§ 764.080.Action Brought to Quiet Title to Land Subject to Agreement Pursuant to Sections 6307 Or 6357, Public Resources Code

This section governs a specialized situation: land that's the subject of a boundary agreement between a private landowner and the State Lands Commission, entered under Public Resources Code § 6307 or § 6357, and now caught up in a quiet title action. At any party's request at trial, the court has to receive evidence on the nature of the agreement, then issue a statement of decision.

What the statement of decision must cover depends on which statute the agreement was made under. For a § 6357 boundary-line agreement, the court must recite the underlying facts and determine whether the agreement satisfies § 6357 and other law governing boundary line agreements. For a § 6307 agreement, the court must recite the relevant facts and determine whether the agreement satisfies § 6307, the relevant provisions of Article 10 of the California Constitution, and other applicable law.

If the court finds the agreement valid, the judgment quiets title in the parties named in the agreement, consistent with its terms — and if judgment comes down before the agreement's effective date, the judgment provides that title vests in those parties once the agreement takes effect. No action under this section may be brought until the State Lands Commission has approved the agreement at a public hearing, and both this kind of action and any public challenge under subdivision (b) must be set for trial within one year of filing a memorandum to set, unless the court extends the time for good cause.