South Dakota § 45-4-4 - Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity.
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§ 45-4-4. Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity.
The discoverer of a lode shall within sixty days from the date of discovery record the claim in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the lode is located by a location certificate which shall contain:
(1) The name of the lode;
(2) The name of the locator or locators;
(3) The date of location;
(4) If a lode claim, the number of linear feet in length claimed along the course of the vein each way from the point of discovery, with the width claimed on each side of the center of the vein; the general course of the vein or lode as near as may be; and a description of the claim located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim.
Any location certificate of a lode claim that does not contain the information specified in this section is void.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 31, §§ 3, 4; SL 1881, ch 96, §§ 1, 2; CL 1887, §§ 1999, 2000; SL 1899, ch 113; RPolC 1903, §§ 2534, 2535; RC 1919, §§ 8728, 8729; SDC 1939, §§ 42.0103, 42.0104; SL 1955, ch 152, § 1; SL 2011, ch 165, § 169.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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