57-30 Action by County to Quiet Title - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 57-30ACTION BY COUNTY TO QUIET TITLE57-30-01. Counties may maintain actions to determine adverse claims. Any countymay maintain and prosecute any action to determine adverse claims and to quiet title to all lands
acquired by it through tax deed proceedings, against any person claiming an estate or interest in,
or lien or encumbrance upon, any such lands.57-30-02.Joinder of claims for relief.In any action brought by any county todetermine adverse claims and to quiet title to real estate acquired through tax deed proceedings,
the county may unite in the same complaint as many separate claims for relief as the state's
attorney determines to be advisable, but each description of real estate and the name of any
person claiming an adverse estate or interest therein must be stated separately so that any
answering defendant can take issue with the county by challenging the truth of the facts alleged
in the particular paragraph applicable to the property of such answering defendant.57-30-03. Joinder of parties defendant. In any action brought to determine adverseclaims, the county may join as parties defendant as many persons who have estate or interest in,
or liens or encumbrances upon any real property appearing of record, as the state's attorney
shall deem necessary, regardless of the nonexistence of a common interest in and to all of the
real property involved in such action, and all other persons unknown whose estates or interests
do not appear of record may be proceeded against and joined as parties defendant by adding to
the title the following recital:All other persons unknown claiming any estate or interest in, or lien or encumbranceupon, the property described in the complaint.57-30-04. Actions - How tried - Judgments - When taken. Whenever any defendantanswers the complaint in an action to quiet title and the issues have been joined, the claim for
relief against the answering defendant may be tried separately to the court and a separate
judgment may be entered thereon. Joint judgments by default may be taken, in the manner
provided by law, against all defendants who may be in default, notwithstanding the fact that some
of the defendants may have answered the complaint and that the issues presented thereby are
pending trial.57-30-05. Procedure applicable. All provisions of law relating to the service of processin civil actions, and general provisions of the laws of this state relating to the procedure in actions
brought to determine adverse claims, insofar as the same are consistent with the provisions of
this chapter, apply to and govern the service of process and the procedure in all actions brought
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.Page No. 1Document Outlinechapter 57-30 action by county to quiet title