Md. Code, Real Property § 13-501
This is the official text of Md. Code, Real Property § 13-501, part of Maryland’s Code, Real Property — governs real estate transactions and landlord-tenant law.
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§13–501.
Official statutory text
(a) The Commissioner shall prepare a patent within 30 days after:
(1) The Commissioner or a circuit court, as the case may be, finds that a patent should issue;
(2) That finding has become final by:
(i) Failure to file an appeal before expiration of the period within which an appeal may be taken; or
(ii) The rendering on appeal of a final decision; and
(3) The purchase price for any vacant land and all outstanding expenses are paid.
(b) The patent shall contain:
(1) The name of the person to whom it is issued;
(2) The name given to the land;
(3) The name of the original applicant;
(4) The date of issuance of the warrant;
(5) The name of any person substituted as applicant and the date of the substitution;
(6) The date of filing the certificate or amended certificate of survey on which the patent is based;
(7) A description of the land, as contained in the certificate of survey; and
(8) The Commissioner’s certificate that the patent is proper to be issued.
(1) The Commissioner or a circuit court, as the case may be, finds that a patent should issue;
(2) That finding has become final by:
(i) Failure to file an appeal before expiration of the period within which an appeal may be taken; or
(ii) The rendering on appeal of a final decision; and
(3) The purchase price for any vacant land and all outstanding expenses are paid.
(b) The patent shall contain:
(1) The name of the person to whom it is issued;
(2) The name given to the land;
(3) The name of the original applicant;
(4) The date of issuance of the warrant;
(5) The name of any person substituted as applicant and the date of the substitution;
(6) The date of filing the certificate or amended certificate of survey on which the patent is based;
(7) A description of the land, as contained in the certificate of survey; and
(8) The Commissioner’s certificate that the patent is proper to be issued.
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