Quiet Title Act

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The Quiet Title Act is a U.S. federal statute that allows individuals to sue the United States in order to resolve disputes and establish clear ownership of real property in which the federal government claims an interest.

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Quiet Title Act canonical 3
Quiet Title Act section 2409a 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
real property law statute ⓘ
waiver of sovereign immunity ⓘ
allows adjudication of adverse claims between private parties and the United States regarding real property ⓘ
appliesTo disputes over title to real property ⓘ
real property ⓘ
real property in which the United States claims an interest ⓘ
bindingOn United States and all parties to the action ⓘ
codifiedAs 28 U.S.C. § 2409a ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defendant United States ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo claims seeking monetary damages ⓘ
claims where the plaintiff does not assert a title or interest in real property ⓘ
enables civil actions against the United States to quiet title to real property ⓘ
excludes actions involving trust or restricted Indian lands ⓘ
actions where another specific statute provides the exclusive remedy ⓘ
governs disputes over federal government claims to easements and rights-of-way in real property ⓘ
disputes over federal government claims to fee title in real property ⓘ
interpretedBy United States Supreme Court ⓘ
United States courts of appeals ⓘ
jurisdiction United States district courts ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect waives sovereign immunity of the United States for certain real property title disputes ⓘ
legalNature limited waiver of sovereign immunity that must be strictly construed ⓘ
legalSystem common law-based United States legal system ⓘ
partOf Judicial Code and Judiciary provisions of the United States Code ⓘ
plaintiff persons claiming an interest in real property adverse to the United States ⓘ
primaryPurpose to establish clear ownership of real property when the federal government asserts an interest ⓘ
to resolve disputes over title to real property involving the United States ⓘ
relatedTo federal jurisdiction over property disputes ⓘ
federal land management ⓘ
public lands law ⓘ
quiet title actions ⓘ
real property law ⓘ
sovereign immunity of the United States ⓘ
remedy judgment determining title or interest in real property ⓘ
quieting title against the United States ⓘ
requires service of process on the United States in accordance with federal rules ⓘ
that the United States be named as a party defendant ⓘ
that the complaint set forth with particularity the nature of the right, title, or interest claimed ⓘ
scope suits to adjudicate disputed title to real property in which the United States claims an interest ⓘ
subjectMatter civil actions to quiet title to real property ⓘ
timeLimit 12-year statute of limitations from the date the plaintiff knew or should have known of the United States' claim ⓘ
usedIn litigation involving federal conservation and resource management areas ⓘ
litigation involving federal land patents and surveys ⓘ
litigation involving federal reservations and withdrawals of land ⓘ

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