Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5 - Issuance of Patent
Section 13-501 - Preparation; Contents

(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.