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Part 1. Location and Record of Claims
82-2-101. Manner of locating claim - 82-2-101. Manner of locating claim. A person who discovers upon...
82-2-102. Record of certificate of location - 82-2-102. Record of certificate of location. (1) Within 60 days...
82-2-103. Affidavit of performance of annual work - 82-2-103. Affidavit of performance of annual work. (1) The owner...
82-2-104. Millsites - 82-2-104. Millsites. Millsite claims may be located and recorded in...
82-2-105. Relocation of abandoned claim - 82-2-105. Relocation of abandoned claim. The relocator of an abandoned...
82-2-106. Rights of relocator - 82-2-106. Rights of relocator. The rights of a relocator of...
82-2-107. Amended location - 82-2-107. Amended location. A locator or claimant may at any...
82-2-108. Relocation by owner - 82-2-108. Relocation by owner. A locator or claimant may at...
82-2-109. Amendment or relocation not waiver of acquired rights - 82-2-109. Amendment or relocation not waiver of acquired rights. When...
82-2-110. Rights of third persons not affected - 82-2-110. Rights of third persons not affected. No amendment or...
82-2-111. Validating locations already made - 82-2-111. Validating locations already made. All mining locations made and...
82-2-112. Defective locations good against persons with notice - 82-2-112. Defective locations good against persons with notice. The period...
82-2-113. Effect of patent - 82-2-113. Effect of patent. The issuance of a United States...
82-2-114. Amended locations - 82-2-114. Amended locations. If, at any time, the locator of...
82-2-115. Filing of false mining claims - 82-2-115. Filing of false mining claims. A person who offers...
Part 2. Rights-of-Way and Eminent Domain
82-2-201. Right-of-way of owners of mines - 82-2-201. Right-of-way of owners of mines. The owner of a...
82-2-202. Road or ditch right-of-way - 82-2-202. Road or ditch right-of-way. Whenever a mine or mining...
82-2-203. Proceedings to obtain right-of-way - 82-2-203. Proceedings to obtain right-of-way. Whenever the owner desires to...
82-2-204. Proceedings before the court - 82-2-204. Proceedings before the court. Upon the receipt of the...
82-2-205. Court order and appointment of commissioners - 82-2-205. Court order and appointment of commissioners. Upon the return...
82-2-206. Commissioners to assess damages - 82-2-206. Commissioners to assess damages. The commissioners must be sworn...
82-2-207. Power to set aside commissioners' report - 82-2-207. Power to set aside commissioners' report. For good cause...
82-2-208. Right-of-way to commence upon payment of assessed damages - 82-2-208. Right-of-way to commence upon payment of assessed damages. Upon...
82-2-209. Appeal from assessment of damages - 82-2-209. Appeal from assessment of damages. An appeal from the...
82-2-210. Trial on appeal and costs - 82-2-210. Trial on appeal and costs. On appeal, the question...
82-2-211. Payment of costs - 82-2-211. Payment of costs. All costs and expenses of the...
82-2-212. Appeal to supreme court - 82-2-212. Appeal to supreme court. An appeal to the supreme...
82-2-213. through 82-2-220 reserved - 82-2-213 through 82-2-220 reserved.
82-2-221. Eminent domain for open-pit mining -- purchase of property required - 82-2-221. Eminent domain for open-pit mining -- purchase of property...
82-2-222. Construction of alternate facilities - 82-2-222. Construction of alternate facilities. If a mineral owner seeks...
82-2-223. Compensation for property - 82-2-223. Compensation for property. (1) The measure of compensation for...
82-2-224. Notice of condemnation -- filing of plat - 82-2-224. Notice of condemnation -- filing of plat. Any party...
Part 3. Landowner Notification of Surface Operations
82-2-301. Short title - 82-2-301. Short title. This part may be referred to as...
82-2-302. Ascertaining ownership of land - 82-2-302. Ascertaining ownership of land. All prospectors for minerals, miners,...
82-2-303. Written notice and approval required before commencement of operations - 82-2-303. Written notice and approval required before commencement of operations....
82-2-304. Exemption -- discovery pits on federal lands - 82-2-304. Exemption -- discovery pits on federal lands. Discovery pits...
82-2-305. Exemption -- operations pursuant to prospecting permits or other agreements - 82-2-305. Exemption -- operations pursuant to prospecting permits or other...
82-2-306. Violation -- immunity of landowner - 82-2-306. Violation -- immunity of landowner. Any work done in...
Part 4. Assaying of Ore and Payment for Consignments
82-2-401. Sampling rooms required - 82-2-401. Sampling rooms required. A person, association, or corporation engaged...
82-2-402. Samples of 50 pounds per ton to be retained until settlement - 82-2-402. Samples of 50 pounds per ton to be retained...
82-2-403. Penalty for commingling foreign substances with ore - 82-2-403. Penalty for commingling foreign substances with ore. Any person...
82-2-404. Umpire assayers -- appointment, qualifications, and duties - 82-2-404. Umpire assayers -- appointment, qualifications, and duties. A person,...
82-2-405. Notice of selection - 82-2-405. Notice of selection. Upon the selection of the umpire,...
82-2-406. Violation -- penalty - 82-2-406. Violation -- penalty. Every person, association, or corporation engaged...
82-2-407. through 82-2-420 reserved - 82-2-407 through 82-2-420 reserved.
82-2-421. Time for payment for ores - 82-2-421. Time for payment for ores. (1) A person, association,...
82-2-422. Violation -- penalty - 82-2-422. Violation -- penalty. Any person, association, company, or corporation...
82-2-423. Statement by purchasers of ore from leased mines - 82-2-423. Statement by purchasers of ore from leased mines. A...
82-2-424. Copy of statement to lessee - 82-2-424. Copy of statement to lessee. Sampling works and smelters...
82-2-425. Shipper -- penalty for violation - 82-2-425. Shipper -- penalty for violation. A person or corporation...
82-2-426. Smelters -- penalty for violation - 82-2-426. Smelters -- penalty for violation. Any person or corporation...
Part 7. Sand and Gravel Deposit Program
82-2-701. Sand and gravel deposit program -- investigation -- purpose -- prioritization - 82-2-701. Sand and gravel deposit program -- investigation -- purpose...
82-2-702. Authority to accept gifts, grants, and reimbursements - 82-2-702. Authority to accept gifts, grants, and reimbursements. The Montana...