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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="13-407" title_number="13" title_name="Land Patents" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Objections, Hearings, and Determination">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If, under § 13-405 of this subtitle, the proceeding is to be referred to the circuit court for declaratory relief, then, within 30 days of the order of the Commissioner under § 13-405(c) of this subtitle, the applicant shall file a bill of complaint in equity in the circuit court for the county in which the largest portion of the land described in the warrant is located. The bill of complaint shall seek declaratory relief under Title 3, Subtitle 4 of the Courts Article, the Maryland Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Immediately after suit is filed, the applicant also shall serve the Commissioner by mail with a copy of the complaint.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After service is made on the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall forward to the court a certified copy of any endorsed duplicate certificates and statements of valuation returned to the Commissioner under § 13-313 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the court action, the Commissioner is entitled to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be heard;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Request consolidation of any of the objections filed in the proceeding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Submit a written statement within a time deemed reasonable by the court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Seek intervention under the Maryland Rules.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The court shall render its judgment as provided in § 3-408.1 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. A copy of the judgment and any supporting opinion shall be sent to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner, for administrative implementation according to the court’s declaration; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The clerk of the circuit court for each other county in which any portion of the land is located.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
