§ 13-501
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§13–501.
(a)The Commissioner shall prepare a patent within 30 days after:
(1)The Commissioner or a circuit court, as the case may be, finds that a patent should issue;
(2)That finding has become final by:
(i)Failure to file an appeal before expiration of the period within which an appeal may be taken; or
(ii)The rendering on appeal of a final decision; and
(3)The purchase price for any vacant land and all outstanding expenses are paid.
(b)The patent shall contain:
(1)The name of the person to whom it is issued;
(2)The name given to the land;
(3)The name of the original applicant;
(4)The date of issuance of the warrant;
(5)The name of any person substituted as applicant and the date of the substitution;
(6)The date of filing the certificate or amended certificate of survey on which the patent is based;
(7)A description of the land, as contained in the certificate of survey; and
(8)The Commissioner’s certificate that the patent is proper to be issued.