Nevada § 517.050 - Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 517.050 — Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 517.050. Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency
1. When the locator files his or her map pursuant to NRS 517.040 , the locator shall present to the county recorder for recording, together with the
usual recording fees, duplicate certificates of location which contain: (a) The name of the lode or vein. (b) The name of the locator and the locator’s mailing address. (c) The date of the location. (d) The number of linear feet claimed in length along the course of the vein each
way from the point of discovery with the width on each side of the center of the vein,
and the general course of the lode or vein as near as may be. (e) A statement that the work of location consisted of making the maps as provided
in NRS 517.040 . (f) The location and description of each corner, with the markings thereon. 2. Any record of the location of a lode claim which does not contain all the requirements
named in this section recorded on or after July 1, 1971, is void, and every location
of a mining claim recorded on or after July 1, 1971, is void unless a certificate
of location thereof substantially complying with the above requirements is recorded
with the county recorder of the county in which the claim is located within 90 days
after the date of location. 3. This section does not invalidate a record of location of a mining claim which was
validly located and recorded before July 1, 1971.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 517.050 ("Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency") 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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