Inventory of Confiscated Property Bonds

August 26, 2014

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 113-14

 

It has come to our attention that majority of the branches of the lower courts have not been submitting to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) their reports on confiscated property bonds in both civil and criminal cases where such bonds were posted. OCA Circular No. 4-2002 was issued on 8 May 2002 to the effect that all branches of the lower courts are directed to submit an inventory of all confiscated property bonds. It is in this light that the OCA is reiterating its previous directive, requiring all branches of the trial courts to submit an inventory of confiscated property bond.

The inventory shall be reported using the following format:

		Case	Case	Type of	Date of	Amount	Status/
		Title	Number	Bond	Confiscation	of	Action
					Order	Property	Taken
					and	Bond
					Reason
					for
					Confiscation
Example
	1	PP vs. Mr.	Crim. Case	Property	2 Jan. 2012	P200,000.00	Confiscated
		A	No. 123-2014	Bond	-accused		property bond
					jumped bail		registered with
							Register of
							Deeds on
							(date)
							-or-
							No action
							on the
							Order of
							Confiscation
							-or-
							No action
							taken

 

The aforesaid inventory report shall be submitted to the Docket and Clearance Division, Legal office, Office of the Court Administrator, not later than thirty (30) days from receipt hereof. Henceforth, all branches of the lower courts are enjoined to submit a report on the inventory of confiscated property bond, as the need arises.

For strict compliance. aEHAIS

JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZCourt Administrator