§ 13-501. Preparation; contents

   (a) Preparation. -- 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) Contents. -- 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.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 21, § 13-113; 1974, ch. 12, § 2; 1976, ch. 915, § 3; 1977, ch. 162.