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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 915

FILING WITH THE COMMISSIONER AN APPLICATION FOR:

(1)    A WARRANT TO SURVEY ANY VACANT LAND; OR

(2)    A WARRANT TO RESURVEY ANY LAND OWNED IN
FEE SIMPLE BY THE APPLICANT, WHICH WARRANT MAY INCLUDE
ANY VACANT LAND ADJOINING LAND OWNED IN FEE SIMPLE BY THE
APPLICANT.

13-302. MANNER OF APPLICATION.

(A) CONTENTS.

THE APPLICATION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND CONTAIN:

(1)          THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT;

(2)          THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH PERSON,
OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT, WHO WOULD OBTAIN A DIRECT OR
INDIRECT TITLE INTEREST IN THE LAND FOR WHICH THE PATENT
IS SOUGHT IF THE PATENT WERE ISSUED TO THE APPLICANT;

(3)          EACH COUNTY AND ELECTION DISTRICT IN
WHICH ANY PORTION OF THE LAND FOR WHICH THE PATENT IS
SOUGHT IS LOCATED;

(4)          AS TO THE LAND FOR WHICH THE PATENT IS
SOUGHT, A DESCRIPTION OF ANT VACANT LAND, WHICH
DESCRIPTION NEED NOT BE REFERENCED BY METES AND BOUNDS,
AND A SEPARATE DESCRIPTION OF ANY LAND OWNED BY THE
APPLICANT, EACH OF WHICH DESCRIPTIONS:

(I)       SHALL INCLUDE THE ESTIMATED AREA COVERED
BY IT; AND

(II)       SHALL BE MADE BY SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO
THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF EACH ADJOINING
TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND;

(5)       IF A WARRANT TO RESURVEY IS REQUESTED, AN
OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED COPY OF THE INSTRUMENT BY WHICH THE
APPLICANT ACQUIRED FEE SIMPLE TITLE AND, IF THE
INSTRUMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN A METES-AND-BOUNDS
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND, AN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED COPY OF
THE LAST INSTRUMENT IN THE CHAIN OF TITLE OF THE
APPLICANT WHICH CONTAINS THAT DESCRIPTION;

(6)             AS TO THE LAND DESCRIBED IN THE
APPLICATION, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF:

(I)       EACH PERSON OR GOVERNMENTAL BODY THAT, TO
THE BEST OF THE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION, AND BELIEF OF ALL
PERSONS SIGNING THE APPLICATION, POSSESSES ANY PORTION OF
THE LAND UNDER CLAIM OF TITLE;

(II)       EACH PERSON WHO, TO THE BEST OF THE
KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION, AND BELIEF OF ALL PERSONS SIGNING
THE APPLICATION, POSSESSES ANY PORTION OF THE LAND UNDER