Nevada § 517.200 - Validation of defective certificate of location or change of boundaries: Filing of amended certificate of location; effect of amendment; correction of common error
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 517.200 — Validation of defective certificate of location or change of boundaries: Filing of amended certificate of location; effect of amendment; correction of common error, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 517.200. Validation of defective certificate of location or change of boundaries: Filing of amended certificate of location; effect of amendment; correction of common error
1. If at any time the locator of any mining claim located before, on or after March
16, 1897, or the locator’s assigns, apprehends that the locator’s original certificate
of location was defective or erroneous, or that the requirements of the law had not
been complied with before filing, or if he or she is desirous of changing his or her
surface boundaries or of taking in any part of an overlapping claim which has been
abandoned, or in case the original certificate of location was made before March 16,
1897, and he or she is desirous of securing the benefits of this chapter, the locator,
or the locator’s assigns, may file an amended certificate of location, subject to
the provisions of this chapter, if the amendment does not interfere with the existing
rights of others at the time of the amendment. 2. The amendment or the record thereof does not preclude the claimant from proving
any title the claimant held under previous locations. 3. Where a common error occurs in more than one certificate of location, the locator
may record one document which describes the error, makes reference to the claims by
name and the date, book and page of recording and states the desired amendment.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 517.200 ("Validation of defective certificate of location or change of boundaries: Filing of amended certificate of location; effect of amendment; correction of common error") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. 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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