Quiet Title Actions: The Basics Plus Selected Advanced Topics
May 2016
Quiet Title Actions: The Basics Plus Selected Advanced Topics
Highlights of the Seminar:
Topics to be discussed include:
- Mechanics of a Quiet Title Action
- Parties and Service
- Lis Pendens
- Defense of a Quiet Title Action
- Adverse Possession and Boundary Disputes
- Access Issues
- Researching Quiet Title Facts
Program Description:
An action to quiet title is brought to establish a party's title to real property, thereby “quieting” any challenges to the title. When the cloud on the title is removed, the plaintiff is free of claims against the property.
Experienced experts will walk you through the quiet title process. You will learn the mechanics of the quiet title lawsuit, and about the more advanced issues when handling a quiet title case. From service of process and identification of the parties, to the most successful strategies in defending a quiet title action, you will get what you need to best serve your clients.
Books in Action! Each attendee receives a copy of the new Third Edition of Geoffrey Anderson's book Colorado Quiet Title Actions!
Agenda:
8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Mechanics of a Quiet Title Action
- Investigation
- Litigation Guarantee
- Legal Description
- Jurisdiction and Venue
- Default Judgment
- The Decree
9:30 am
Parties and Service
- Parties with a Record Interest
- Parties in Possession
- Business Entities
- Unknown parties
- Effect of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act on Parties and Service
10:20 am
Networking Break
10:30 am
Lis Pendens
- When to Record
- Where to Record
- Effect of Lis Pendens
- Release
- Potential Liability
11:20 am
Defense of a Quiet Title Action
11:40 am
Lunch (on your own)
1:00 pm
Adverse Possession and Boundary Disputes
- Adverse Possession: Elements
- Adverse Possession: Colorado’s 2008 Adverse Possession Legislation
- Boundary Disputes
2:20 pm
Networking Break
2:30 pm
Access Issues
- Written Easements
- Off Record Easements
- Public Roads
3:20 pm
Researching Quiet Title Facts
- Chain of Title
- Aerial Photographs
- Historic Maps
- Government Archives
- Witnesses
4:10 pm
Adjourn
Presented by Geoffrey Anderson and Joshua D. McMahon
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $349.00 |
| CBA Member | $309.00 |
| CBA Real Estate Section Member | $269.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $249.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Member | $0.00 |
| CLE ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.00
- EDI Credits:
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