Page 166 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 457. To the owners of lands adjoining

the banks of rivers belong the accretion which

they gradually receive from the effects of the

current of the waters. (336)

Article 459. Whenever the current of a river,

creek or torrent segregates from an estate on

its bank a known portion of land and transfers

it to another estate, the owner of the land to

which the segregated portion belonged retains

the ownership of it, provided that he removes

the same within two years. (368a)

Article 460. Trees uprooted and carried away

by the current of the waters belong to the

owner of the land upon which they may be cast,

if the owners do not claim them within six

months. If such owners claim them, they shall

pay the expenses incurred in gathering them or

putting them in a safe place. (369a)