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.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas
Part 1. Location and Record of Claims
82-2-101. Manner of locating claim
82-2-102. Record of certificate of location
82-2-103. Affidavit of performance of annual work
82-2-105. Relocation of abandoned claim
82-2-109. Amendment or relocation not waiver of acquired rights
82-2-110. Rights of third persons not affected
82-2-111. Validating locations already made
82-2-112. Defective locations good against persons with notice