Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)

Subject	Opinion Number	Date	Download Here
Acquisition; Modes of Acquisition	Opinion No. 32, s. 2007	November 16, 2007	page 1
Acquisition; Land Covered by Homestead Patents and/or CLOAs may be Transferred Through VLT	Opinion No. 28, s. 2007	October 15, 2007	page 1
Acquisition; A.O. No. 02, Series of 2005 Generally has Prospective Application	Opinion No. 12, s. 2007	February 13, 2007	page 1 and page 2
Appearance in Court; Authority of Legal Officers to Appear Before the DARAB/Municipal Trial Court in Relation to Agrarian Disputes	Opinion No. 04, s. 2007	January 31, 2007	page 2
Authority of the Regional Director; Cease and Desist Order may be Issued by the RD in a Situation of Extreme Urgency	Opinion No. 16, s. 2007	March 21, 2007	page 2 and page 3
Awarded Lands; Transferability of Lands Within Resettlement Areas Covered with CLOAs	Opinion No. 19, s. 2007	May 02, 2007	page 3
Beneficiaries; Blood Relation is not the Sole Criterion to Succeed as Transferee/Allocatee in Case of Death of Farmer Beneficiary	Opinion No. 31, s. 2007	November 12, 2007
Beneficiaries; Identification, Screening, and Selection; Husband and Wife may Become ARB Independent to their Spouse	Opinion No. 30, s. 2007	November 08, 2007
Beneficiaries; Vested Right; Defined	Opinion No. 30, s. 2007	Nobember 08, 2007	page 3 and page 4
Beneficiaries; Installation may Proceed Despite Pendency of a Petition for Exclusion	Opinion No. 25, s. 2007	September 25, 2007	page 4
Beneficiaries; Only Natural Persons can be Issued CLOAs	Opinion No. 09, s. 2007	February 13, 2007	page 4
Bondsman; Defined; DAR Personnel Cannot Serve as Bondsman to a Criminal Case	Opinion No. 15, s. 2007	March 12, 2007	page 4 and page 5
Compromise Agreement; Valid Contract	Opinion No. 27, s. 2007	October 03, 2007	page 5
Conversion; Location of the Property Subject of an Application for Conversion Already Incorporated in the Certificate of Title	Opinion No. 34, s. 2007	December 26, 2007	page 5
Conversion; As Distinguished from Reclassification	Opinion No. 26, s. 2007	September 27, 2007	page 6
Conversion; Which Office has the Authority to Approve	Opinion No. 26, s. 2007	September 27, 2007	page 6
Conversion; Limitation	Opinion No. 26, s. 2007	September 27, 2007	page 6 and page 7
Conversion; DAR's Authority to Approve or Disapprove as Mandated under E.O. No. 129-A	Opinion No. 06, s. 2007	February 07, 2007	page 7
Conversion Clearance; Not Necessary for Lands Exempted from CARP Coverage by Reason of Reclassification befor 15 June 1988	Opinion No. 06, s. 2007	February 07, 2007	page 8
Conversion; Proof of Receipt of Payment of Disturbance Compensation as One of the Requirements for the Approval; Property Covered by Conversion Order No Longer Subject to Leasehold Contract	Opinion No. 01, s. 2007	January 16, 2007	page 8 and page 9
Coverage; Effect of Court of Appeals Decision	Opinion No. 32, s. 2007	November 16, 2007	page 9
Coverage; Agricultural Lands not Exceeding Five (5) Hectares not Subject to Acquisition and Distribution	Opinion No. 22, s. 2007	June 15, 2007
Coverage; Lands Foreclosed/Owned by Financial Institutions	Opinion No. 13, s. 2007	February 16, 2007
Coverage; Lands Previously Exempt from CARP when Subsequently Developed for Agricultural Production may be Covered under R.A. No. 6657	Opinion No. 08, s. 2007	February 07, 2007	page 9 and page 10
DAR Clearance; Mandatory Requirement for Disposition or Alienation of Agricultural Lands less than 5 Hectares	Opinion No. 10, s. 2007	February 13, 2007	page 10
Disturbance Compensation; Agricultural Lessees Right to Payment of Disturbance Compensation	Opinion No. 02, s. 2007	January 16, 2007	page 11
Encumbrance; Meaning; Effect; How Discharged	Opinion No. 03, s. 2007	January 19, 2007
Exemption; Landholding Exclusively Devoted to Livestock	Opinion No. 29, s. 2007	October 24, 2007
Exemption Order; What It Signifies Under CARP and A.O. No. 2, Series of 2006	Opinion No. 01, s. 2007	January 16, 2007	page 12
Foreclosed Lands; Subject of a Acquisition and Distribution	Opinion No. 23, s. 2007	June 20, 2007	page 12
Foreclosed Land; Creditor may be Considered as Landowner	Opinion No. 07, s. 2007	February 07, 2007	page 12 and page 13
Just Compensation; Reckoning Date	Opinion No. 32, s. 2007	November 16, 2007	page 13
Landowners Right to Enter into an Agreement under the Civil Code	Opinion No. 02, s. 2007	January 19, 2007	page 13 and page 14
Leasehold; Effect of Fortuitous Event or Force Majeure	Opinion No. 17, s. 2007	March 30, 2007	page 14
Leasehold; Agricultural Leasehold Relation is Extinguished upon Transfer of Right by the Lessee Father to His Son/Member of Immediate Farm Household Tenancy; Personal Cultivation as Requirement	Opinion No. 11, s. 2007	February 13, 2007	page 14 and page 15
Leasehold; Not Extinguished by Death, Incapacity or Expiration of the Term; Order of Priority of Successors/Order of Preference	Opinion No. 05, s. 2007	February 07, 2007	page 15
Leasehold; Consent of Agricultural Lessor Needed in Installing Other Tenants; Meaning of Personal Cultivation	Opinion No. 05, s. 2007	February 07, 2007	page 15
Leasehold Relationship; Requisites	Opinion No. 02, s. 2007	January 19, 2007	page 15 and page 16
Notary Public; DAR Legal Officers Not Authorized to Sign as Notary Public	Opinion No. 04, s. 2007	January 31, 2007	page 16
Reclassification; Circumstances that Authorize Reclassification	Opinion No. 26, s. 2007	September 27, 2007	page 16
Reclassification; Public Hearing is Required	Opinion No. 26, s. 2007	September 27, 2007	page 16 and page 17
Retention	Opinion No. 32, s. 2007	November 16, 2007	page 17
Retention; Estate of Deseaced Parents Entitled to the Retention of Five (5) Hectares	Opinion No. 18, s. 2007	April 03, 2007	page 17 and page 18
Security of Tenure; Ground/Causes by which an Agricultural Lessee may be Dispossessed of His/Her Tillage	Opinion No. 22, s. 2007	June 15, 2007	page 18
Tenancy; All Requisites Must Concur	Opinion No. 22, s. 2007	June 15, 2007	page 18 and page 19
Tenancy Relationship; Essential Requisites	Opinion No. 05, s. 2007	February 07, 2007	page 19
Voluntary Land Transfer; Representative Appointed by the Heirs of the Deceased Landowner to Sign Documents	Opinion No. 33, s. 2007	December 20, 2007	page 19
Voluntary Offer to Sell (VOS); Property with Adverse Claimant	Opinion No. 14, s. 2007	February 21, 2007	page 19 and page 20