§ 13-307. Contents of warrant

   (a) In general. -- The warrant shall recite:

   (1) The name and address of the applicant;

   (2) The date when the application was docketed;

   (3) The nature of the request made in the application; and

   (4) A description of the land to be surveyed, as described in the application.

(b) Directions to surveyor. -- The warrant shall direct the surveyor to:

   (1) Within 30 days of receipt of the warrant, acknowledge its receipt in writing to the Commissioner;

   (2) Specify in the acknowledgement a date, time, and place for making the survey, which date may be no earlier than 10 days and no later than six months after the last publication of notice required by § 13-308 of this subtitle;

   (3) Lay out and survey the land as specified in the acknowledgement;

   (4) Prepare an accurate plat and metes-and-bounds description of the land to be surveyed;

   (5) In a resurvey that discloses an error in any previous survey, correct the error;

   (6) Compute the area of any land included within the description and plat; and

   (7) Within six months from the date the notice of warrant was last published, return his certificate of survey on these matters, together with all duplicates required by § 13-310(a)(1) of this subtitle, to the Commissioner.

(c) Signature and seal. -- The Commissioner shall sign the warrant and affix the seal for land patent proceedings to it.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 21, § 13-106; 1974, ch. 12, § 2; 1976, ch. 915, § 3.