DISTINCTION BETWEEN VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY REGISTRATION

INVOLUNTARY REGISTRATIONVOLUNTARY REGISTRATION
An entry thereof—attachment, levy,
notice of lis pendens, etc—in the
day book is sufficient notice to all
persons even if the owner’s
duplicate certificate of title isn’t
presented to the RD

An innocent purchaser for value of
registered land becomes the
registered owner and in
contemplation of law the holder of a
certificate of title, the moment he
presents and files a duly notarized
and valid deed of sale and the same
is entered in the day book and at

the same time he surrenders or
presents the owner’s duplicate
certificate of title covering the land
sold and pays the registration fees,
because what needs to be done lies
not within his power to perform