Modes of Acquiring Title

1. Private Grant - voluntary transfer or conveyance of private property by a private owner, such as sale or donation.
2. Public Grant - acquisition of alienable lands of the public domain by homestead patent, free patent, sales patent, or other government awards.
3. Involuntary Grant - acquisition of private party' against the consent of the former owners, such as foreclosure sale, execution sale, or tax sale.
4. Inheritance - acquisition of private property through hereditary succession.
5. Reclamation - filling of submerged land, subject to existing laws and government regulations.
6. Accretion - acquisition of more lands adjoining the banks of rivers due to the gradual deposit of soil as a result of the river current.
7. Prescription - acquisition of title by actual, open, continuous, and uninterrupted possession in the concept of owner for the period required by law.

1. Fundamentals of Property Ownership
   
2. Rights Included in Ownership
   
3. Limitations on Right Of Ownership
   
4. Surface, Subsurface and Air Right
   
5. Right to Hidden Treasure
   
6. Rights of Accession
   
7. Meaning of Title
   
8. Modes of Acquiring Title
   
9. Right to Own
   
10. Acquisition by Former Natural Born Filipino Citizens
    
11. Lands of The Public Domain

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