Short answer. The titles of acquisition or ownership of each property are delivered to the co-heir to whom that specific property was adjudicated in the partition. Each heir who received a particular property under the partition holds that property's own title document, not the other co-heirs.
What the law says
The titles of acquisition or ownership of each property shall be delivered to the co-heir to whom said property has been adjudicated.
Civil Code, Article 1089 — Delivery of Titles. Read the full provision →
The title follows the property to whoever received it
The statute answers this cleanly: the titles of acquisition or ownership of each property go to the co-heir to whom that property was adjudicated in the partition. If the partition assigned a particular parcel of land to you, the documents evidencing acquisition or ownership of that specific parcel are meant to be delivered to you, not retained collectively by the other heirs or by whoever administered the estate.
Each property's documents track that property's own recipient
Where an estate includes several properties divided among different heirs, this rule applies property by property. The titles for a piece of land assigned to one sibling go to that sibling; the titles for a different property assigned to another sibling go to that other sibling. There is no single heir who is entitled to hold all the estate's title documents simply because of a role like being the eldest, the administrator, or the one who initiated the partition.
Why this rule exists
This provision reflects the practical reality that whoever now owns a particular property, after partition assigned it to them, is the one who actually needs its supporting documents — to deal with the property, prove ownership, register a transfer, or otherwise exercise the rights that came with the adjudication. Leaving title documents scattered among heirs who no longer have any interest in that specific property would create needless friction for the heir who now actually owns it.
What this does not itself resolve
This article addresses delivery of existing title documents following the partition; it does not itself govern the separate process of formally transferring registered title into the receiving heir's name at the applicable land registry, which typically requires additional documentation beyond simply having the prior owner's papers handed over. It also does not address what happens where a single document covers multiple properties assigned to different heirs, a situation that may require its own practical arrangement beyond what this provision states.
What happens if the wrong heir is still holding a title
If, in practice, a title document for a property has not actually reached the heir it was adjudicated to — perhaps another heir is holding onto it, or it remains with the estate's administrator — this article gives the receiving heir the legal basis to demand delivery of that specific title. The obligation to deliver runs to whoever actually adjudicated the property, and does not depend on that person volunteering the paperwork; the receiving heir's entitlement follows directly from having been the one to whom the property was adjudicated in the first place.