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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="13-402" title_number="13" title_name="Land Patents" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Objections, Hearings, and Determination">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each objection in a proceeding shall be filed with the Commissioner:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the filing of the application for a warrant; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within the later to occur of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Six months after the issuance of the warrant; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>60 days after the surveyor returns the certificate of survey under this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each objection shall be in writing and contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The name and address of the objector;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A description of that portion of the land to which the objection applies, referenced to the description contained in the certificate of survey and accompanying plat;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The reasons for the objection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>All available documentary and factual information necessary to support the claim of the objector;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>If the objection is made by a person claiming ownership under § 13–401(2) of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name and current address of each person that has possessed the land under claim of ownership in the manner described in § 13–401(2) of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The term of each possession; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any physical signs that accompanied each possession; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>If the objection is made by the State or any agency of the State claiming public use under § 13–401(3) of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A statement of the particular public purpose for which the land is required;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A description of a clear and compelling need for the land;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The anticipated date when the land will be used for the specified public purpose; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A statement of whether the land adjoins any land already held by the objector.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each objection shall be signed and verified by the objector and contain a certification that a copy of the objection was forwarded, at the address on record with the Commissioner, to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each other party in the proceeding; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each other person entitled to notice under § 13–404(b) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If any information required by this section is unavailable when the objection is filed, it may be included in an amendment to the objection, if the amendment is filed in advance of any hearing before the Commissioner or any proceeding for declaratory relief.</text>
  </level>
</section>
