REGISTRY OF PROPERTY

Art. 708. The Registry of Property has for its object the inscription or annotation of acts and contracts relating to the ownership and other rights over immovable property. (605)

Art. 709. The titles of ownership, or of other rights over immovable property, which are not duly inscribed or annotated in the Registry of Property shall not prejudice third persons. (606)

Art. 710. The books in the Registry of Property shall be public for those who have a known interest in ascertaining the status of the immovables or real rights annotated or inscribed therein. (607)

PUBLIC NATURE OF BOOKS

• It may embrace every person as long as it is clear that the purpose of the examination isn’t unlawful or arises from sheer and idle curiousity

MINISTERIAL FUNCTION OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS

• It is ministerial to comply with the decision of the court to issue a title and register a property in the name of a certain person, especially when the decision had attained finality
  

Art. 711. For determining what titles are subject to inscription or annotation, as well as the form, effects, and cancellation of inscriptions and annotations, the manner of keeping the books in the Registry, and the value of the entries contained in said books, the provisions of the Mortgage Law, the Land Registration Act, and other special laws shall govern. (608a)