South Dakota Statutes

§ 45-4-9 — Relocation of abandoned lode--Fixing of boundaries--Erection of new discovery monument--Contents of relocation certificate.

South Dakota § 45-4-9
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 45MINING, OIL AND GAS
Ch. 45-4LOCATION AND WORKING OF MINING CLAIMS

This text of South Dakota § 45-4-9 (Relocation of abandoned lode--Fixing of boundaries--Erection of new discovery monument--Contents of relocation certificate.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-9 (2026).

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The relocation of an abandoned lode mining claim shall be by fixing new boundaries in the same manner as if it were the location of a new claim, or the relocator may erect new or adopt the old boundaries, renewing the posts if removed or destroyed. In either case a new discovery monument shall be erected. In any case whether the whole or part of an abandoned claim is taken, the location certificate must state that the whole or any part of the new location is located as abandoned property.

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Legislative History

PolC 1877, ch 31, § 16; CL 1887, § 2010; RPolC 1903, § 2545; RC 1919, § 8739; SDC 1939, § 42.0116; SL 1955, ch 152, § 4.

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