Litigating Quiet Title Actions: Key Considerations and Strategies to Navigate a Complex Process

This CLE webinar will guide counsel for all parties to a quiet title action through the complex process, providing practical instruction and litigation strategies. The panel will discuss how to determine when a quiet title action is necessary. The panel will also address the investigation process to be taken before filing an action so that the plaintiff may satisfy their burden of proof and all necessary defendants to the action are named and properly served, as well as describe unique procedural considerations.

Understanding quiet title actions can be crucial when disputes arise over property ownership during real estate transactions. Often considered a last resort, these actions may be necessary where there are competing claims to property, unclear ownership records, or potential title defects.

Issues litigated in quiet title actions are numerous and complex and can involve multiple parties with an interest in the property in question including anyone and everyone who may claim an ownership interest in the subject property. Therefore, counsel on both sides of the action should clearly understand litigation strategies and considerations unique to these claims.

For example, counsel should understand the preliminary investigation required before filing a quiet title action; how to ensure all possible defendants are named and properly served; unique procedural issues; possible defenses and counterclaims; and what can be expected after a judgment is rendered.

Listen as our expert panel guides practitioners through the process of litigating a quiet title action with practical instruction and litigation strategies for counsel representing all parties to the action.