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Minn. Stat. § 559.01 (2026)

Action To Determine Adverse Claims

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Any person in possession of real property personally or through the person's tenant, or any other person having or claiming title to vacant or unoccupied real property, may bring an action against another who claims an estate or interest therein, or a lien thereon, adverse to the person bringing the action, for the purpose of determining such adverse claim and the rights of the parties, respectively.

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Cited in 39 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1947–2025 · leading case: Natalia Karnatcheva v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, 704 F.3d 545 (8th Cir. 2013).
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Natalia Karnatcheva v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, 704 F.3d 545 (8th Cir. 2013). · cites it 2× “After moving to remand, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint seeking to quiet title under Minn.Stat. § 559.01, asserting a claim for slander of title, and requesting declaratory judgments as to whether the defendants had a “true interest in or right to foreclose on their…”
Wolff v. Bank of New York Mellon, 997 F. Supp. 2d 964 (D. Minnesota 2014). · cites it 6× “Plaintiffs alleged the following causes of action: In Count I, Determination of Adverse Claims, Minn.Stat. § 559.01, plaintiffs asserted a quiet title action seeking a determination regarding defendants’ adverse interests in the Property.”
Gerdes v. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp., 561 F. App'x 573 (8th Cir. 2014). · cites it 10× “Mark Gerdes appeals the district court’s 1 dismissal of his claim to determine adverse interests in property under Minn. Stat. § 559.01 . Gerdes asserts that Minn.”
Kevin Murphy v. Aurora Loan Servs., 699 F.3d 1027 (8th Cir. 2012). “” Minn.Stat. § 559.01 (2012). 4 . The complaint included additional claims against Aurora and MERS, but the Homeowners have abandoned them.”
Ruiz v. 1st Fid. Loan Servicing, LLC, 829 N.W.2d 53 (Minn. 2013). “§ 559.01 (2012). 1st Fidelity moved to dismiss Ruiz’s complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted and, alternatively, for summary judgment.”
Dunbar v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 853 F. Supp. 2d 839 (D. Minnesota 2012). · cites it 2× “” Minn.Stat. § 559.01. Plaintiffs claim that the mortgages are invalid “for some or all of the following” reasons: a.”
Armas v. Fifth Third Bancorp, 315 F. Supp. 3d 1118 (D. Me. 2018). · cites it 3× “02 ; (3) breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and (4) quiet title, Minn. Stat. § 559.01 . 3 Defendants now move to dismiss the amended complaint.”
Finnegan v. SunTrust Mortg., 140 F. Supp. 3d 819 (D. Minnesota 2015). · cites it 2× “” Minn. Stat. § 559.01 . A quiet title action is a proceeding in equity and as such, a plaintiff who seeks to quiet title must come to court with clean hands.”
Sec. Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. C & C Investments, Inc., 448 N.W.2d 83 (Minn. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “See Minn.Stat. § 559.01 (1988). The trial court found that the “public has come to rely on the [Section] as an entrance to the Center and to Crossroads Liquors and Wendy’s and would be materially affected by the interruption of access” to the Section.”
Badrawi v. Wells Fargo Home Mortg., Inc., 718 F.3d 756 (8th Cir. 2013). “” Badrawi contends that Minn. Stat. § 580.032 , subd.”
Purnie Peterson v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 704 F.3d 548 (8th Cir. 2013). · cites it 3× “The mortgagors also argue that the district court erred in dismissing their claims against the financial institutions: They assert that their complaint made out a quiet title claim under Minn.Stat. § 559.01. The Minnesota quiet title statute provides, “Any person in possession…”
Peterson v. Johnson, 720 N.W.2d 833 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “The Johnsons argue that, because they are not the mortgagees but the fee owners of the property, Peterson’s action to have the 1986 agreement declared an equitable mortgage is really an action to determine an adverse claim to the property under Minn.Stat. § 559.01 (2004),…”
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