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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="13-107" title_number="13" title_name="Land Patents" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “claimant” means a person who claims legal title to abandoned land for which a certificate of reservation for public use has been issued.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If abandoned land was patented prior to the issuance of a certificate of reservation for public use by a unit of State government, a claimant may file a written claim for legal title to the land with the unit of State government that reserved the land for public use.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the unit of State government that reserved the land for public use determines that the claimant has legal title to the land, the unit of State government shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Pay the claimant fair market value for the land, as determined by the lower of two independent appraisals of the land; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notify the Commissioner that the land is no longer needed for public use.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Any action taken by a unit of State government under subsection (c) of this section is subject to approval by the Board of Public Works.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a unit of State government that reserved land for public use determines that a claimant does not have legal title to the land, the unit of State government shall issue a written denial of the claimant’s claim.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A claimant who is aggrieved by the denial of a claim under this section may file an action in the circuit court of the jurisdiction in which the land is located to quiet title to the land.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A claim under this section is barred unless the claimant files the claim within 20 years after the date that the unit of State government obtains a certificate of reservation for public use of the land.</text>
  </level>
</section>
