7.2 Statutorily Authorized Action

• Library: Real Estate Practice Deskbook (2019 Ed.)

1. (§7.2) Statutorily Authorized Action

In Missouri, a suit to quiet title is a statutorily authorized action at law "to adjudge the respective estates, titles and interests of several claimants to land." Morris v. Brown, 941 S.W.2d 835, 844 (Mo. App. W.D. 1997). The specific provision can be found in § 527.150, RSMo 2016:

1. Any person claiming any title, estate or interest in real property, whether the same be legal or equitable, certain or contingent, present or in reversion, or remainder, whether in possession or not, may institute an action against any person or persons having or claiming to have any title, estate or interest in such property, whether in possession or not, to ascertain and determine the estate, title and interest of said parties, respectively, in such real estate, and to define and adjudge by its judgment or decree the title, estate and interest of the parties severally in and to such real property.

2. And upon the...