(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.
Maryland Legal Code