By MST
Business | Posted on May. 28, 2013 at 12:01am |
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The Land
Registration Authority said it will complete the upgrading of all Registries of
Deeds offices by the end of 2013. The upgrade includes the renovation and
refurbishment of all RD offices and their connection to the LRA central office
to allow landowners gain nationwide access to land titles through the local RD
in their area.
“The RD
offices had to be physically reconfigured because the computerization program
requires an environment that is modern to house all the computerized systems,
and also appealing to the transacting public,” LRA Deputy Administrator Ronald
Ortile said.
He said the
central office is now connected to 129 RDs, representing 92 percent of LRA’s
computerized transactions. Ortile disclosed the agency had scanned 22.1 million
titles, with 21.2 million already encoded and saved at the LRA database.
With the
refurbished RD offices in place, the landowners can now secure certified true
copies of their land titles in any of the computerized RDs across the country.
“They just need to go to the nearest computerized RD or extension office to
initiate the transaction,” said Ortile.
Ortile added
land owners could actually save time and money by using the LRA’s
Anywhere-to-Anywhere (A2A) service.
“If a client
based in Quezon City wants to obtain a CTC of a land title stored in an RD
located in Davao City, all the client needs to do is to go to the Quezon City
RD and request for such document. He will actually save on travel and
accommodation costs,” he said.
Ortile said
banks and financial institutions could benefit from the A2A because the service
makes land transactions more efficient, with many of them already conducting
representations with the LRA to set up extension offices in their respective
offices to avail themselves of the A2A service.
Land owners
and financial institutions can also check the status of their transactions
online through the LRA online tracking system found in the agency’s Web site,
www.lra.gov.ph.
To make the
land titles more secure, Ortile said digitizing the original land titles
through its e-Titling service makes the land titles more secure, prevents
duplication and overlaps, protects title holders from loss, damage, theft and
natural disasters, and more significantly, eliminates fraudulent titles.
“The
computerization project has in fact become a catalyst for greater efficiency
and productivity in the RD offices nationwide,” Ortile said, adding “that’s why
we are encouraging all land owners to utilize the technology available to enjoy
better and more efficient services while protecting themselves from fraud.”
Aside from
the improvement of RD offices, the LRA central office also underwent massive
rehabilitation, including the establishment of a disaster recovery facility to
store back-up information and ensure fast restoration of titles in the event of
fire, floods, and other calamities; and the construction of the LRA Information
Management Center to serve as the facility that addresses technical issues
regarding the project.
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