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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 92
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(h) (1) "Land" means any area of land in the State, including any two or
more areas of land with a common boundary for at least part of their perimeters.
(2) "Land" includes vacant land and abandoned land.
(3) "Land" does not include any area covered by navigable water
unless it was included in a patent issued before March 3, 1862.
(i) "Mail" means to deposit in the United States mails, postage prepaid,
endorsed "Restricted Delivery — Return Receipt Requested".
(j) "Patent" means:
(1) Any grant confirmed by Article 5 of the Declaration of Rights of the
Maryland Constitution;
(2) Any valid grant made under prior law by the State of its interests
in any vacant, resurveyed, escheat, or confiscated land; or
(3) Any grant made under this title by the State of its interest in any
land.
(k) "Public use" means use by or for the benefit of the public.
(1) "Survey", whether used as a noun or as a verb in any form or tense,
means:
(1) The act of surveying any vacant land in order to obtain a patent for
the land; or
(2) The act of resurveying any land for which a patent previously was
issued in order to obtain a new patent for the land.
(m) "Surveyor" means any professional land surveyor or property line
surveyor licensed under the Maryland Professional Land Surveyors Act.
(n) "Vacant land" means land for which a patent never has been issued or for
which the applicant believes that a patent never has been issued.
(o) "Verify" means to state in writing, under penalties of perjury, that the
matters and facts set forth in the document to which the statement relates are true
and complete to the best of the knowledge, information, and belief of the person
making the statement.
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