Can I use a quiet title lawsuit to resolve a dispute about ownership of real estate?
If you have a piece of real property and ownership of the property is disputed by one or more parties, you may wish to file a quiet title real estate action in order to settle any property dispute. This will be necessary if you ever wish to legally transfer the property without anyone else being able to lay claim to the property in the future. An action to quiet title, also known as a suit to remove a cloud, is any lawsuit designed to settle adverse or opposing claims to property ownership. So, how can you use an action to quiet title to resolve a dispute about ownership of real estate? • By filing the action, you are seeking a court order that names you as the sole legal owner of the property, and that also prevents any other parties from laying claim to that property in the future based on claims that precede the quiet title action. • In general, courts determine quiet title actions based on the strength of the plaintiff, or filer’s, claim for the property, and not on the weaknesses
