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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="13-503" title_number="13" title_name="Land Patents" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Issuance of Patent">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The issuance of a patent operates as a quitclaim of the interest of the State in the land.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The interest of the State does not pass and is not affected until a patent is issued.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A patent issued on a warrant to resurvey land previously patented does not affect or impair any mortgage, deed of trust, easement, right-of-way, or similar interest in the land.</text>
  </level>
</section>
