March 27, 2007

DAR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 04-07

SUBJECT    :     Amendment to Administrative Order No. 2, Series of 2005, Entitled, "Rules and Regulations Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of Voluntary Offer to Sell and Compulsory Acquisition and those Covered Under Executive Order No. 407"

I.          PREFATORY STATEMENT

In view of the need to improve the systems and procedures/processes on land acquisition and distribution and preserve the gains achieved in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), the preparation of the Land Distribution and Information Sheet (LDIS) simultaneous with claim folder preparation and documentation is essential in order to maximize resources and ensure the generation of LDIS which will facilitate determination of the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries' (ARBs) land amortization schedule.   DHcESI

Pursuant thereto, Item IV.C.12 of DAR Administrative Order No. 2, Series of 2005 is hereby amended to read as follows:

12     DARPO     •     Receives and reviews

                                 Memorandum of Valuation

                                 with LVW from LBP

                           •     Sends:

                                 •     Order to deposit to             •     CARP-LA Form No. 17
                                       LBP, together with                     (Order to Deposit)
                                       a copy of Application          •     CARP-LA Form No. 20
                                       to Purchase and                        (duplicate copy of
                                       Farmer's Undertaking               NLVA)
                                       (APFU) and the                   •     CARP-LA Form No. 18
                                       accomplished Land                   (Revised APFU)
                                       Distribution Information       •     CARP Form No. 22
                                       Schedule                                     (LDIS)
                                 •     Notice of Land Valuation    •     CARP-LA Form No. 20
                                       and Acquisition to LO               (Notice of Land
                                       together with copies of              Valuation and
                                       MOV, LVW and LO's                   Acquisition with
                                       Reply Form and causes             CARP-LA Form No. 21-
                                       the posting of the NLVA             Los' Reply Form)
                                       for seven (7) days at the      •     CARP-LA Form No. 16
                                       barangay and municipality/       (Memo of Valuation)
                                       city halls where the                     with  Land Valuation
                                       property is located and,             Worksheet
                                       thereafter, issues                 •     CARP-LA Form No. 5
                                       Certification of Posting              (Certification of Posting
                                       Compliance                                Compliance of NLVA by
                                                                                             the PARO)
                                      

All other steps not amended shall remain.

II.      REPEALING CLAUSE

The pertinent provision of Item IV of Administrative Order No. 02, S. of 2005 is hereby modified accordingly.

III.    EFFECTIVITY

This Order shall take effect ten (10) days following its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Quezon City, March 27, 2007.   ScCDET

(SGD.) NASSER C. PANGANDAMAN
OIC-Secretary

Published in The Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Malaya on April 4, 2007.