A Master Deed is a legal document that outlines the rules and regulations for a inium or cooperative property. It's a document that's created by the developer of the property and it's used to govern how the property is managed and maintained.
Does owning a inium mean owning the entire building due to common ownership through one deed? No. In a inium, each apartment is individully owned; each owner has title to their own apartment. Common areas are owned by the inium association or sometimes the developer.
Inium is a Latin word that means "Owning property together." That's what it is like when someone buys a condo unit. They have an "interest" in the land beneath the building, but the building's association owns the actual land.
The master deed is one of the documents that transfer property to be owned by the inium. It includes a description of the land and buildings, a description of what is the common area and what the individual owners own, a determination of percentage interest, a plot plan, and use restrictions.
In the US deeds are recorded by a Register of Deeds.. usually there is a Register of Deeds for each county. So contact the county where the real property is located and ask for the register of deeds. You may have to search their records.
Ownership of a inium unit is evidenced by a inium certificate of title. With respect to real property other than land and inium units, there is no system that is equivalent to the Torrens system for registration under which a document is issued to evidence the owner's title.
Your inium doesn't have a lifespan, but the corporation managing it has one. In the Philippines, 50 years is the lifespan of all companies and corporations, big or small. However, the corporation can still be renewed for another 50 years, so your inium ownership does not necessarily end at that point.
To obtain copies of court filed public records from a civil case in a County Court at Law or Probate Court, you will need to contact the civil division of the County Clerk at Law webpage. The phone number is 817-884-1101.
An Assumed Name / DBA (Doing Business as) should be filed with the County Clerk's Office in which business is to be conducted. Unincorporated assumed name certificate forms can be completed in person or submitted by mail if notarized.