Maryland Code, Real Property § 13-101

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated unless otherwise apparent from context.

(b) “Abandoned land” means land that has boundaries that are located within or contiguous to land owned and managed by the Department of Natural Resources:

(c) “Certificate of reservation” means a certificate issued by the Commissioner at the request of a governmental body upon a determination that vacant land or abandoned land exists and the governmental body wishes to reserve the land for public use.

(d) “Commission” means the Hall of Records Commission.

(e) “Commissioner” means the State Archivist who, while performing the duties and exercising the powers provided in this title, is known as the “Commissioner of Land Patents”.

(f) “Expense” includes any charge, cost, deposit, fee, or tax incurred in connection with a land patent proceeding.

(g) “Governmental body” includes any unit of State government, any county or municipal corporation, or any agency or instrumentality of any county or municipal corporation.

(i) “Mail” means to deposit in the United States mails, postage prepaid, endorsed “Restricted Delivery -- Return Receipt Requested”.

(j) “Patent” means:

(k) “Public use” means use by or for the benefit of the public.

(l) “Survey”, whether used as a noun or as a verb in any form or tense, means:

(m) “Surveyor” means any professional land surveyor or property line surveyor licensed under the Maryland Professional Land Surveyors Act.  1

(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.