Practice question
A deed validly conveys private surface land to a qualified buyer. The buyer claims the deed also transfers ownership of all State waters and minerals associated with the parcel, without any separate legal basis. Which is correct?
- Every private deed necessarily conveys every State resource.
- The valid land conveyance does not itself displace the separate constitutional resource categories.
- A qualified buyer may privately repeal resource ownership rules.
- Only the deed's price determines State ownership.
- State waters and minerals cease to exist legally upon sale.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution ArticleXII Sections2-3 and7-8: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- RA11573 Section6, amended PD1529 Section14: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11573_2021.html
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