§ 872.020.Title Governs Actions For Partition

This section draws the outer boundary of Title 10.5. It governs partition actions for real property outright, and it governs partition actions for personal property too, but only to the extent the title's provisions fit that kind of property. A rule written with real estate in mind -- recording a lis pendens against a parcel, for instance -- doesn't translate cleanly to a set of jointly owned shares or a boat, so the statute builds in that flexibility rather than forcing an awkward fit.

That flexibility connects directly to § 872.010(c), which defines "property" to include both real and personal property, and to § 872.240, which allows a single action to partition both kinds of property together. Where a specific personal-property procedure doesn't map onto this title's real-property-oriented mechanics, § 872.030 falls back on the general rules of civil procedure to fill the gap.