Practice question
A buyer pays before notice but learns of an adverse claim before due registration. Under Duenas, may the buyer disregard that timing solely because payment happened earlier?
- Yes; payment permanently immunizes all later notice before registration.
- Only the printing date of the new title matters regardless of legal registration.
- The buyer can privately erase the adverse claim.
- No; good faith must continue through registration.
- Every adverse notice automatically transfers ownership to a stranger.
Legal references
- PD1529 Sections31-34 and44: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html
- Magsano v. Pangasinan Savings and Loan Bank, G.R.215038, October17,2016, MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/oct2016/gr_215038_2016.html
- Duenas v. Metrobank, G.R.209463, November29,2022, EN BANC MAIN, good faith through registration: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/nov2022/gr_209463_2022.html
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