# Real Property (GRP)

## Title 13. Land Patents

### Subtitle 5. Issuance of Patent

#### Section 13-501

(a) The Commissioner shall prepare a patent within 30 days after:

  (1) The Commissioner or a circuit court, as the case may be, finds that a patent should issue;

  (2) That finding has become final by:

    (i) Failure to file an appeal before expiration of the period within which an appeal may be taken; or

    (ii) The rendering on appeal of a final decision; and

  (3) The purchase price for any vacant land and all outstanding expenses are paid.

(b) The patent shall contain:

  (1) The name of the person to whom it is issued;

  (2) The name given to the land;

  (3) The name of the original applicant;

  (4) The date of issuance of the warrant;

  (5) The name of any person substituted as applicant and the date of the substitution;

  (6) The date of filing the certificate or amended certificate of survey on which the patent is based;

  (7) A description of the land, as contained in the certificate of survey; and

  (8) The Commissioner's certificate that the patent is proper to be issued.

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Md. Code Ann., Real Prop. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)