Geodetic Engineer in Metro Manila

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Cities and municipalities covered in Metro Manila

Coverage across the 17 cities and municipalities of Metro Manila.

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Land surveying and Metro Manila

In Metro Manila, survey plans for land transactions and government filings must be prepared by a licensed Geodetic Engineer: original and subdivision survey returns go through the DENR Land Management Services for verification and approval, while titles are issued and transferred through the Registry of Deeds under the Torrens system. Metro Manila is not a province but the National Capital Region: sixteen cities and the municipality of Pateros, each with its own local government, served by the Registries of Deeds of the capital region. Property activity in and around Quezon City and the rest of Metro Manila (National Capital Region) generates steady demand for boundary relocations before fencing and construction, subdivision of family land, topographic plans for building projects, and titling surveys for land still held on tax declarations.

Metro Manila is not a province but the National Capital Region: sixteen cities and the municipality of Pateros, each its own approval authority, so a survey filed with the wrong city hall goes nowhere. Reclamation along Manila Bay and the alignment of the Valley Fault System through Marikina, Pasig and Quezon City are the two constraints that decide what can be built where.

Common problems in Metro Manila

• Fence lines that don't match the title: Long-standing occupation drifts from the technical description over the years, surfacing during sales, loans and estate settlements. A relocation survey establishes the facts before positions harden.
• Land held on tax declaration only: Parcels occupied for decades but never titled cannot be mortgaged and are risky to sell. A titling survey is the first concrete step toward a Torrens title.
• Inherited land never partitioned: Heirs holding one mother title in common need a subdivision survey and approved plan before individual titles can be issued.
• Overlapping claims and old surveys: Old surveys on superseded reference systems and overlapping plans cause conflicts that only a properly tied PRS92 survey against the records can untangle.

Frequently asked questions in Metro Manila