Affidavit of Self-Adjudication of Estate
Republic of the Philippines · Rule 74 engineering draft · Template v0.2.0
SWORN STATEMENT
I, Carlos Bautista Mercado, Filipino, of legal age, single, TIN 456-789-012-000, residing at 9 Acacia Lane, Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig City 1603, the decedent's only child (illegitimate, with the decedent named as mother in his PSA birth record), after having been duly sworn, state:
1. Lourdes Bautista Mercado, Filipino, TIN 567-890-123-000, died intestate on April 18, 2026 at Pasig City, with last legal domicile at 9 Acacia Lane, Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig City 1603. No will or codicil was found after the documented search, and no probate or administration proceeding is known to be pending.
2. The certified death record is: PSA-issued certified death certificate, Registry No. 2026-0733, Civil Registry of Pasig City. The decedent's civil status at death was single.
3. I am the sole and only verified intestate heir and of legal age. The complete succession and representation basis is: The decedent was single and died intestate. Her only child, whose filiation to her is shown in his PSA birth record, is the sole heir. Her parents died before her, and no spouse or other compulsory heir survives her.. The primary records are: PSA birth certificate of the sole heir naming the decedent as his mother, PSA certificate of no marriage (CENOMAR) of the decedent, and PSA death certificates of the decedent's parents..
4. The debt investigation was: The heir reviewed bank, credit, utility, and tax records, made inquiries with known creditors, and searched court records in Pasig City.. Supporting proof is: Paid-in-full certificates and official receipts retained by the heir.. The estate has no outstanding debt requiring administration; this statement does not extinguish a valid claim of a creditor or nonparticipant protected by Rule 74.
5. The estate assets are fully described in the schedules below from current title, tax, issuer, valuation and possession records. Known liens and restrictions are: None known after current registry and creditor review..
SCHEDULE A — REAL PROPERTY
Residential townhouse and lot at 9 Acacia Lane, Pasig City, Transfer Certificate of Title No. 0067890, about 96 square meters, registered in the decedent's name and free of mortgage.
Schedule A covers one (1) parcel of land.
SCHEDULE B — OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY
Household furniture and appliances, valued in the heir's inventory at the date of death.
Value of the other personal property: ₱150,000.00.
SCHEDULE C — FINANCIAL ASSETS
Savings account no. ending 7730 at Bayanihan Savings Bank, Pasig branch.
Date-of-death value of the financial assets: ₱320,000.00.
SELF-ADJUDICATION
I adjudicate to myself, subject to law, tax, creditor, registry and issuer requirements, the decedent's entire net estate described above. My resulting adjudicated share is 100%. The asset-by-asset implementation is: The entire estate, being the townhouse and lot, the bank deposit, and the personal property, is adjudicated to the sole heir.
This instrument does not transfer the surviving spouse's separate share, another person's property, an omitted asset, or an interest subject to a separate required conveyance/approval merely by describing it here.
No separate sale, donation, gratuitous waiver, or equalization payment is represented as occurring outside the shares and asset partition expressly stated above.
PUBLICATION, BOND, TAX AND REGISTRATION
The fact of this self-adjudication will be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in Balita Metro Weekly, a newspaper of general circulation in the province where the decedent last resided. Publication does not bind a person who did not participate or had no notice beyond what law permits.
The total value of all personal property of the estate, including the financial assets, vehicles, shares and business interests, and other personal property in the schedules above, is ₱470,000.00, as certified under oath by the undersigned heir. A bond in that amount will be filed with the Registry of Deeds simultaneously with, and as a condition precedent to, the filing of this instrument, conditioned on the payment of any just claim under Rule 74, Section 4.
The estate-tax return has been filed and the estate tax paid. The parties' application for the BIR electronic Certificate Authorizing Registration (eCAR) is being processed. Applicable Revenue District Office: BIR Revenue District Office covering the decedent's last domicile in Pasig City.
After tax clearance/eCAR, the parties will complete: Obtain the BIR eCAR, local transfer-tax clearance, Registry of Deeds transfer, assessor update, and each asset issuer's transfer approval.. Relevant Registry of Deeds: Registry of Deeds of Pasig City.