ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 334

CHAPTER 334
(House Bill 887)

AN ACT concerning

Real Property - Unpossessed Vacant Abandoned Land - Certificate of

Reservation for Public Use

FOR the purpose of providing that, with respect to unpossessed vacant abandoned
land, a certificate of reservation for public use remains in effect until a unit of
State government or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a person
who has claimed legal title to the land has established legal title to the land;
authorizing a person who claims legal title to unpossessed vacant abandoned
land for which a certificate of reservation for public use has been issued to file a
certain written claim under certain circumstances; requiring that if a unit of
State government that reserved land for public use determines that a claimant
has legal title to the land, the unit of State government shall either mail make
a certain payment to the claimant or notify the Commissioner of Land Patents
that the land is no longer needed for public use; providing that any action
certain actions taken by a unit of State government pursuant to under this Act
is are subject to approval by the Board of Public Works; requiring that, if a unit
of State government that reserved land for public use determines that the
claimant does not have legal title to the property, the unit of State government
shall issue a written denial of the claimant's claim; authorizing a claimant who
is aggrieved by the denial of a claim under this Act to file a certain action;
providing that a claim under this Act is barred unless the claimant files a claim
within a certain amount of time; authorizing an applicant for a certificate of
reservation for public use of unpossessed vacant abandoned land to submit a
certain legal description of the land in lieu of a certain survey; providing that
certain provisions of the law related to escheated property do not apply to any
portion of a decedent's estate comprised of land that is the subject of an
application for a certificate of reservation for public use; authorizing the
Department of Natural Resources to apply for a certificate of reservation for
public use of unpossessed vacant abandoned land; defining certain terms; and
generally relating to unpossessed vacant abandoned land and certificates of
reservation for public use.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 13-101, 13-106, and 13-306
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Real Property

Section 13-107

Annotated Code of Maryland

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