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.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 4 - Objections, Hearings, and Determination
Section 13-401 - Objections to Grant of Patent -- Who May Object
Section 13-402 - Objections to Grant of Patent -- Manner and Time of Objection
Section 13-403 - Objections to Grant of Patent -- Objector Waives Matters Not Raised
Section 13-405 - Determination of Forum
Section 13-406 - Hearing Before Commissioner
Section 13-407 - Declaratory Relief
Section 13-408 - Determination on Application and Objections
Section 13-409 - Notice of Determination to Issue Patent and Amounts Owed
Section 13-410 - Judicial Review
Section 13-411 - Abandonment of Proceedings
Section 13-412 - Subsequent Application for Patent on Prior Certificate
Section 13-413 - Expenses Are Debt to State; Bad Faith Fees and Costs