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Chapter II: Registration Forms, Lists, Registers, Records, Maps and Certificates
Article 14
The registration agency shall provide the following registration forms, lists, registers, records, maps and certificates:
(1) Application forms;
(2) Registration lists;
(3) Written contracts;
(4) Records of applications received;
(5) Land registers and constructional improvements registers;
(6) Certificates of land ownership and certificates of improvement ownership;
(7) Certificates related to other rights;
(8) Cadastral maps;
(9) General registers of landowners;
(10) Other required forms, lists, registers and records.
Article 15
Records of applications received shall be compiled, with serial numbers based on the order in which the applications have been received, according to the registration agency, the township (city or district), the section, or the nature of the applications. The covers of the records shall clearly state the total number of pages and the commencing date of the usage, and be affixed with the seal of the registration agency. Each page shall be numbered and compiled into volumes, along with other pages.
Article 16
The sheets of registers shall be divided into three sections, namely: description, ownership and other rights in sequence, with the exception of the provisions set forth in Paragraph 2 of Article 81. Each section shall be compiled respectively, sequentially, with page number. The total number of pages of each section shall be written on the description page.
Article 17
A registration agency shall, in the light of the conditions of its jurisdiction, register on registers by township (city or district) or section. The cover of the register shall clearly state the volume number of the land register or improvement register for a certain section of a certain township (city or district), besides being marked with the first and the last number of the lands or improvements registered in the register. Each sheet inside the register shall be affixed with the seal of the land registration.
If there are more than two volumes of registers for the same section, the method of statement shall be the same as that referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 18
The register shall be compiled according to the sequence of plot numbers or improvement numbers, in loose-leaf sheets with an index as its first page.
Article 19
Records of applications received, application forms and their attachments shall be retained for 15 years after the completion of the registration; the first registration case of the land ownership should be subject to permanent preservation.
Preservation and destruction of the documents are to be handled by the registration agency according to relevant provisions of the Archives Act.
Article 20
The register and the cadastral map shall be permanently retained by the registration agency. They shall not be carried out of the registration agency unless there is any provision by way of law to the contrary or any measure taken to avoid damage.
Article 21
If the register is destroyed, the registration agency shall undertake the work provided by Article 17-1 of the Enforcement Act of the Land Act.
Article 22
If the sheets of the register concerning a land lot are partially damaged, the registration agency shall totally replace them according to the original entry. If all of the sheets of the register are damaged or destroyed, or there is a change of their form, the registration agency shall replace them with due regard to those original entries still retaining validity.
Article 23
The registration agency shall set up a cadastral database and appoint a specific person to be in charge of its management. Rules governing its management shall be formulated by the municipal or county (city) land office.
Article 24
The application to view, transcribe, photocopy or take photographs of an application and its attachments shall be limited to one of the following:
(1) The original applicant or his/her agent;
(2) The person whose name is registered in the register (registering party);
(3) Any person with interest in the original application, furnished with documents of evidence.
Article 24-1
The type and content of registration information of the land and its price allowed for information release are as follows:
(1)Type1: Complete registration information submitted by the registering party.
(2)Type2: The registration information with concealed the registering party’s birth date, partial name and ID number, debtor and his/her debt amount proportion, obligor and other information of which concealment is regulated by law. But the registration of restriction, and name and ID number of the juridical person shall be released without concealment.
(3)Type3:The registration information with concealed ID number and birth date of the registering party.
The registering party may apply for concealing his/her partial address of the registration information in previous Subparagraph 2, unless the administrator and the juridical person.
The registering party or other applicants entitled by law may apply for registration information regulated in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1. Anyone may apply for the registration information regulated in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1. The registering party, person who is legally obligated to inform, or interested person with acquirement, loss and alternation of rights and duties may apply for registration information regulated in Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1.
To apply for registration information of land and its price by a registration agent shall apply mutatis mutandis to Paragraph 1 of Article 37.
Article 25
The certificate of land or improvement ownership and the certificate of other rights shall have the seal of the registration agency and the signature or seal of the head of the registration agency applied to them before such certificate may be issued to their owners.