Montana Statutes
§ 82-2-115 — Filing Of False Mining Claims
82-2-115 . Filing of false mining claims. A person who offers a location certificate for a placer mining claim or lode claim or affidavit of assessment work to be filed in an office of a county clerk of this state on the person's own behalf or for any other person or a person who procures others to do so, knowing that the claim, certificate, or affidavit was not preceded by a proper location of the claim physically upon the ground by the establishment of a proper notice of claim and the designation of the surface boundaries of the claim by substantial posts or monuments as required by the laws of the state, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years, by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both.
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Legislative History
En. Sec. 1, Ch. 135, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 50-702.1; amd. Sec. 2725, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Nearby Sections
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§ 82-2-101
Manner Of Locating Claim§ 82-2-102
Record Of Certificate Of Location§ 82-2-103
Affidavit Of Performance Of Annual Work§ 82-2-104
Millsites§ 82-2-105
Relocation Of Abandoned Claim§ 82-2-106
Rights Of Relocator§ 82-2-107
Amended Location§ 82-2-108
Relocation By Owner§ 82-2-110
Rights Of Third Persons Not Affected§ 82-2-111
Validating Locations Already Made§ 82-2-113
Effect Of Patent§ 82-2-114
Amended Locations§ 82-2-115
Filing Of False Mining Claims