1.

) ACCRETION (Along the Seashore)

Alluvial formation along the seashore form part of the public domain and therefore, not
open to the acquisition by adverse possession by private persons. The adjoining registered
owner of the foreshore land cannot claim ownership by right of accretion. The state shall
only grant these lands to the adjoining owners only when they are no longer needed for the
purposes mentioned therein

Relevant Case: Ignacio v. Director of Lands, G.R. No. L-12958, May 30, 1960