Friday, January 21, 2011

Survey Meanings

In Real Estate Brokerage Practice, most of the practitioners are not aware of the meanings behind survey initials and it's implication to torrens title in the Philippines. Here are the basic intials used in  survey plans;

  1. CAD - Cadastral Survey. It is a survey conducted by the Bureau of Lands (now DENR) in a large area including townsite and its suburb. The survey includes titled lands and untitled lands. Each lot will be numbered  as Lot 1, Lot 2, etc. When you see in a title, Lot 1, Cad. 695(this number will vary), it is a cadastral survey. The main objective of this survey is for taxation purposes.
  2. Csd - This is a subdivision survey of Cadastral Lot. If a cadastral lot is not yet titled and the owner will subdivide it into sub-lots, the resulting survey is Csd.  Csd survey can be executed by either a Private Geodetic Engineer or Geodetic Engineer from the DENR.
  3. Psd - Is a subdivision survey of a titled properties. All Psd surveys are conducted by a Private Geodetic Engineer. 
  4. Bsd - Is a subdivision survey on government titled properties conducted by a Government Geodetic Engineer. If a private titled land is being surveyed by a Government Geodetic Engineer thru court order, the resulting survey is a Bsd.
  5. Psu - is a survey on original land (not yet surveyed) by a private Geodetic Engineer. This kind of survey will be used by titling thru judicial proceedings (means thru court order).
  6. Psu-Amend. - is a subdivision survey of Psu survey. This survey means that the Psu lots are not yet titled.
  7. FP - Free Patent survey. It is an original survey on agricultural land conducted by a Private Geodetic Engineer for a purpose of titling thru Administrative Proceedings (means thru the DENR). Free Patent surveys is only 5 hectares or less.
  8. H - Homestead survey. same characteristics as FP survey but the maximum area is 20 hectares or less.
  9. Rs - Relocation Survey
  10. Ts - Townsite survey. can be conducted by either government or private surveyor.
  11. Ms - Miscellaneous sales survey. It is a survey on residential original lots. The resulting title on this is thru Administrative Proceedings.
  12. Ap - Advanced plan

30 comments:

  1. Thank you very much for giving us the definitions of prefixes of Survey Plans. Its a big help and clears up a lot of confusion.

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  2. How about the prefixes on title like T, RT, R, P and others?

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  3. Rel - relocation survey
    Rs - resurvey

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  4. Rel - relocation survey
    Rs - resurvey

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  5. Thank you for this information. Can you please tell me what the (AR) in Psd-xxxxxx-xxxxxx (AR) means?

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    1. Swo - Special Work Order; typical for public domain covered by proclamation

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  6. Hello is SWO (special work order) legal

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  7. what the meaning of csd/psd/pcs/psu/pls

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  8. Admin, Is a PSD# can be use on two different titles? Thank you

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  9. Hello.. What is PSC stands for

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  10. does the meaning of gss is group settlement surveys?

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  11. What is the abbrevaition of cobsolidation survey for two titled property

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  12. Where do we find the meaning of this code example psu-09 what is the meaning of 09 pls answer me

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  13. sa survey plan ng untitled lot ko ang nakalagay CCsd. ano po ibig sabihin non

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  14. What is the meaning of Pcs I saw some approved lot as Pcs-.......

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  15. What is the meaning of Pcs I saw some approved plan as Pcs-.......

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    1. Consolidation Subdivision Plan pcs. means there are 2 or more lots combined (consolidated) then subdivided again into new lots.

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  16. How can collector sold land to private limited company or individual family

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