LAND TITLES IN RELATION TO MAPS OR PLANS

A.      TORRENS TITLE TO LAND is issued as evidence of ownership under the Torrens system of registration in accordance with the Public Land Act and Registration Laws.  Titles of ownership originate from approved plans, surveys and decrees issued by the LRA and/or judicial courts such as land patents, private subdivision surveys and other methods of surveys.

B.      Commonly Used Survey Symbols appearing on the approved plans and in titles:

1.  Plans approved by the Land Registration Authority

• (LRC) Psd - Private subdivision of titles and properties
• (LRC) Pcs - Private Consolidation - subdivision of titled properties

2.  Plans approved by the Bureau of Land Management

• Psd - Private Subdivision of titled properties
• Pcs - Private - consolidation subdivision of titled properties
• H - Homestead patents
• FPA - Free Patent Application
• PSU - Private Original Surveys
• AP - Advanced Plans
• GSS - Group Settlement Survey
• PLS - Public Land Subdivision
• CAD - Cadastral Land Subdivision
• SWO - Special Work Order
• AMD - Amended Survey

3.  Other Survey Symbols and Common Tie Points

• BLLM - Bureau of Land Location Monument
• BLBM - Bureau of Land Barrio Boundary Monument
• LM - Location Monument
• CBM - City Boundary Monument
• PBM - Provincial Boundary Monument
• BBM - Barrio Boundary Monument
• OCT - Original Certificate of Title
• TCT - Transfer Certificate of Title