1. (a) The Commissioner shall prepare a patent within 30 days after:

   1. (1) The Commissioner or a circuit court, as the case may be, finds that a patent should issue;

   2. (2) That finding has become final by:

      1. (i) Failure to file an appeal before expiration of the period within which an appeal may be taken; or
      2. (ii) The rendering on appeal of a final decision; and
   3. (3) The purchase price for any vacant land and all outstanding expenses are paid.

2. (b) The patent shall contain:

   1. (1) The name of the person to whom it is issued;
   2. (2) The name given to the land;
   3. (3) The name of the original applicant;
   4. (4) The date of issuance of the warrant;
   5. (5) The name of any person substituted as applicant and the date of the substitution;
   6. (6) The date of filing the certificate or amended certificate of survey on which the patent is based;
   7. (7) A description of the land, as contained in the certificate of survey; and
   8. (8) The Commissioner's certificate that the patent is proper to be issued.

Added by Acts 1976, c. 915, § 3, eff. July 1, 1976. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 162.

Formerly Art. 21, § 13-113.