Policies / Regulations


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ACT The Cadastral Act
ACT No. 3852 ACT No. 3852
ACT No. 3819 An Act Authorizing the Governor-General to Designate any Tract of the Public Domain as Reservation for Airports, Airplane Landing Fields or Bases, by Amending Section Eighty-One of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Seventy-Four as Amended
ACT No. 3673 An Act to Promote and hasten the Survey Subdivision Improvement and Disposition of Public lands in the Philippine Islands, and for the other purposes
ACT No. 3517 An Act to Amend Certain Sections of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Seventy-Four, known as the Public Land Act"
ACT No. 3465 An Act to Amend Subsection (a) of Section eighteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred Fifty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles, "As Amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Twenty-Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Three Thousand and Eighty-One, and Thirty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven Authorizing Provinces and Municipalities or Municipal Districts to pay their share of the Cost of Registration Proceedings and Cadastral Surveys in Equal installments within a Period of Five Years, Without Interest
ACT No. 3327 An Act Authorized private surveyors to execute Cadastral Surveys and for other purposes
ACT No. 3118 An Act to Amend and Repeal Certain Sections of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Twenty-Two, Entitled "An Act to Provide for the Reservation of Certain Lands of the Public Domain on the island of Sulu, the usufruct thereof to be Granted to the Sultan of Sulu and His Heirs
ACT No. 3077 An Act to Amend Certain Sections of the Administrative Code, and for other Purposes
ACT No. 3038 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:
ACT No. 2874 To amend and Compile the Laws Relate to lands of the Public Domain, and for other Purposes
ACT No. 2722 An Act to Provide for the Reservation of Certain Lands of the Public Domain on the Island of Sulu, the usufruct thereof to be Granted to the Sultan of Sulu and His Heirs
ACT No. 2550 An Act Making Friar lands estates in operation unit; Providing for the Adjustment of the Friar Lands Bonds Sinking Fund; And Appropriating such amounts as may be necessary to maintain the friar lands bonds sinking bond and to pay the interest on the friar land bonds
ACT No. 2432 An Act Amending Act Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine the Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen, by Imposing Increased and Additional Taxes and for other purposes
ACT No. 2324 An Act Authorizing the Investment of a Portion of a Surplus Remaining from the sale of the Friar Lands Bonds in the Purchase of Certain Additional Friar Lands, Situated in the municipalities of Biñan and Santa Rosa, Province of Laguna
ACT No. 2259 The Cadastral Act
ACT No. 2230 An Act Authorizing the Administrator of the San Lazaro Estate to Execute Long-Term Leases for Lands Belonging to said Estate
ACT No. 1791 An Act to Amend in Certain Respects Act Numbered Eighty-Two, known as the Municipal Code
ACT No. 1749 An Act Making Appropriations for the Friar-Lands Bonds Sinking Fund Created by Act Numbered One Thousand and Thirty-Four
ACT No. 1238 An Act Appropriating the Fund Derived from the Sale of the Bonds Authorized by Act No. 1034, for the Purchase of the so called Friar Lands, and for the Payment of Expenses Incidental Thereto
ACT No. 1120 An Act Providing for the Administration and Temporary Leasing and Sale of Certain Haciendas and Parcels of Land, Commonly known as Friar Lands, for the Purchase of which the Government of the Philippine Islands has Recently Contracted, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections Sixty-Three, Sixty-Four, and Sixty-Five of an Act of the Congress of the United States, Entitled "An Act temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for other Purposes," Approved on the First Day of July, Nineteen Hundred and Two
ACT No. 1034 An Act Providing for the Issue of Bonds of the Government of the Philippine Islands to the Amount of Seven Million Two Hundred and Thirty-Seven Thousand Dollars, Gold Coin of the United States of the Present Standard Value, for the Purpose of Acquiring Funds for the Payment of the Purchase Price of Certain Large Tracts of Land in the Philippine Islands, Commonly known as the Friar Lands, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections Sixty-Three, Sixty-Four, and Sixty-Five of the Act of Congress, Entitled "An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for other Purposes, "Approved July First, Nineteen Hundred and Two
ACT No. 926 An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to enable persons to perfect for the issuance of patents without compensation to certain native settlers upon the public lands, providing for the establishment of town sites and sales of lots therein , and providing for a hearing and decision by the court of land registration of all applications for the completion and confirmation of all imperfect and incomplete Spanish concession and grants in said islands, as authorized by sections thirteen, fourteen and fifteen of the act of congress of July first nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Island, and for other Purpose"
ACT No. 218 An Act Creating a Bureau of Public Lands
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DAO No. 2022-14 Manual of Authorities on Financial Matters
DAO No. 2022-13 Delegation of Authority to Approve Land Surveys to the Chief of Surveys and Mapping Division
DAO No. 2022-10 Revised DENR Manual of Authorities on Technical Matters
DAO No. 2022-09 Manual of Authorities on Human Resource Matters
DAO No. 2022-07 Amending DENR Administrative Order No. 2014-03 Series of 2014 (Manual of Authorities on Human Resources Development and Administrative Matters) and DENR Administrative Order No. 2016-07 Series of 2016 (DENR Manual of Authorities on Technical Matters)
DAO No. 2021-38 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11573 Entitled, 'An Act Improving the Confirmation Process for Imperfect Land Titles, Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act No. 141, as Amended, Otherwise Known as "The Public Land Act", and Presidential Decree No. 1529, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Property Registration Decree
DAO No. 2021-16 Rules and Regulations Governing the Processing and Approval of All Energy Projects in Foreshore Lands
DAO No. 2021-15 Enhanced DENR Policy Development System (PDS)
DAO No. 2021-07 Guidelines on the Establishment of Legal Easements along the Seas, Rivers, Lakes, Esteros and Creeks
DAO No. 2021-01 Guidelines on the Conduct of Virtual Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Proceedings in the Resolution of Land Claims and Conflicts and Other Natural Resources Disputes in the Department
DAO No. 2020-16 Guidelines on the Disposition of Lands Formed by Accretion Adjacent to Agricultural Lands (A&D) and Management of Islets in River Channels, Dried Creeks and Dried River Beds
DAO No. 2020-09 Guidelines on the Management of Cancelled or Terminated, Expiring, and Expired Tenurial Instruments
DAO No. 2020-08 Guidelines in the Preparation of Standard Parcellary Survey Maps of Right of Way (ROW) for Government Infrastructure Projects for Submission and Approval in the DENR
DAO No. 2019-25 Addendum to DAO No. 2016-21 entitled Guidelines Governing the Processing of Requests for Proclamations and Issuance of Special Patents over Agricultural Lands
DAO No. 2019-23 Transferring the Administration and Management of Lots Covered by GSD-00-000015 Located in J. Posadas, Punta, Sta. Ana, Manila from the Land Management Bureau (LMB) to the DENR National Capital Region (NCR)
DAO No. 2019-12 Provision of Post-Titling support to the beneficiaries of Free, Homestead and Sales Patents
DAO No. 2019-11 Amendment to Section 7 of DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2010-12 or the Rules and Regulations for the Issuance of Free Patents to Residential Lands under Republic Act No. 10023
DAO No. 2019-08 Acceptance of Public Land Titling Applications at the Barangay Level
DAO No. 2018-17 Amending Section 11 of DAO No. 2007 - 29 or the "Revised Regulations of Land Surveys"
DAO No. 2018-15 Guidelines on Digital Land Data Sharing and Security Measures of Land Administration and Management System (LAMS) Philippines Transactions
DAO No. 2018-14 Guidelines on the Issuance of area Clearance for Reclamations Projects and Proclamation / Special Patents over Reclaimed lands
DAO No. 2016-31 Procedure in the Investigation and Resolution of Land Claims and Conflicts Cases
DAO No. 2016-30 Guidelines in the Conduct of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Land Management and Disposition
DAO No. 2016-29 DENR Freedom of Information Manual
DAO No. 2016-22 Requiring Geo-tagged photographs of the Land Subject of Public Land Applications (PLAs) during Ocular Inspection/Investigation
DAO No. 2016-21 Guidelines Governing the Processing of Request for Proclamations and Issuance of Special Patents over Agricultural Lands
DAO No. 2016-07 Manual of Authorities on Technical Matters
DAO No. 2016-01 Adoption of Digital Land Survey Data (DLSD) Lodgment as a Standard Format for the Submission and Exchange of Survey Data in Digital Form under the Land Administration and Management System (LAMS)
DAO No. 2015-12 Addendum to DAO No. 2015-01 Dated March 4, 2015 re: Guidelines for the Processing and Issuance of Special Patents for Public School Sites under RA 10023
DAO No. 2015-01 Guidelines for the Processing and Issuance of Special Patents for Public School Sites under RA 10023
DAO No. 2014-04 Manual of Authorities on Financial Matters
DAO No. 2011-06 Prescribing the Guidelines for the Implementation of Public Land Titling in Partnership with Local Government Units
DAO No. 2010-26 Amendment to Paragraphs 2 and 3, Section 3 of DAO 98-20 Re; Entitled Rules and Regulation on the Conduct of Appraisal of Public lands and other Patrimonial Properties of the Government
DAO No. 2010-25 Amendment to Section 3 of DAO 2010-12 Otherwise Known As "Rules and Regulations for the Issuance of Free Patents to Residential Lands under Republic Act No. 10023"
DAO No. 2010-20 Revising the Technical Description of the Boundaries of Central Cebu Protected Landscape (CCPL) and Designating its Buffer Zone Pursuant to Republic Act No. 9486 otherwise Known as the Central Cebu Protected Landscape Act of 2007
DAO No. 2010-19 Revised Guidelines on the Reconciliation, Indexing and Reconstruction of Survey Records
DAO No. 2010-18 Improving Management of Land Information Through the Adoption of the Land Administration and Management System LAMS)
DAO No. 2010-17 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) on the Conduct of Inspection, Verification and Approval of Survey (IVAS) in the Philippine Reference System (PRS92)
DAO No. 2010-15 Establishment of the Center for Land Administration and Management-Philippines (CLAMP)
DAO No. 2010-12 Rules and Regulations for the Issuance of Free Patents to Residential Lands under Republic Act No. 10023
DAO No. 2010-06 Manual of Procedures on the Transformation and Integration of Cadastral Data into the Philippine Reference System of 1992 (PRS92)
DAO No. 2009-05 Prescribing Guidelines for the Systematic Disposition of Alienable and Disposable Residential Lands Through Miscellaneous Sales Application under Republic Act No. 730
DAO No. 2008-24 Guidelines for the Assessment and Delineation of Boundaries between Forestlands, National Parks and Agricultural Lands
DAO No. 2008-14 Guidelines in the Conduct of Bidding and Awarding of Cadastral Survey Projects Contracts Pursuant to R.A. 9184
DAO No. 2007-29 Revised Regulations on Land Surveys
DAO No. 2007-09 Prescribing the Systematic Adjudication Process to Simplify, Streamline and Fast Track the Disposition of Public Alienable and Disposable Lands through Free and Homestead Patents
DAO No. 2005-22 DENR Identity Design System and Manual of Style Second Edition 2005
DAO No. 2005-01 Drug-Free Workplace Policy in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DAO No. 2004-24 Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Administration and Management of Foreshore Lands
DAO No. 2002-36 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9176, Extending the Period until December 31, 2020 for the Filing of Applications for Administrative Legalization (Free Patent) and Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect and Incomplete Titles
DAO No. 2002-32 Revised Lands Management Bureau Survey Forms for Traverse and Lot Data Computation
DAO No. 2002-29 Amending Certain Provisions of DENR Administrative Order No. 99-28 dated July 21, 1999
DAO No. 2002-28 Addendum to Administrative Order No.2002-12 dated 26 March 2002 Entitled “Approval of Documents Regarding the Implementation of Central-Based Foreign Assisted Projects Under Fund 102”
DAO No. 2002-27 Revoking DENR Administrative Order No. 99-14 and Re-Structuring the DENR Regional/Field Offices pursuant to Administrative Order No. 192, Series of 1987, as Amended, and other Related Laws
DAO No. 2002-26 Defining the Flow of Documents and Instructions Within the Line Offices
DAO No. 2002-25 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations on the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995
DAO No. 2002-20 Revocation of Memorandum dated August 3, 2001 Requiring Clearance from the Central Office before Issuance of Patents
DAO No. 2002-13 Removal of Gender Bias in the Acceptance and Processing of Homestead Patent Applications and other Public Land Applications
DAO No. 2000-77 Revising Certain Provisions of DENR Administrative Order No. 96-15 and other Local Scholarship Guidelines
DAO No. 2000-67 Prescribing New Guidelines Application Form and Standards for Public Land Applications and Records Management
DAO No. 2000-19 Declaring and Certifying Certain Portions of the Public Forest as Alienable and Disposable for Cropland and other Purposes Under LC Project No. 5-G, of Zamboanga City
DAO No. 2000-12 Requiring Planting of Permanent Trees on Portions of Alienable and Disposable Areas Susceptible to Soil Erosion
DAO No. 2000-11 Revised/Updated Manual of Approval
DAO No. 2000-04 Declaring and Certifying Certain Portions of the Public Forest as Alienable or Disposable for Cropland and other Purposes Under LC Project No. 39-g, Municipality of Bolinao Province of Pangasinan
DAO No. 1999-34 Rules and Regulations Governing the Administration, Management and Development of Foreshore Areas Marshy, Lands and other Lands Bordering Bodies of Water
DAO No. 1999-21 Superseding DAO No. 97-05 and Prescribing the Revised Guidelines in the Implementation of the Pertinent Provisions of R.A. 1273, P.D. 705 and P.D. 1067
DAO No. 1998-24 DENR Manual of Approvals
DAO No. 1998-20 Revised Rules and Regulation on the Conduct of Appraisal of Public Land and other Properties of the Government
DAO No. 1998-13 Reversion of Mantigue Island form the Category of Alienable and Disposable Land to Forest Land
DAO No. 1998-12 Revised Manual of Land Surveying Regulations in the Philippines
DAO No. 1997-05 Procedures in the Retention of Areas within Certain Distances along the Banks of Rivers, Streams, and Shores of Seas, Lakes and Oceans for Environmental Protection
DAO No. 1994-22 Implementing Guidelines in the Adoption of the Philippines Reference System 1992 (PRS 92) for Land Surveys in the Philippines
DAO No. 1993-38 Disposition of Cases of Claims and Conflicts
DAO No. 1993-37 New Guidelines in the Implementation of ‘Handog Titulo’ Program
DAO No. 1993-36 Adoption of the New DENR Land Records Management System
DAO No. 1993-35 Prescribing Standard Operating Procedures to Strengthen the DENR Integrated Approach to Surveying and Mapping in the Country
DAO No. 1993-20 Standard Costs and Fees for Various Services of the Lands Sector
DAO No. 1993-12 Revised Guidelines Regulating the Implementation and Management of DENR-CARP Activities
DAO No.1993-03 Supplementary Guidelines in the Disposition of Pindangan Estate, Alcala, Pangasinan
DAO No. 1993-02 Rules and Regulations for the Identification, Delineation of Ancestral Land and Domain Claims
DAO No.1992-31 Guidelines on the Organizations and Functions of the Policy Units for the Policy Development System in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DAO No. 1992-30 Guidelines for the Transfer and Implementation of DENR Functions Devolved to the Local Government Units
DAO No. 1992-25 National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) Implementing Rules and Regulations
DAO No. 1992-20 Interim Guidelines on Agricultural Land Use Conversation
DAO No. 1992-11 Guidelines Governing the Issuance of Land Patents within Geothermal Reservations
DAO No. 1991-61 Rules on the Acceptance, Identification, Evaluation and Delineation of Ancestral Land Claims in the Province of Palawan
DAO No. 1991-58 Guidelines Regulating the Implementation and Management of DENR-CARP Activities
DAO No. 1991-52 Prescribing Guidelines in the Use of Judicial Forms Patent Issuance
DAO No. 1991-51 Prescribing Guidelines in the Survey of Newly Identified CARP Landholdings within the CADASTRAL Projects under Verification and Approval
DAO No. 1991-49 Guidelines in the Issuance of Advance Surveys, Advance Plans., Certified Copies of Approved Survey Plans, and the Reconstruction of Lost and Damaged Plans
DAO No. 1991-29 Guidelines in the Inventory and Sketching of Foreshore Areas
DAO No. 1990-72A Amending DENR Administrative Order No. 72., Series of 1990 to include National Parks and Other Protected Areas in the Survey Standard Instrumentation and Procedures in the Verification and Approval of Maps in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DAO No. 1990-72 Survey Standard Instrumentation and Procedures in the Verification and Approval of Maps in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DAO No. 1990-68 Prescribing Guidelines for the Reconstruction/Reconstitution of Survey Records
DAO No. 1990-67 Guidelines in the Implementation of the “Handog Titulo Program”
DAO No.1990-66 Prescribing Guidelines in the Inventory of Alienable or Disposable (A or D) Lands
DAO No.1990-60 Execution of Control and Political Boundary Survey of Municipalities with No or Limited Unsurveyed A and D Areas
DAO No. 1990-58 Amending Section 33 of the Manual for the Land Surveys in the Philippines
DAO No. 1990-57 Prescribing Guidelines in the Verification of Survey Returns
DAO No. 1990-56 Prescribing Guidelines in the Acceptance of Plans in Hands of Private Persons for Validation Before they can be Considered Official Records
DAO No. 1990-55 Prescribing Guidelines for a New Numbering System for Public Land Applications and Patent
DAO No. 1990-51 Guidelines in the Planning, Programming and Implementation of the Field Network Survey Project
DAO No. 1990-47 Prescribing Guidelines in the Inventory and Re-examination of All Existing Reservations
DAO NO. 1990-38A Addendum/Amendment to DENR Administrative Order No. 38, Series of 1990 dated April 19, 1990
DAO No. 1990-38 Revised Regulation on the Delineation of Functions and Delegation of Authorities
DAO No. 1990-33 Prescribing Guidelines in the Final Disposition of Abandoned Cadastral Projects
DAO No. 1990-4-14-2(a) Amending Paragraph 5 of DENR (Lands) Administrative Order No. 4-14-2, S-1989
DAO No. 1990-4-14-1(a) Clarificatory and Supplemental Rules Governing Approval of Subdivision Survey under Lands Administrative Order No. 4-14.
DAO No. 1990-4-1 Amendments to Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 1988
DAO No. 1989-15 Procedures for the Conversation of Untenanted Lands Located within the Non-Agricultural Zones as Embodied in the Land Use Plans of Cities/ Municipalities
DAO No.1988-38 Guidelines in the Processing of Free Patent Applications After December 31, 1987
DAO No. 1988-4-14 DENR LAO No. 4-14 section 1988
DAO No. 1988-04 Rules and Regulations Governing the Issuance of Land Patents within Geothermal Reservations
DAO No. 1987-78 Interim Guidelines on the Cutting/Gathering Of Narra and Other Premium Hardwood Specles
DAO No. 1987-76 Establishment of buffer zones in Coastal and Estuarine Mangrove Areas
DAO No. 1987-22 Establishment of San Miguel Barangay Forest Park Located at Barangay San Miguel, Municipality of Norala, Province of South Cotabato.
DAO No. 1973-27 Rules and Regulations Implementing Presidential Decree No. 152 dated March 13, 1973, which Prohibits the Employment or Use of Share Tenants In Whatever Form In Complying with the Requirements of Law Regarding Entry, Occupation, Improvement and Cultivation of Public Lands.
DAO No. 1970-3-1 Amending Administrative Order No. 3 dated August 31, 1970, so as to include in the authority thereby delegated to the Director of Lands the authority to approve the appraisal or reappraisal of the lands or improvements for either sale or lease under Commonwealth Act No. 141 as amended, as well as the authority to dispose of the lands so appraised or reappraised.
DAO No. 1954-19 Rules and Regulations Governing the Private Sale of Lands of the Public Domain Under Republic Act. No. 730
DAO No. 1954-16-54 Regulation to keep Certain Part of the Land Applied for Planted to Forest Trees or Trees of Economic Value
DAO No. 1954-7-6 Supplementary Regulations Governing the Sale of Lands of the Public Domain of the Republic of the Philippines
DAO No. 1951-03-51 Rules and Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposition of Landed Estates
DAO No. 1938-12 Rules and Regulations Governing the Disposition of Lots in the public land subdivisions along the Davao-Cotabato Inter-provincial road outside of the areas set aside for Homestead.
DAO No. 1937-11 Rules and Regulations Governing the Administration and Disposition of Lots within Homesites Acquired by the Government Under and by Virtue of the Provisions of Commonwealth Act. No.20
DAO No. 1936-10 Regulations Governing the Administration and Disposition of Undisposed Lands within the Friar Lands Estates, In accordance with Commonwealth Act. No.32
DAO No. 1936 08-3-36 Rules and Regulations Governing the Issuance of Temporary Permits of Occupation anf use of Non-Mineral, Non-Timber Public Lands, and of Lands and other Real Properties of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
DAO No 1936 03-4-36 Rules and Regulations Governing the Administration of Friar Land Estates
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DMC No. 2021-09 Social Media Guidelines for DENR Regional Offices, Staff and Line Bureaus, and Attached Agencies
DMC No. 2021-07 Adoption of the Online Public Land Application (PLA) Module under the LAMS Philippines
DMC No. 2021-03 Adoption of Alternative Dispute Resolution - Monitoring and Results System (ADR-MRS) and its User Manual
DMC No. 2021-01 Guidelines on the Establishment of Pool of Alternative Dispute Resolution Officers (PADROs) in the DENR and the Referral of Land Claims and Conflicts Cases and Other Disputes
DMC No. 2020-14 Conduct of Nationwide Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program Every December in Celebration of the ADR Day
DMC No. 2019-10 Supplemental Procedures on the Issuance, Processing, and Approval of Survey Authority, Survey Plans, And Public Land Applications (Plas) Covering Lots In The Provinces of Sarangani, South Cotabato and Palawan
DMC No. 2019-04 Conduct of Nationwide Handog Titulo Program Every September in Celebration of the Lands Anniversary
DMC No. 2017-11 Amending DMC 2010-06 entitled, "Manual of Procedures on the Transformation and Integration of Cadastral Data into the "PRS' 92"
DMC No. 2017-10 Guidelines on Ranking Delivery Units as Basis for Granting the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) for FY2017.
DMC No. 2017-05 Verification, Approval and Data Capture of On-Going or Newly Submitted Survey Plans and Public Land Applications (PLAs) Under the LAMS
DMC No. 2017-04 ADDENDUM TO SECTION 5.1 AND 6.2.1 OF DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR (DMC) NO. 2010-06 OR THE MANUAL OF PROCEDURES ON THE TRANSFORMATION AND INTEGRATION OF CADASTRAL DATA INTO THE PHILIPPINE REFERENCE SYSTEM OF 1992 (PRS’92)
DMC No. 2016-06 Adoption of the Manual for the Operationalization of the Land Administration and Management System Inspection, Verification and Approval of Surveys (LAMS-IVAS)
DMC No. 2016-01 Amending Section 180.D of the DENR Manual on Land Survey Procedures
DMC No. 2012-02 Creation of the Land Administration Management System (LAMS) National Coordinating Desk at the Land Management Bureau for the Monitoring of LAMS Implementation Nationwide
DMC No. 2011-03 Procedures for the Execution of Cadastral Survey Projects Under the Philippine Reference System of 1992 (PRS 92)
DMC No. 2010-18 Guidelines in the Resolution and Disposition of Administrative Disciplinary Cases
DMC No. 2010-13 Adoption of the Manual on Land Survey Procedures
DMC No. 2010-11 Prescribing the Forms for the Processing of Residential Free Patent Applications under R.A. 10023 as Implemented by DENR Administrative Order No. 2010-12 dated 5 May 2010
DMC No. 2000-16 Guidelines for Strict Compliance of Sections 379 and 586 of the Revised Manual of Land Surveying Regulations in the Philippines
DMC No. 2000-06 Guidelines in Disposition of Cases of Fake and Illegal Titles
DMC No. 1997-02 Requirements in the Issuance of Proclamations/Reservations
DMC No. 1990-12 Part 2 An Act granting a period ending on December 31, 2000 for filing Applications for free patent and Judicial Confirmation of imperfect title to Alienable and Disposable Lands of the Public Domain under chapters VII and VIII of the Public Land Act (CA 141, As Amended)
DMC No. 1990-12 Part1 Granting a period of filing applications for Administrative Legalization (Free Patent) and Judicial confirmation of imperfect and incomplete titles pursuant to Republic Act No. 6940 (Policy on the Size of Grants Covering Public Agricultural Lands)
DMC No. 1989-22 Policy on the Size of Grants Covering Public Agricultural Lands
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EO No. 29 s. 1946 Providing for the Administration and Disposition of Properties of Property Rights in the Province and in the City of Davao Transferred to the to the Republic of the Philippines by the United States of America Under the Philippines Property Act of 1946, and Other Properties of the Government therein Situated which are now being Administered by the Bureau of Lands
EO No. 192 s. 1987 Providing for the Reorganization of the Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources; Renaming it as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and for other Purposes
EO No. 285 s. 1987 Abolishing the General Services Administration and Transferring its Functions to Appropriate Government Agencies
EO No. 407 s. 1990 Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and other Lands of the Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
EO No. 448 s. 1991 Amending Executive Order No. 407, Series of 1990, Entitled "Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Surveys for Agriculture"
EO No. 45 s. 1993 Adopting the Philippine Reference System of 1992 as the Standard Reference System for Surveys in the Philippines
EO No. 129 s. 1993 Establishing an Institutional Mechanism to Curtail the Activities of Professional Squatting Syndicates and Professional Squatters and Intensifying the Drive Against them
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LAO 1989-4-14-2 Amending Section 322 of Lands Administrative Order No. 4 Otherwise Known as the Manual of Land Surveys in the Philippines
LAO 1988-4-14 Supplementary Rules Governing Subdivision Surveys of Economic and Socialized Housing Projects and Prescribing Simplified Procedures for Verification and Approval of such Surveys
LAO 1983-45 Prescribing the Updated Standard Costs and Fees for Various Services of the Bureau of Lands
LAO 1983-4 Amending Section 504 of the Manual for Land Surveys in the Philippines
LAO 1982-43 Rules and Regulations Implementing Batas Pambansa Blg. 223
LAO 1978-4-12 (k) Amending Sections 653, 656, 670, 739, and 751 of the Philippine Lands Surveyors Manual
LAO 1975-1-10 (f) Redefining the Jurisdiction of Lands Offices in the Muslim Regions in Accordance with P.D. No. 742 as amended dated July 7, 1975
LAO 1974-4-12( (i) Amending Section 21, 22, 25 and 34 Lands Administrative Order No. 4-12 Otherwise Known as the Philippine Land Surveyors Manual
LAO 1974-4-10 (2) Revisions of Lands Administrative Order No. 4-10 (1) dated 13 September 1961
LAO 1973-27 Rules and Regulations Implementing Presidential Decree No. 152 dated March 13, 1973, which Prohibits the Employment or Use of Share Tenants in Whatever Form in Complying with the Requirements of Law Regarding Entry, Occupation, Improvement and Cultivation of Public Lands
LAO 1971-4-12 (h) Amending Section 4 to 15, inclusive, of the Philippine Land Surveyors Manual
LAO 1971-4-12 (g) Amending Section 621 of the Philippine Land Surveyors Manual
LAO 1971-4-12 (a) Amending Section 320 of the Philippine Land Surveyors Manual
LAO 1971-4-12 (a) 4 Amending Sections 315, 320, and 366 of the Philippine Land Surveyors Manual
LAO 1970-4-12 (a) 3 Lands Administrative Order No. 4-12(a) 3
LAO 1970-4-12 (a) 2 Amendment of Lands Administrative Order No. 4-12(a)1
LAO 1969-4-12 (a) 1 Amending Section 311 of the Philippine Land Surveyor's Manual, as Amended by L.A.O No. 4-12(a)
LAO 1967-4-12 (f) Amending Sections 283, 301, 302, 316, 384, 409, 696, 748 and 770 and Appendix I of the Philippine Land Surveyors Manual
LAO 1966-4-12 (e) Supplementing Lands Administrative Order No. 4-12 dated July 1, 1955
LAO 1965-4-12 (d) Reconstituting Sections 46 to 48 and Amending Sections 49 of the Philippine Land Surveyors Manual
LAO 1963-4-12 (b) Amending Sections 315 and 327 of the Philippine Land Surveyors Manual
LAO 1961-6-2 (1) Amending Lands Administrative Order No. 6-2, dated September 20, 1950
LAO 1961-4-12 (c) Further Amending Sections 315 and 327 of the Philippine Land Surveyors Manual
LAO 1961-4-10-(1) Revision of Lands Administrative Order No. 4-10 dated June 1, 1951
LAO 1959-4-13 Rush Charges on Verification of Surveys
LAO 1955-21 Rules and Regulations Governing the Distribution of Lands in Tanglaw Settlement of the Davao Penal Colony Set Aside in Proclamation No. 116, Series of 1955 of the President of the Philippines.
LAO 1955-14-1 Supplementary Regulations on Lot Allocation and Distribution in Public Land Subdivision Project
LAO 1954-R-3-1 Amendment to the Rules and Regulation Governing the Acquisition and Disposition of Landed Estates
LAO 1954-20 Rules and Regulations Governing the Distribution of Lands in Iwahig Penal Colony Set Aside in Proclamation No. 97 of the President of the Philippines. Series of 1954
LAO 1954-19 Rules and Regulations Governing the Private Sale of Lands of the Public Domain Under Republic Act No. 730
LAO 1954-16 Regulations to Keep Certain Part of the Land Applied for Planted to Forest Trees or Trees of Economic Value
LAO 1953-4-11 Further Amendment of Section 397 of the Manual of Regulations Governing Land Surveys in the Philippines as Amended by Lands Administrative Orders Nos. 4-7, 4-9, and 4-10
LAO 1951-4-10 Amendment of Sections 367, 368, 369, 373, 374, 375, 378, 379, 380 and Further Amendment of Section 397 of the Manual of Regulations Governing Land Surveys in the Philippines as Amended by Lands Administrative Orders Nos. 4-7 and 4-9
LAO 1950-7-4 Collection of Fees for Certain Services of the Bureau of Lands not Specifically Provided for in the Public Land Law
LAO 1950-6-2 Collection of Fees Incident to the Filing and Disposition of Protests, Appeals and other Petitions in Connection with the Administrative Settlement of Claims and Conflicts on Public Land and Controversies on the Private Domain of the Republic of the Philippines Under the Administration of the Bureau of Lands
LAO 1948-R-2 Rules and Regulations Governing the Administration and Disposition of Lots in Colonies Established Under Commonwealth Act No. 691, as Amend by Republic Act No. 63
LAO 1947-3-6 Regulations Amending Sections 45 and 47 of Lands Administrative Order No. 3-4, dated January 1, 1936
LAO 1946-4-8 Amendment of Sections 817 and 822 of the Manual of Regulations Governing Land Surveys in the Philippines
LAO 1945-4-7 Amendment of Section 397 of the Manual of Regulations Governing Land Surveys in the Philippines
LAO 1945-4-7-1 Amendments of Section 323-a, 326, 332, 341, 345, 346, 1006 and 1012 of the Manual of Regulations Governing Land Surveys in the Philippines
LAO 1936-8-3 Rules and Regulations Governing the Issuance of Temporary Permits of Occupation and Use of Non-Mineral, Non-Timber Public Lands and of Lands and other Real Properties of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
LAO 1936-7-1 Rules and Regulations Governing the Filing and Disposition of Applications for Alienable Lands of the Public Domain or for Real Properties of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
LAO 1936-4-3 Amendment of Section 619 of the Manual of Regulations Governing Land Surveys in the Philippines
LAO 1936-3-5 Regulation Amending Section 45 of Lands Administrative Order No. 3-4, dated January 1, 1936
LAO 1935-4-1 Amendment of Sections 394 and 396 of the Manual of Regulations Covering Land Surveys in the Philippines
LAO 1935-3-3 Regulations Amending Section 9 of the Lands Administrative Order No. 3 of May 10, 1934
LAO 1935-2-1 Schedule of Fees and Charges for Services Concerning Surveys
LAO 1934-6 Rules and Regulations Governing the Promulgation of Decisions and Orders of the Director of Lands and the Filling of Appeals therefrom to the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce
LAO 1934-4 Manual of Regulations Governing Land Surveys in the Philippines
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LMC No. 2022-006 Guidelines on the use and management of the Official Social Media of the Land Management Bureau (LMB)
LMC No. 2022-005 Guidelines on the Establishment and use of Lactation Station in the Land Management Bureau
LMC No. 2022-004 Procedures on the Selection and Establishment of Calibration Baseline for Survey Instrument Testing and Registration
LMC No. 2022-003 Guidelines in the Processing of Request for Certified Copies of Records or Documents in the Possession and or Custody of the Land Management Bureau
LMC No. 2022-002 Supplemental Guidelines in the Processing of Applications for Agricultural Free Patent under DENR Administrative Order No. 2021-38
LMC No. 2022-001 Guidelines on the Use of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in the Conduct of Control and Land Surveys
LMC No. 2021-006 Guidelines in the implementation of a No Smoking Policy in the vicinity of the Land Management Bureau
LMC No. 2021-005 Guidelines on the Reimbursement of Internet and Mobile Data Subscription Expenses of Employees in the Land Management Bureau in View of the Adoption of Alternative Work Arrangement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
LMC No. 2021-004 Guidelines In the Implementation of Zero Contact Policy in All Land-Related Transactions at The Land Management Bureau
LMC No. 2021-003 Review and Compliance Procedure in the Filing and Submission of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth and Disclosure of Business Interest and Financial Connections of the Land Management Bureau Officials and Employees
LMC No. 2021-002 Guidelines On Availing Rapid Antigen Test (Rat) And Reverse Transcription Polymerase Reaction (RT-PCR) For Official Travel of the Officials, Employees, And All Persons Identified of Having a Close Contact of a Confirmed Covtd-19 Case in the Land Management Bureau
LMC No. 2021-001 Adoption and Management of the Official Google Suite (G-Suite) Account of the Land Management Bureau (LMB)
LMC No. 2020-006 Issuance of Individual Land Area Certification for Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) and Technical Requirements in Support to the Creation, Conversion and Abolition of Local Government Unit (LGU)
LMC No. 2020-005 Guidelines in Cleansing All Land Records at the Digital Cadastral Database (DCDB) under the Land Administration and Management System (LAMS) Philippines
LMC No. 2020-004 Procedure in the Disposition of Cases that were Subjected to Verification Proceedings
LMC No. 2020-003 Revised Guidelines in the Policy Development System (PDS) of the Land Management Bureau (LMB)
LMC No. 2020-002 Establishment of Complaints Desk in the Land Management Bureau (LMB)
LMC No. 2020-001 Adoption of the Billing Statement Form as Basis for the Issuance of Order of Payment related to the Lands Managed and Disposed of the Land Management Bureau
LMC No. 2019-010 Guidelines in the processing of Sketch Plan(Sk)/Special Plan (Sp) in support to the issuance of proclamation for information technology (IT) buildings under the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)
LMC No. 2019-009 Procedures in the Issuance of Certificate of Finality on decisions in Land Claims and Conflicts Cases
LMC No. 2019-008 Procedures in the Verification of documents pertaining to pending Land Claims and Conflicts Cases
LMC No. 2019-007 Prescribing a new numbering system for Insular Government Property Sales Application (IGPSA) for Taguig lots covered by Proclamation No. 172, Special Patent, Sales Certificate and Deed of Conveyance
LMC No. 2019-006 Addendum to Section 196 of DENR Memoradum Circular No. 2010-13 Re: Issuance of Sepia Copy of the Approved Survey Plan
LMC No. 2019-005 Adoption of the Policy Monitoring Form
LMC No. 2019-004 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Land Management Bureau (LMB) Information and Communications Technology Resources Usage and Security Policy
LMC No. 2019-003 Procedures on the Verification and Validation of documents submitted to the Land Management Bureau (LMB) for Authentication
LMC No. 2019-002 Addendum to Article 34 Section 203 of the Manual of Land Survey Procedures Re: Survey Forms for Registration and Other Purposes
LMC No. 2018-001 Adoption of a Standard Request Form for New, Transfer, and Renewal of Instrument Calibration and Registration of ETS/EDM
LMC No. 2017-003 Adoption on the Alternative Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the Conduct of Land Survey
LMC No. 2017-002 Addendum to Item D, Section 196 of DENR Memorandum Circular (DMC) No. 201-13, as Amended, or the "Adoption of the Manual on Land Survey Procedures"
LMC No. 2017-001 Establishment of a National Coordinating Office and a Monitoring Team for the Survey Records Reconstruction Activity
LMC No. 2016-003 Guidelines in the Policy Development System of Land Management Bureau (LMB)
LMC No. 2016-002 Rationalized Organizational Structure and Functions of the Land Management Bureau
LMC No. 2016-001 Adoption of Specific Names for Witness Monuments
LMC No. 2015-007 Addendum to Section 136, DENR Memorandum Circular No. 2010-13 re: Private Land Surveys
LMC No. 2015-006 Authorizing the Grant of Communication Allowance to All LMB Division Chiefs, Chief of Staff, Head, Administrative Support Staff, Project Managers, Section Chiefs, Unit Heads and Drivers
LMC No. 2015-005 Amending Annex A (Sample Tabular Form) of LMB Memorandum Circular (LMC) No. 2015-002 re: Adoption of Standard Tabular Format of Technical Description Inscribed on All kinds of Deeds/Conveyances, Patents and Judicial Forms for Land Disposition
LMC No. 2015-004 Prescribing the Procedures on the Docketing of Administrative Disciplinary Cases Involving Personnel of the Land Management Bureau
LMC No. 2015-003 Prescribing the Procedures on the Docketing of Land Cases of the Land Management Bureau
LMC No. 2015-002 Adoption of Standard Tabular Format of Technical Description Inscribed on All Kinds of Deeds/Conveyances, Patents, and Judicial Forms for Land Disposition
LMC No. 2015-001 Guidelines on the Use of Real Time Kinematic (RTK) Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in the Conduct of all Kinds of Lot Surveys within Tertiary Accuracy
LMC No. 2014 - 008 Adoption of the Gender Analysis Tool for Land Management Policies
LMC No. 2014 - 007 Prescribing the Procedures in the Data Capture and Turnover of Remaining Public Land and Land Survey Records from the Land Management Bureau to the DENR Regional Offices and CENR Offices
LMC No. 2014-006 Re-iterating Existing Office Rules and Regulations
LMC No. 2014-005 Adopting a New Series in the Numbering of Judicial Forms for Agricultural Sales Patent
LMC No. 2014-004 Amending Section 75 and 76 of the Manual of Land Survey Procedures
LMC No. 2014 - 003 Supplemental Guidelines in the Establishment of Political Boundary Monuments
LMC No. 2014 - 002 Adopting a Standard Format of Order: Award and Deed of Sale Involving Disposition of Lands Under Proclamation No. 172 dated July 12, 1987
LMC No. 2014 - 001 Prescribing the Procedures in the Conduct of Ocular Inspection and Format of Ocular Inspection Report for Claims and Conflicts Involving Friar Lands, Taguig Lots and Other Patrimonial Properties
LMC No. 2013 - 005 Office Rules and Regulation for Strict Implementation
LMC No. 2013-004 Supplemental Guidelines Prescribing the Installation of the Lands Administration and Management System (LAMS) and Preparation of Records for Data Capture and LAMS Operationalization Pursuant to Land Memorandum Circular (LMC) No. 2012-001 dated May 29, 2012
LMC No. 2013-003 Delegating the Approval of Requests from Public For Certified True and Xerox Copies of Documents Classified as for Limited Circulation (LC) and Restricted Documents (RD) to the Chief, Records Management Division (RMD) Pursuant to DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 97-24 dated July 30, 1997
LMC No. 2013-002 Creation of the Patrimonial Property Management and Collection Unit (PPMCU) under the Office of the Chief, LAUD
LMC No. 2013-001 Creation of the Untitled Government Lands Management Unit under the Office of the Chief, Land Administration and Utilization Division (LAUD)
LMC No. 2012-001 Guidelines Prescribing the Installation of Land Administration and Management System (LAMS) and Preparation of Records for Data Capture and LAMS Operationalization Pursuant to DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2010-18 dated June 23, 2010
LMC No. 2011-002 Guidelines on the Issuance of Certification for Isolated Survey Plans
LMC No. 1997-01 Prescribing the Classification or Category of LMB Records According to Class or Grouping of Written Documents as Provided for Under DAO No. 97-24, Series of 1997
LMC No. 418 Classification of Administrative Issuances
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Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 79 Additional requirements in the processing and evaluation of applications for sales, lease and permit
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 77 Enjoining strict compliance to the Provision of P.D. 957 otherwise known as “The Subdivision and Condominim Buyers Decree”
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 76 Government Stock Farms and Other Government Reservations for Specific Public Purposes
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 75 Acceleration of Cadastral Surveys Thru Local Government Initiative
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 73 Required Certification Re: Contract Surveys to Implement COA Circular No. 80-129 dated 28 February 1980
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 68 Partial Transfer of Homestead Rights Pursuant to Section 20, Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended.
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 67 Additional Guidelines in the Implementation of the Provisions of Republic Act No. 6516
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 66 Rules and Regulations in the acceptance and approval of homestead application
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 64 Requirements in the Publication of Notice of Initial Hearing of Application for Original Registration Purposes.
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 63 Regulation Regarding the Practice of Geodetic Engineers employed, and the use of Equipment Pledged, in Contractual Survey Projects of the Bureau of Lands
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 62 Suspension of Approved Contracts Without Prior Presidential Clearance
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 58 Directing District Land Officers to collect occupation fees on foreshore, marshy, reclaimed and other government lands occupied by any person or entity without authority or permit
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 57 Requiring all District Land Officers and Other Officials Concerned to Consult the City or Municipal Government Land Use Plan before Accepting and Giving due Course to Public Land Applications
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 56 Map Reproduction Charges
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 55 Rules and Regulation in the Processing of Land Registration Cases
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 54 Executive Order No. 525 dated February 14, 1979 entitled “Designating the Public Estates Authority as the Agency Primarily Responsible for All Reclamation Project
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 52 Appraisal and Re-appraisal of Public Lands and other Disposable Lands of the Government
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 51 Additional Condition in Lease Contracts Involving Foreshore Areas
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 50 Implementing Presidential Decree No. 1585, dated June 11, 1978 which prescribes certain standard conditions for Government Contracts, Concessions, Licenses, Permits, Leases, or similar privileges involving the Exploration, Development, Exploitation or Utilization of Natural Resources.
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 49 Withholding 3% Contractor’s Tax from Payment to Contractors per P.D. 1457
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 46 Implementation of Presidential Decree No. 1361, Further Amending Section 112 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 635
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 43 Additional Guidelines in the Inventory and Sketching of Foreshore Areas
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 42 Implementation of Presidential Decree No. 1304, Amending Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 967
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 40 Advance Surveys
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 39 Supplementing Paragraph 46 of Lands Circular No. 16 issued on October 11, 1971
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 38 Supplementary Guidelines on the Investigation of Applications for Free Patent and Judicial Confirmation of Incomplete and Imperfect Titles
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 37 Supreme Court Doctrines on Foreshore Lease Applications as Enunciated in Santulan vs. Executive Secretary (G.R. No. L-28021), December 23, 1977
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 36 Guidelines on the Inclusion of Landholdings Tenanted after October 21, 1972 within the Coverage of P.D. No. 27
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 35 Rules and Regulations Implementing Presidential Decree No. 1198 dated September 19, 1977 Requiring all Individuals, Partnerships or Corporations Engaged in the Exploration Development and Exploitation of Natural Resources or in the Construction of Infra-structure Projects to Restore or Rehabilitate Areas subject thereof of Affected thereby to their Original Condition
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 35-3 Revoking Lands General Circular No. 35-2 dated March 21, 1989 and Amending Lands General Circular Nos. 35 dated February 3, 1978 and 35-1 dated April 26, 1978
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 35-2 Revoking Lands General Circular No. 35-1 dated April 28, 1978
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 35-1 Adopting a Uniform Condition to be Inserted in Patents as Required under Section A, Par. 2 Sub-par. e of Lands General Circular No. 35, dated 3 February 1978
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 32 Amendments to Presidential Decree No. 1224 defining the Policy on the Expropriation of Private property for Socialized Housing upon Payment of Just Compensation
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 19 Realignment of the Membership and Functions of the Committee on Award and Enforcement of Survey Contracts and its Secretariat
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 16 Implementing Presidential Decree Nos. 988, dated 26 August, 1976 defining the Roles of Chiefs of Divisions, Duties & Responsibilities
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 13 Manner of Filling-up the Questionnaire for Land Use Inventory
Lands General Circular (LGC) No. 11 Enjoining Strict Compliance with the Prohibition Against Hand carrying and Follow-up of official papers