A quiet title action is a legal proceeding to decide the lawful ownership of a property. The suit can also resolve property boundary disputes and clean a title if you are selling your property.
As an example of a quiet title, there could be a Contractor whose primary job is flipping a house, meaning that Contractor A purchases a home for a low price, makes necessary home improvements, and then turns around and sells the home for a profit.
In addition to competing claims, such as family squabbles over property ownership, quiet title actions help property owners reestablish their claim to ownership if another party conveyed the property fraudulently by a forged deed or coercion, occupied the property illegally and now claim ownership, disputed your ...
Adverse possession is one possible theory of ownership that might be asserted within a quiet title action. Adverse possession is one of the only ways to obtain ownership of property other than deed or inheritance.
In addition to competing claims, such as family squabbles over property ownership, quiet title actions help property owners reestablish their claim to ownership if another party conveyed the property fraudulently by a forged deed or coercion, occupied the property illegally and now claim ownership, disputed your ...