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Maryland Code, Real Property § 13-308

Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a)(1) On receipt of the surveyor's acknowledgement of the warrant, the Commissioner shall mail a notice of the issuance of the warrant to:

(i) The applicant;

(ii) Each adjoining landowner named in the application under § 13-302(a)(4) of this subtitle;

(iii) Each person, governmental body, or agency named in the application under § 13-302(a)(6) of this subtitle as having a claim to any portion of the land described in the application;

(iv) The Division of State Documents; and

(v) The Board of Public Works.

(2) The notice shall include:

(i) The information required by § 13-302(a)(4) of this subtitle; and

(ii) The date, time, and place for making the survey, as specified by the surveyor under § 13-307(b)(2) of this subtitle.

(b) Immediately on receipt of the notice, the Administrator of the Division of State Documents shall publish the notice in the next available two consecutive issues of the Maryland Register. The Commissioner shall place in the file of the applicant copies of the notice published in the Maryland Register and the dates of publication.

(c)(1) Immediately on receipt of the notice, the applicant shall:

(i) Have the notice published at least once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which any portion of the land described in the warrant is located; and

(ii) Request the sheriff of each county in which any portion of the land described in the warrant is located to post the information contained in the notice conspicuously on the land.

(2) The sheriff of each county promptly shall comply with a request made under this subsection.

(3) The applicant promptly shall file with the Commissioner a certificate of publication and a certificate of the sheriff evidencing the date of posting.

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