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U.S. State Codes
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South-Dakota
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Title 45 - Mining, Oil and Gas
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Chapter 04 - Location And Working Of Mining Claims
Chapter 04 - Location And Working Of Mining Claims
§ 45-4-1 Discovery of lode within limits of claim essential.
§ 45-4-2 Conditions precedent to filing of location certificate.
§ 45-4-3 Marking surface boundaries of claim.
§ 45-4-4 Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity.
§ 45-4-5 Location certificate limited to single location.
§ 45-4-6 Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election.
§ 45-4-7 Fee for recording and certification of location certificate--Certified copy.
§ 45-4-8 Additional location certificate--Relocation--Existing rights of others not affected--Claimant not precluded from proving title under previous location.
§ 45-4-9 Relocation of abandoned lode--Fixing of boundaries--Erection of new discovery monument--Contents of relocation certificate.
§ 45-4-10 Location certificate--Surface ground included and excluded.
§ 45-4-11 Longitudinal limits of claim.
§ 45-4-12 Repealed.
§ 45-4-13 Right to mine separate from right to surface--Security required of miner--Enforcement.
§ 45-4-14 Fencing of mining claim or mineral property for protection of livestock--Duties on abandonment--Liability for damages--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 45-4-15 Actions involving mining claims--Proof of customs, usages, or regulations.
§ 45-4-16 Actions involving mining claims--Survey ordered by court.
§ 45-4-17 Order requiring survey of disputed claim--Designation of surveyor--Witnesses to examine property.
§ 45-4-18 Order requiring survey of disputed claim to be made in open court or upon notice--Agreement--Affidavits.
§ 45-4-19 Order for removal of obstacles in drifts or shafts.
§ 45-4-20 Association with another to obtain possession of a lode, gulch, or placer claim by force and violence, by threats of violence, or by stealth--Misdemeanor.
§ 45-4-21 Trials under § 45-4-20--Evidence sufficient for conviction.
§ 45-4-22 Writs of injunction to restore person to possession of mining property.
§ 45-4-23 Recording required--Affidavit of labor--Recording fee.