§ 13-401. Objections to grant of patent -- Who may object

MD Real Prop Code § 13-401 (2019) (N/A)
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The following persons may file an objection to the granting of a patent for all or any portion of the land described in the application:

(1)    Any person or governmental body with prior title to any portion of the land, except that, if the land is land for which a patent never has been issued, the State and its agencies may object only in accordance with item (3) of this section;

(2)    Any person who possesses any portion of the land under claim of ownership in a manner that, either directly or by tacking, is actual, open, notorious, exclusive, and continuous and uninterrupted for the 20 years immediately preceding the date of filing the application; and

(3)    The State or any agency of the State that requires any portion of the land for public purposes.