Connecticut · TitleConnecticut quiet title: the action to settle title, false filings and the forty-year Marketable Title Act

Connecticut's quiet title tool is the action to settle title. Any person claiming title to, or an interest in, real property may sue anyone who claims an adverse estate, interest, lien or encumbrance, or anyone in whom the land records disclose a conflicting interest, to determine the adverse claim, clear up doubts and disputes and quiet and settle the title – whether or not the plaintiff is entitled to immediate possession (C.G.S. §47-31(a)). The complaint describes the property, the plaintiff's interest and how it was acquired, and names the adverse claimants; unknown persons who may claim an interest can be joined as defendants (§47-31(b)). A person identified in a land record filing that was falsely filed or amended may petition the Tax and Administrative Appeals Session of the Superior Court to invalidate it; if the court finds cause to doubt the filing, it holds a hearing within sixty days, and there's no fee to petition (§47-31a(a)). Separately, a person with an unbroken chain of title of record for forty years or more has a marketable record title to that interest, subject only to the matters in section 47-33d (§47-33c).