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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="15-1204" title_number="15" title_name="Mines and Mining" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Maryland Dormant Mineral Interests Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An owner of a mineral interest may record, at any time, a notice of intent to preserve the mineral interest or a part of a mineral interest.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A mineral interest is preserved in the county in which the notice is recorded.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The following individuals may record a notice in accordance with subsection (a) of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An owner of the mineral interest;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Another person legally authorized to act on behalf of the owner; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A co–owner, for the benefit of any or all co–owners.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A notice recorded under subsection (a) of this section shall contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>The name of the owner, or co–owners, of the mineral interest; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>If the identity of the owner cannot be determined, information that states that the owner cannot be determined; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An identification of the mineral interest or part of the mineral interest to be preserved, in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A mineral interest shall be identified by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A reference to the location in the records of the instrument that creates, reserves, or otherwise evidences the interest;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The judgment or decree that confirms the mineral interest;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A legal description of the mineral interest, if accompanied by a reference to the name of the record owner under whom the owner of the mineral interest claims; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A general reference to any or all mineral interests of the owner in any real property situated in the county, if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A previously recorded instrument created, reserved, or otherwise evidenced the mineral interest; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A judgment or decree confirms the mineral interest.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
