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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="13-310" title_number="13" title_name="Land Patents" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Application and Issuance of Warrant; Valuation of Land">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After the surveyor has completed the survey, the surveyor shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Prepare a certificate of survey and one additional duplicate certificate for each county in which any vacant land embraced within the survey is located; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Return the certificate and all of these duplicates to the Commissioner in the time required by this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The certificate of survey shall contain, as to all the land embraced within the survey:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A plat that meets the requirements of § 3–108(c) of this article and any rules or regulations adopted under this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A description of any vacant land and a separate description of any land owned by the applicant, each of which descriptions:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall include the area covered by it; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall be referenced to adjoining tracts in the manner generally accepted in the profession of land surveying;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A statement of the character and condition of any improvements on the land, or a statement that no improvements exist; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A certification by the surveyor that the surveyor:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Actually has run and measured on the land the distance of each boundary; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Has complied with all the requirements of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The certificate and all duplicates shall be signed and verified by the surveyor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the surveyor fails to return the certificate and all duplicates in the time required by this subtitle, the Commissioner shall dismiss the application and enter an order of termination in the proceeding.</text>
  </level>
</section>
