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Terms Used In Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 13-501

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(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.