Sec. 14.18.01.03. Warrants

A. Warrants to survey or resurvey shall only be issued to a professional land surveyor or property line surveyor licensed under the Maryland Professional Land Surveyors Act.

B. Warrants to survey or resurvey shall be on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Land Patents and shall be sent to the surveyor by the Commissioner with a copy of the application attached. The notice of issuance of warrant required by Real Property Article, §13-308 shall be prepared by the Commissioner and sent to the applicant who shall then see to its newspaper publication and posting and provide the Commissioner with the certificate of publication and the sheriff's certificate of posting. All costs of the publication and posting shall be borne by the applicant, and the Commissioner of Land Patents bears no responsibility for it.

C. In his acknowledgment of receipt of the warrant, the surveyor shall understand "last publication of notice" in Real Property Article, §13-307(b)(2) to mean the last publication in a newspaper as specified in Real Property Article, §13-308(c)(1)(i). That is to say, the surveyor shall set a date for making the survey which shall be no earlier than 10 days and no later than 6 months after the appearance of the third weekly newspaper notice required by Real Property Article, §13-308(c)(1)(i).