.

Q7

A7

If shown to you, would you be able to identify the said

document?
Yes, maam.

Q8

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Q9

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Q10 :
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Q11 :
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I am showing you a certified true copy of TCT No. T45557, previously marked as Exhibit A. What is the
relation of this document to the document you mentioned
earlier?
This is the same document I mentioned earlier.
Mr. Witness, why are you asking the court for the
issuance of a new owners duplicate copy of TCT No. T45557?
Because our owners duplicate copy of the title was lost.
Can you explain how the owners duplicate copy of TCT
No. T-45557 was lost?
My wife and I have kept the owners duplicate copy of the
title, along with other important documents, with the bank
for safekeeping. A few years ago, we retrieved the
owners duplicate copy of the title from the bank in
preparation for a potential transaction involving the
property, which, however, did not push through.
Somehow, however, we lost track of the duplicate copy of
the title after that failed transaction and could no longer
figure out its whereabouts.
What did you do, if any, after you discovered that the
owners duplicate copy of the title was lost?
We diligently searched and looked for it in our house and
in other places where we could have placed them, but our
efforts proved futile. To date, it remains missing, and we
have reasonable grounds to believe that it was lost
beyond recovery.

Q12 :
A12 :

What did you do, if any, after that?

We decided to execute an Affidavit of Loss of the title.

Q13 :
A13 :

What evidence do you have, if any, to prove that?

I have an original copy of the Affidavit of Loss.

Q14 :

If shown to you, would you be able to identify the said

document?
Yes, maam.

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Q17 :
A17 :

I am showing you an Affidavit of Loss dated 21

September 2012, previously marked as Exhibit B. What
is the relation of this document to the document you
mentioned earlier?
This is the same document I mentioned earlier.
In the Affidavit of Loss, there appears to be a signature
above the name John Doe, previously marked as
Exhibit B-1. Whose name and signature are these?
These are my name and my signature.
In the same document, there also appears a name Mary
Doe and a signature above the same, previously marked
as Exhibit B-2. Whose name and signature are these?
These are the name and the signature of my wife,
petitioner Mary Doe.

Q18 :
A18 :

Why do you know that this is the signature of your wife?

Because I saw her sign the Affidavit of Loss, and I am
very familiar with her signature having seen her sign
documents in numerous occasions.

Q19 :
A19 :

What did you do with the Affidavit of Loss, if any?

We caused the annotation of the Affidavit of Loss in the
TCT No. T-45557 in the records of the Register of Deeds
of Las Pias.

Q20 :
A20 :

What evidence do you have, if any, to prove that?

Page 5 of the same certified true copy of TCT No. T45557 earlier presented shows that the Affidavit of Loss
was annotated as Entry No.: 2012007217.

Q21 :

If shown to you, would you be able to identify that

annotation?
Yes, maam.

A21 :
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A22 :

I am showing you a certified true copy of TCT No. T45557 with an annotation Entry No.: 2012007217,
previously marked as Exhibit A-1. What is the relation of
this annotation to the annotation of the Affidavit of Loss
you mentioned earlier?
This is the annotation I mentioned earlier.

Q23 :
A23 :

What happened after the petition was filed?

The Honorable Court issued an Order dated 15 April
2013.

Q24 :

What evidence do you have, if any, to prove that?

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A24 :

I have a copy of the Order dated 15 April 2013.

Q25 :

If shown to you, would you be able to identify the said

document?
Yes, maam.

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Q28 :
A28 :

I am showing you an Order dated 15 April 2013,

previously marked as Exhibit C. What is the relation of
this document to the Order you mentioned earlier?
This is the same Order I mentioned earlier.
What does the Honorable Courts Order dated 15 April
2013 contain?
It contains the order, among others, to furnish the same to
the Register of Deeds of Las Pias, the Land Registration
Authority, the Office of the Solicitor General, and all
interested parties, if any.
If you know, was the order to furnish the aforementioned
government agencies complied with?
Yes, maam.

Q29 :
A29 :

What evidence do you have, if any, to prove that?

I have a copy of the Order dated 15 April 2013, with
stamp received by the Land Registration Authority,
previously marked as Exhibit C-1, by the Register of
Deeds of Las Pias, previously marked as Exhibit C-2,
and by the Office of the Solicitor General, previously
marked as Exhibit C-3. I also have a copy of the
Process Servers Return of Order dated April 15, 2013,
previously marked as Exhibit D, signed by the Process
Server Ramon R. Trenas.

Q30 :

What else, if any, did the Order dated 15 April 2013

contain?
It also contains an order to post it in the Bulletin Board of
the Hall of Justice of Las Pias City, the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Las Pias City, and the Barangay
Bulletin Board.

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If you know, was this particular order to post complied

with?
Yes, maam.
What evidence do you have, if any, to prove that?
I have a copy of the Certificate of Posting dated 22 April
2013, previously marked as Exhibit E, signed by the
Process Server Ramon R. Trenas.
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Q33 :

What else, if any, did the Honorable Court require to be

done in connection with this case?
The Honorable Court also ordered the publication of the
Order dated 15 April 2013 once a week for three (3)
consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
published in Metro Manila to be determined by raffle
conducted by the Executive Judge.

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Q34 :

If you know, to which newspaper publication was the

publication raffled to?
It was raffled to City View Publishing.

A34 :
Q35 :

What happened, if any, after the raffle to City View

Publishing?
I caused the publication of the Order dated 15 April 2013
once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in the said
publication.

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Q36 :
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What evidence do you have, if any, to prove that?

I have a copy of the Affidavit of Publication dated June
17, 2013, previously marked as Exhibit F, signed by City
View Publishings Publisher, May Ann B. Fojas. I also
have a copy of the following publications of City View
Publishing: (i) June 5-11, 2013 issue, previously marked
as Exhibit G, where the Order was published in page 5
thereof, previously marked as Exhibit G-1; (ii) June 1218, 2013 issue, previously marked as Exhibit H, where
the Order was published in page 5 thereof, previously
marked as Exhibit H-1; and (iii) June 19-25, 2013 issue,
previously marked as Exhibit I, where the Order was
published in page 4 thereof, previously marked as Exhibit
I-1.

Q37 :
A37 :

Do you warrant that the exhibits attached to this judicial

affidavit are faithful copies or reproduction of the
originals which are in your possession?
Yes, maam.

Q38 :
A38 :

Do you have anything further to add?

None at the moment.

Q39 :

What is the name and address of the lawyer who

conducted or supervised your examination here?
Atty. Patrick T. Nicolas of Paredes Garcia & Golez Law
Office with address at 1701 East Tower, Philippine Stock
Exchange Centre, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig
City.

A39

JOHN DOE
Affiant
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this
________________ in _____________, affiant exhibiting to me his
__________________________.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Doc. No. _____;
Page No. _____;
Book No. _____;
Series of 2013.
LAWYERS ATTESTATION
I, Patrick T. Nicolas, Filipino, of legal age, and with office
address at Unit 1701 East Tower, Philippine Stock Exchange Centre,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, after having been sworn
in accordance with law, hereby depose and state that:
1. I am a Junior Associate of Paredes Garcia & Golez Law Office,
counsel for petitioners Spouses John and Mary Doe.
2. As such, I faithfully recorded or caused to be recorded the questions
asked of the witness, John Doe, and the corresponding answers the
said witness gave in the above Judicial Affidavit.
3. I did not coach the said witness, nor did I allow any other person
present therein to coach him.
4. I am executing this sworn attestation in compliance with Section 4,
A.M. No. 12-8-8-SC, otherwise known as the Judicial Affidavit Rule.
PATRICK T. NICOLAS
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this
________________ in _____________, affiant exhibiting to me her
Drivers License No. N04-10-071170 which expires on 7 May 2016.
NOTARY PUBLIC
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Page No. _____;
Book No. _____;
Series of 2013.