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.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 135, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 50-702.1; amd. Sec. 2725, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
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