Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 527.150 (2026)

Suits to determine interest and quiet title, how instituted

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  527.150.  Suits to determine interest and quiet title, how instituted — effect of judgment. — 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 trial of such cause, if same be asked for in the pleadings of either party, the court may hear and finally determine any and all rights, claims, interest, liens and demands, whatsoever of the parties, or of any one of them, concerning or affecting said real property, and may award full and complete relief, whether legal or equitable, to the several parties, and to each of them, as fully and with the same force and effect as the court might or could in any other or different action brought by the parties, or any one of them, to enforce any such right, claim, interest, lien or demand, and the judgment or decree of the court when so rendered shall be as effectual between the parties thereto as if rendered in any other, different or separate action prosecuted therefor.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1684)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1520; 1919 § 1970; 1909 § 2535

(1971) Where neither the plaintiffs nor defendants were claiming title to any lands of which the other had title and only issue was the location on the ground of the boundary line between the two tracts, ejectment was the proper remedy and it was error to decree title in plaintiff. Carroz v. Kaminiski (Mo.), 467 S.W.2d 871.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 84 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1951–2025 · leading case: Empire Dist. Elec. Co. v. Coverdell, 484 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. Ct. App. 2015).
Empire Dist. Elec. Co. v. Coverdell, 484 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 18× “Section 527.150 provides: 1. Any person claiming any title, estate or interest in real property, whether the same be legal or .”
Johnson v. GMAC Mortg. Corp., 162 S.W.3d 110 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 7× “” Section 527.150 6 governs quiet title actions.”
Massachusetts Gen. Life Ins. Co. v. Sellers, 835 S.W.2d 475 (Mo. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 8× “The plaintiffs action was based on § 527.150, RSMo 1986. 1 By their counterclaim the defendants sought title by adverse possession under § 516.”
Bailey v. Williams, 326 S.W.2d 115 (Mo. 1959). · cites it 10× “n to dismiss, which motion alleged (a) that said petition fails to state a cause of action because it fails to state “that the deed has been delivered and the date of such delivery, if the same has been delivered”; and (b) because the judgment of dismissal of plaintiff’s first…”
Wallis v. St. Louis Cnty., 563 S.W.2d 93 (Mo. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 9× “In seeking a determination of title and interests among various claimants, the petition states a cause of action as contemplated by § 527.”
Land Clearance for Redevelopment Auth. v. Zitko, 386 S.W.2d 69 (Mo. 1964). · cites it 6× “Section 527.150, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., however, more aptly covers the manner of trial of the issues in this case.”
State Ex Rel. Barker v. Tobben, 311 S.W.3d 798 (Mo. 2010). · cites it 4× “Section 527.150 governs actions to quiet title and authorizes relief under both legal and equitable principles.”
Stander v. Szabados, 407 S.W.3d 73 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Any person claiming any title, estate or interest in real property, *79 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…”
Stephens Cemetery, Est. 1864, Inc. v. Wilma Elizabeth Tyler, 579 S.W.3d 299 (Mo. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “6” Additionally, quiet title actions in Missouri are governed by Section 527.150, which provides: Any person claiming any title, estate or interest in real property .”
Gaskill v. Cook, 315 S.W.2d 747 (Mo. 1958). · cites it 7× “Plaintiffs instituted this action to try, ascertain and determine title (Section 527.150 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S.), and for injunctive and other relief against defendant Frances F.”
Stadium West Props., L.L.C. v. Johnson, 133 S.W.3d 128 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 4× “This is an action to quiet title brought under § 527.150, RSMo 2000, in which the parties, Cebie Hassan Johnson (“Johnson”) and Stadium West Properties, L.”
Robson v. Diem, 317 S.W.3d 706 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 4× “On April 25, 2008, Robson filed his first amended petition to quiet title pursuant to section 527.150, RSMo 2000, 6 and for unjust enrichment/compensation for improvements.”
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 527.150(1) — 3 cases
Morgan v. Morgan, 555 S.W.2d 378 (Mo. Ct. App. 1977).
Simms v. Nationstar Mortg., LLC, 44 F. Supp. 3d 927 (E.D. Mo. 2014).
Shelton v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In re Shelton), 481 B.R. 22 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2012).
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 527.150(2) — 2 cases
Moise v. Robinson, 533 S.W.2d 234 (Mo. Ct. App. 1975).
DeHart v. Ritenour Consol. Sch. Dist., 663 S.W.2d 332 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983).
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