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Here’s a step by step guide on what you need to do in transferring a land title in your name…

Step 1 ~ Go to a local attorney’s office to get your Deed of Absolute Sale notarized. If you don’t have a DOAS yet, they can make one for you. Fee is usually 1% of the selling price.

Step 2 ~ Go to the Assessor’s Office to get an Affidavit of No Improvement if there is no house built on the property. You will need to bring the Tax Declaration, photocopy of Deed of Absolute Sale and your residence certificate.

Step 3 ~ Go to the Land Tax Division to get an Order of Payment. You’ll need to bring the Tax Declaration and and Land Tax Receipt.

Step 4 ~ Go back to the Assessor’s Office to pay for the Transfer Tax. You’ll need two photocopies of the DOAS and Tax Declaration.

Step 5 ~ Go to the BIR or Bureau of Internal Revenue for payment of Documentary Stamps and Expanded Withholding Tax (EWT). You will need to bring both the original and a photocopy of the Title, Affidavit of No Improvement, Certificate of No Improvement, Tax Declaration, Tax Receipt. This usually takes a month.

Step 6 ~ Go to the Register of Deeds for the proper Registration of Title. You will need to bring original copies of title, DOAS with stamp, doc stamp receipt, EWT Receipt, Tax Clearance, Transfer Tax, Tax Declaration

Step 7 ~ Go back to the Assessor’s Office to request for a new copy of tax declaration of the lot or house and lot under the buyer’s name. You will need to bring photocopy of new title, DOAS, transfrer tax, tax declaration, tax receipt, tax clearance.

I hope this helps….

Museums are one of the best places to take your kids to stimulate learning. The thing is, with adult museums, the exhibits are often off limits to the touch and is of less interest to children.

Museo Pambata is a hands-on museum that encourages children to explore, understand and learn by letting them touch, smell and experience different things in an interactive and fun environment.

The entrance fee is P100 per person.

There are eight theme rooms that children can explore and experience…

The Kalikasan/Environment room is all about mother nature.

The Old Manila room takes you to what Manila looks like when grandma and granpa were children. It showcases the clothes, the household furnitures and even the old typewriters and cameras.

The Global Village room showcases the costumes, toys and musical instruments of children around the world.

The Marketplace room is like a mini-village, there’s a barber shop, drug-store, newspaper store, wet market and even a mini-bahay kubo {nipa-hut} where children can play pretend.

The Environmental room is about being green and loving the planet.

The Body Works room has a lifesize tunnel where you can take a journey inside the human body. Ykaie is scared to have hr photo taken inside the big mouth.

The Career Options room showcases children’s books which helps in visualizing what the children want when they grow up.

The last room is the Karapatan Hall which is dedictaed to the rights of the children.

Museo Pambata
Roxas Boulevard corner South Drive
Manila, Philippines 1000