By chattel mortgage, personal property is recorded in the Chattel Mortgage Register as a security for the performance of an obligation. If the movable, instead of being recorded, is delivered to the creditor or a third person, the contract is a pledge and not a chattel mortgage.
LTO MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 17 of the said manual of operations provides that “In all dealings or transactions on motor vehicles, a chattel mortgage or release thereof shall first be registered with the office of the Register of Deeds before any registration transaction is effected.”
A chattel mortgage shall not be valid against any person except the mortgagor, his executors or administrators, unless the possession of the property is delivered to and retained by the mortgagee or unless the mortgage is recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the province in which the mortgagor resides at ...
Chattel is any tangible personal property that is movable. Examples of chattel are furniture, livestock, bedding, picture frames, and jewelry.
Removing the encumbered status of the car on the LTO Certificate of Registration (CR) is done at the LTO. It can't just be any LTO office. It has to be done at the originating LTO branch office (the office where it was originally registered), or the LTO office stated on the Certificate of Registration (CR).
Lenders use your debt-to-income (DTI) ratio to see how much of your income goes to paying debts. They prefer a DTI of 43% or less. DTI is your monthly debt payments divided by your gross monthly income. Lower DTI means you can borrow more.