Affidavit of Loss

Here is a basic format or sample of an Affidavit of Loss. This form can be modified if you loss an ID or other documents. It is important that you consult a lawyer to help customize this affidavit to your own circumstances.

AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
_____________________________ ) SS.

I,              state your full name           , Filipino, of legal age,             single/married to     state name of husband or wife if married       , and a resident of         state resident address        , after having been duly sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and say:

1. That I am a holder of a (school/company)  identification card with number _____________________________ issued by _____________________________;

2. That I regularly keep the said identification card in my wallet, among others;

3. That sometime in state date when permit/official document was lost, when I arrived home from work, I discovered that said ID card was no longer in my wallet;

4. That despite diligent effort to locate the same I could not find it;

5. That I am executing this affidavit to attest to the truth of the foregoing facts and to request for a replacement of said ID from the _____________.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ____ day of ________,  2014 at _____________, Philippines.


                                                                     _____________________
                                                                                 AFFIANT

                                                                                            (Affix signature of Affiant over printed name)

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, a notary public in and for _____________ this ____ day of (month), 2014 at (City/Municipality), affiant exhibiting to me his valid government-issued identification no. _______________ issued at _________________ and valid until ______________, and personally signed the foregoing instrument before me and avowed under penalty of law as to the whole truth of the contents of said instrument.

                                                                                      Notary Public

                                                                                      Until 31 December 20___

                                                                                      PTR No. __________

                                                                                      Issued at: __________

                                                                                      Issued on: __________

                                                                                      TIN No. ___________

Doc. No. _______

Page No. _______

Book No. _______

Series of ________

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Hi! I'm a law student from Manila, Philippines.  I did Political Science, then Industrial Relations major in H.R. (postgrad) studies from UP.  I vlog, weightlift, experiment with new makeup looks, try Bollywood and bellydance steps, and rant about my cray life in my YouTube channel.  Once in a blue moon, I create content for another YT channel,  10+ blogs,  20+ FB pages and in HubPages.  Check out my official site.  

Typhoon Glenda and Codal Review

'Upside down'

Typhoon Glenda (International name 'Rammasun') is pummeling Metro Manila right this moment as I am writing this post. A portion of our ceiling narrowly missed me as it fell cascading down the staircase where I was standing earlier. With electricity cut off, there is nothing left to do but pray and wait out, and then pray some more.

The wind is howling like an angry monster easily clearing anything on its path. With packed wind speed of 120 kph and gusts up to 165 kph, we are hoping it won't be as damaging as Yolanda. I hope it will not get any stronger, I hope the damage is not that great and more importantly, that there will be no casualty.

I am scared and living in a country lying in the typhoon belt never made me immune. It should have made me stone-faced dealing typhoons. Having narrowly escaped Ondoy's flash floods which submerged my home for a month should have made me a bit immune to floods but it didn't! I guess the only thing it left me is a lesson or two.

YET, No time to waste

There is nothing left to do but wait out, however, I'm not one who can sit still and do nothing. I've already packed some stuff for emergency evacuation if the water rises again. Being idle is not one activity I like hence, in between glancing outside my window and checking if the roof is still attached, I returned to my codal. Indeed, time is gold.

I hear some loud noises upstairs, I better check if the roof is still there.

Typhoon Glenda furiously slamming our glass panes

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Hi! I'm a law student from Manila, Philippines.  I did Political Science, then Industrial Relations major in H.R. (postgrad) studies from UP.  I vlog, weightlift, experiment with new makeup looks, try Bollywood and bellydance steps, and rant about my cray life in my YouTube channel.  Once in a blue moon, I create content for another YT channel,  10+ blogs,  20+ FB pages and in HubPages.  Check out my official site.  

I Got Myself a Drill Sergeant aka Study Coach

Image Source: Wikipedia.org
Original by John Kennicutt, U.S. Marine Corps

Whaaaat?!

I already imagine seeing a lot of brows raised.  People hire life coaches, so why not a law study coach? I study on my own but when you are on-leave, it is a totally different story.

I cannot study unsupervised when I'm out of school so in order to make each moment count, I enlisted the help of a dear 'friend-turned-study coach'. I hate that it sounds friggin' geeky but not anymore when the reward is a trip to the next World Cup, yey! I know that's four, long years away but I'll take any deal just to go somewhere, for FREE!

Mind you, no exchange of money for this. One thing I learn in law school is to negotiate at all times! I did a barter to give my friend a kick in his bum so he'll keep on track for his review for medical license.

The Rules

As part of our rules, I have to 'report' by posting seriously 'study' photos of what I'm doing for a given day (check out left sidebar). Think of this person as my personal Drill Sergeant who will make me do the impossible. Not only that, I have a timeline of what I'm supposed to cover for a 2-week period. It isn't foolproof I know but who am I kidding? Not myself, so I better get serious.

I have to admit, it is difficult but doable. I have a million things to do everyday that I often slump asleep in my working chair. Having a study coach will push me to move from point A to B, by force. As much as I like the idea of reading leisurely, being whipped and forced to do it will give greater results.

Let's see how this pans out but honestly, I'm stoked. To productivity! Ciao!

The Blogger

Hi! I'm a law student from Manila, Philippines.  I did Political Science, then Industrial Relations major in H.R. (postgrad) studies from UP.  I vlog, weightlift, experiment with new makeup looks, try Bollywood and bellydance steps, and rant about my cray life in my YouTube channel.  Once in a blue moon, I create content for another YT channel,  10+ blogs,  20+ FB pages and in HubPages.  Check out my official site.  

Death and Wills

Quaid-e-Azam's Will
Source: Wikipedia.org image by Khalid Mahmood with CC BY-SA-3.0

Sorry for the silence the past week. Some family concerns had to be attended to.

Death

Death often comes like a thief in the night, unless one has a lingering disease or suffering from cancer when the doctor may possibly tell him how much time he has left.

Today's subject is Death because my grandfather died. Death is the focal point in a major civil law subject called Wills and Succession. It is odd how one's children can lay claim on a person's properties while he is still alive. I am not a lawyer yet but I had the urge to set things straight. Nevertheless, with the funeral preparation going on, I chose to not discuss the matter and decided to chose a much better time.

All these happenings reminded me to start my readings again. I intend to spend the next three days of the week reading my lovely Civil codal, chewing every provision with gusto, tearing it apart and putting them together so my brittle memory won't ever forget each and every single one of them.

Don't you just love Civil Law? I love Civil Law subject (even if I have a feeling it hates me), it is close to my heart and the cases are utterly digestible like 'chismis'. Some of them are epic and antiquated. Oftentimes,when I am reading those landmark cases, I would find myself in the midst of a telenovela setting with all colorful characters coming to life. This is my simple attempt to make for easier recall come recitation time. I would even go to the extent of making funny twists on the story and make up crazy names for the main protagonists.

Back to the subject of death, if one is dirt poor then a will is useless, since there is nothing to bequeath. If one is wealthy, by all means make a will, it will give some sort of order to everything that's left behind. Would I make a will when I'm in my final years or before? Maybe, but for now, I better get back to my codal.

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The 'Law School' Anthem

Law students, if you still haven't got a hold of this video, I'm warning you in advance, it will steal some minutes off your already precious time and leave you humming it inside your head. Law School is a parody of Maroon 5's Payphone which went viral a few months ago after bagging the top spot in video contest sponsored by Abovethelaw.com, a US-based legal blog. The said site invited law students to send in their comedy videos and the rest is history.

The video is hilarious (but oh so true) with lines like,
 "I'm spending my nights up making highlights,
 now read me my rights."

Check 2:16, it's epic, I know many fellow students can relate. Here it goes, watch it, sing it, dance it and enjoy! (I am thinking of doing my own version of this already.)
Ciao!

Do you really, really, want to be a Lawyer?

Are you really sure?
Kathryn Wahl image on Pinterest

"Are you sure? Are you really, really sure? Are you truly, super, really, really sure?"

I overheard from TV from a Spongebob Squarepants episode. Yes, that Spongebob and no, I was not watching it that time because I was reading my law books (me, defensive). But, yeah I have a love and hate relationship with that sponge guy. How in the world can a sponge be so famous?

Going back to that conversation between Spongebob and another character, I overheard not too long ago, nobody really asked me if I really, really, super wanted to be a lawyer.  For some reasons, this photo instantly caused that Spongebob deja vu moment out of my 'close to overload level' memory bank, just like that.

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She-Hulk, My New Lawyer Superheroin

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My new lawyer superheroine
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I was browsing through Pinterest for things to pin and found this one. Now if only regularly carrying law books will give one such awesomely toned biceps and to-die-for abs, minus the green skin tone which reminds me of Incubus' 'A Certain Shade of Green' song.

On another note, those voluminous and 2-pound law books can be a substitute to help tone arms if you love carrying them all too often. Just make sure they have similar weights for both arms. In the name of beauty, be creative, because this country needs more gorgeous lawyers.

You don't think I'm serious do you? I seldom am. Ciao.

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago is Not Afraid of Cancer

Sen. Defensor Santiago
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Fierce like no other

Sen. Miriam Santiago's admission that she has stage 4 lung cancer came as a shock but her follow-up quip made her shoot up to #1 on my unofficial list of Fearless Women, that declaration, "I am not afraid of cancer. There is nothing I'm afraid of."

This is not so totally unrelated to law. As law students (and future lawyers), I am just trying to underline the harsh reality that we are not demigods immune from the ravages of abuse to the physical body, which unfortunately has no spare. It helps to be aware of the possible health risks associated with the legal profession.

Can you imagine not fearing the 'Big C'?

I am not afraid of Cancer too because I try to live each day of life with no regrets, pretending it to be my last. I try my best to evade serious illnesses by loving my body and making sure I don't subject it to crazy stress and other factors that could lead to some poison-forming process inside it.

But you know what? People say that no matter what big of a health nut you are, the risk of cancer is always there. Sen. Miriam admitted that her doctors are not so sure about the cause of her cancer and attributed it to a genetic mutation. She has lived a healthy lifestyle and does not even smoke!

Cancer has a way of sneaking in and surprising even those who had not smoked, nor drank a drop of alcohol in their life. Even those who live a lifestyle full of exercise can also get cancer. No one is immune to it.

Stress as #1 killer

I know someone who was already a couple of years practicing as an attorney when he was diagnosed with a later stage of colon cancer. Three months after he was diagnosed, he passed away. Stress was one of the constant things he complained of.  I believe he was a junior lawyer in a firm that time.

Stress in itself does not kill you but the processes and chemical imbalances it causes inside your body are more than enough to trigger a host of unimaginable diseases, and who knows, one of them can turn into cancer. Awful, right?

As much as I can, I remove anything or anyone that causes me stress. Indeed, it is ironic that I am pursuing a law course. Perhaps it is not stressing me that much? Dream on.

Stress is part and parcel of a law student's life and much more so when you are about to take the bar. After passing the bar, do you really think law-related stress ends? NO. It is just the start. So as early as now, stress-management should be a skill law students learn. According to studies and based on accounts of lawyer acquaintances, the legal profession is one of the most stressful occupations in the world.

No one is safe from cancer

An entire powerhouse of legal defense team can do nothing to beat cancer once it takes over your body. All the wealth in the world can not do anything to kill it. So the best thing to do is do good things, to others and to your body, be positive always, and keep your fingers crossed.

I hope all of us will be fearless like Sen. Miriam. Do not be afraid of cancer. Learn what makes your body tick and try to give it the nourishment it deserves. Lastly, don't give stress a free reign in your mind, body, and heart.

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Sleep deprivation is quite common among law students. How do you combat it? Do you have any suggestions and creative ideas on how you get sleep even while in law school? Send in your funny, crazy, creative sleeping ideas to lawsandfoundblog@gmail.com and a photo of you sleeping in any manner, who knows, your idea and photo could be chosen to get featured here in Laws and Found.

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Hi! I'm a law student from Manila, Philippines.  I did Political Science, then Industrial Relations major in H.R. (postgrad) studies from UP.  I vlog, weightlift, experiment with new makeup looks, try Bollywood and bellydance steps, and rant about my cray life in my YouTube channel.  Once in a blue moon, I create content for another YT channel,  10+ blogs,  20+ FB pages and in HubPages.  Check out my official site.