Md. Code, Tax - Property § 14-840

At the same time the summons is issued as provided by § 14-839 of this subtitle, the court shall pass an order of publication directed to all defendants, naming them as provided by this subtitle. The property shall be described in the order of publication as the property is described on the collector’s certificate of tax sale. The order of publication shall warn any person that has or claims to have an interest in the property to answer the complaint or to redeem the property on or before the date named in the order of publication and in case of failure to appear, answer, or redeem the property a judgment will be entered that forecloses all rights of redemption in the property. The date named may not be less than 60 days from the date of the order. When the order of publication is issued and published, any person that has any right, title, interest, claim, lien, or equity of redemption in the property is bound by the judgment of the court that may be passed in the case as if the person were personally served with process. The order of publication shall be in substantially the following form:

Order of Publication

“The object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following property .... in the ...., sold by the Collector of Taxes for the .... of .... and the State of Maryland to the plaintiff in this proceeding:

(Here insert description of property in substantially the same form as the description appearing on the Collector’s certificate of tax sale.)

The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid.

It is thereupon this .... day of ...., 20.., by the Circuit Court for ...., Ordered, That notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in some newspaper having a general circulation in .... once a week for 3 successive weeks, warning all persons interested in the property to appear in this Court by the .... day of ...., 20.., and redeem the property .... and answer the complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property, and vesting in the plaintiff a title, free and clear of all encumbrances.”.