Practice question
An innocent owner can still recover the property from a fraudulent transferee; no protected third-party right has intervened. The owner seeks Fund payment simply because reconveyance would take effort. Which answer is best?
- The stated ability to recover the land defeats the legal-preclusion requirement.
- The inconvenience alone makes the Fund automatically liable.
- The owner may demand compensation without identifying a registration-related loss.
- The owner’s preference extinguishes the transferee’s liability.
- A certificate in any wrongdoer’s name conclusively proves Fund liability.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html — PD1529, sections95,97,101.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2018/jul2018/gr_224678_2018.html — Spouses Stilianopoulos v Register of Deeds for Legazpi City, GR224678, July3 2018, main opinion: registration fraud and breach of trust.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/aug2015/gr_171804_2015.html — Register of Deeds of Negros Occidental v Anglo, Sr., GR171804, August5 2015, main opinion: section95 and claimant negligence.
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