1. (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. (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. (3) The State or any agency of the State that requires any portion of the land for public purposes.

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:

Added by Acts 1976, c. 915, § 3, eff. July 1, 1976.

Formerly Art. 21, § 13-111.