Montana § 82-2-105 - Relocation Of Abandoned Claim

Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 82-2-105 — Relocation Of Abandoned Claim, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 82-2-105. Relocation Of Abandoned Claim

Relocation of abandoned claim. The relocator of an abandoned or forfeited mining claim may adopt as the relocator's discovery any shaft or other working existing upon the claim at the date of the relocation in which the vein, lode, or deposit is disclosed, but in that shaft or other working, the relocator shall perform the same discovery work that is required in the case of an original location.

Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 82-2-105 ("Relocation Of Abandoned Claim") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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