what is a quiet title action?

Question

what type of action is this and why is it important?

Answer 1

In this, you go to court in the jurisdiction where the land is located and sue everyone in the whole world to make them "be quiet" about the ownership of a piece of land.

You do this if you have reason to think that someone (you might not even know who) might claim ownership of your land and you're not sure that the purchase paperwork is clean.

If the court looks into the matter and grants your petition, you are declared to have a clean title and nobody can raise claims later.