Quiet Title  What is a quiet title action and can it prevent a
foreclosure?  Read full question Bill's Answer: Answered by Mark
Cappel  Before I tackle your question, allow me to define
several terms in your question.  Quiet Title  Put simply, a
quiet title action is a lawsuit where someone asks a court to
decide who owns a piece of real estate. A document produced by
the Philadelphia court (PDF) offers the clearest legal
explanation I found:  An action to quiet title is a lawsuit
brought in a court having jurisdiction over land disputes, in
order to establish a party’s title to real property against
anyone and everyone, and thus "quiet" any challenges or claims
to the title. It comprises a complaint that the ownership
(title) of a parcel of land or other real property is defective
in some fashion, typically where title to the property is
ambiguous. A typical ground for complaint includes the
fraudulent conveyance of a property, perhaps by a forged deed or
under coercion.  Unlike acquisition through a deed of