Manila, April 26 -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has ordered the release of the duplicate copies of the original titles to farmer-beneficiaries of the Agrarian Reform Program even to those who have pending amortization.
In a statement on Friday, the DAR, through Administrative Order (AO) 5, Series of 2019, states that all owner's duplicate copies of registered certificates of land ownership awards (CLOA) and emancipation patents (EP) "shall not be pledged or placed in the custody of another entity, pending the full payment of the amortizations of the land."
Instead, these titles "shall be released immediately by the provincial agrarian reform office to the farmer-beneficiaries upon registration and receipt thereof from the Regi...