Claimants may appear and plead to information.
1. All persons named in the information may appear and plead to the proceedings, and may traverse or deny the facts stated in the information and the title of the State to the estate at any time on or before the return day of the citation.
2. Any other person claiming an interest in the property may appear and be made a defendant, and plead as stated in subsection 1 by petition for that purpose filed within the time allowed for pleading.
3. If any person appears and pleads as stated in subsections 1 and 2, denying the title claimed by the State, or traverses any material fact set forth in the information, or issue or issues of fact to be made up, the matter must proceed as other civil actions on issues of fact.
4. A survey may be ordered, as in other civil actions, if the boundary is called into question.
Last modified: February 25, 2006