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NV Rev Stat § 517.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.140 - Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency.

  1. Within 90 days after the date of his or her location, the locator of a claim or location of a mill site shall record his or her location with the county recorder of the county in which the location is situated, by duplicate certificates of location.  2. When the locator records his or her certificates of location the locator shall file two copies of a map not to exceed 3 feet by 4 feet and pay the filing fees which comply with the requirements set forth in NRS 517.040 and 517.050.  3. Any record of a location of a mill site which does not contain the name of the locator, the name of the mine or mining claim of which the locator is the proprietor, or the name of the mill or reduction works of which the locator is the owner, the number of feet or acres claimed, and a description which identifies the claim with reasonable certainty is void.  [17:89:1897; C § 224; RL § 2438; NCL § 4136] + [18:89:1897; C § 225; RL § 2439; NCL § 4137] — (NRS A 1971, 2201; 1983, 1611; 1985, 1500)
NV Rev Stat § 517.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.150 - Requirements for location.

The locator of a tunnel right or location shall locate his or her tunnel right or location by posting a notice of location at the face or point of commencement of the tunnel, which notice must contain:  1. The name of the locator and the locator’s mailing address.  2. The date of the location.  3. The proposed course or direction of the tunnel.  4. The height and width thereof.  5. The position and character of the boundary monuments.  6. A description of the tunnel by reference to a natural landmark or a readily identifiable artificial landmark which identifies the claim or tunnel right.  [19:89:1897; C § 226; RL § 2440; NCL § 4138] — (NRS A 1971, 2202; 1985, 1500)
NV Rev Stat § 517.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.160 - Definition of boundaries; erection of monuments.

  1. Within 60 days after the posting of the notice of location, the locator of a tunnel right or location shall define the boundaries of the tunnel by monuments placed at intervals of not more than 300 feet from the face or point of commencement of the tunnel to the terminus of 3,000 feet therefrom.  2. The monuments must be of the same size and character as those provided for lode or placer claims in this chapter.  [20:89:1897; C § 227; RL § 2441; NCL § 4139] — (NRS A 1985, 1500)
NV Rev Stat § 517.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.170 - Recording of certificate of location; filing of map; effect of insufficiency.

  1. Within 90 days from the date of the location, the locator of a tunnel right or location shall record his or her location with the county recorder of the county in which the location is situated.  2. When the locator records his or her certificate of location the locator shall file two copies of a map that complies with the requirements set forth in NRS 517.040.  3. Any record of a tunnel right or location which does not contain all the requirements named in this section is void.  [21:89:1897; C § 228; RL § 2442; NCL § 4140] — (NRS A 1971, 2202; 1985, 1500)
NV Rev Stat § 517.180 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.180 - Location of blind or unknown lode or vein in tunnel.

All blind lodes, or veins or lodes not previously known to exist, discovered in a tunnel run for the development of a vein or lode, or for the discovery of mines, and within 3,000 feet from the face of such tunnel, shall be located upon the surface and held in like manner to other lode claims under the provisions of this chapter.  [22:89:1897; C § 229; RL § 2443; NCL § 4141]
NV Rev Stat § 517.185 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.185 - Fee for each document filed; disposition.

  1. In addition to any recording fee, each filing pursuant to NRS 517.050, 517.080, 517.110, 517.140, 517.170, 517.200 and 517.230 must be submitted with a filing fee in an amount established pursuant to subsection 2. The county recorder shall collect the filing fee and, on or before the fifth working day of each month, deposit with the county treasurer all such fees collected during the preceding month. The county treasurer shall quarterly pay the money collected to the Division. The Division shall deposit with the State Treasurer, for credit to the Account for the Division of Minerals created pursuant to NRS 513.103, all money received pursuant to this section.  2. The Commission on Mineral Resources shall, by regulation, establish the filing fee required pursuant to subsection 1 in an amount not to exceed $6 per claim.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 1494; A 1989, 1595; 1991, 1780; 1993, 298, 1686; 1995, 579; 1999, 891, 3629; 2001, 66)
NV Rev Stat § 517.190 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.190 - Notice of location: Filing; evidentiary effect.

A locator of a mining claim or a claim for a mill site or tunnel right may file with the county recorder a notice of location which is prima facie evidence in all courts of justice of the first location of that claim.  [Part 3:89:1897; A 1907, 418; 1941, 92; 1931 NCL § 4122] — (NRS A 1985, 1501)
NV Rev Stat § 517.195 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.195 - Separate notices and certificates of location; effect of combining locations in notice or certificate.

  1. A locator shall:  (a) Post a separate notice of location; and  (b) Record a separate certificate of location,  for each location of a lode or placer claim or of a claim for a mill site or tunnel right.  2. Where a notice or certificate of location includes more than one location, it is void as to all locations except the first described in the notice or certificate. If the descriptions are combined so that it cannot be determined from the notice or certificate which location is described first, the notice or certificate is void as to all of the locations.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 1493)
NV Rev Stat § 517.200 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.200 - Validation of defective certificate of location or change of boundaries: Filing of amended certificate of location; effect of amendment; correction of common error.

  1. If at any time the locator of any mining claim located before, on or after March 16, 1897, or the locator’s assigns, apprehends that the locator’s original certificate of location was defective or erroneous, or that the requirements of the law had not been complied with before filing, or if he or she is desirous of changing his or her surface boundaries or of taking in any part of an overlapping claim which has been abandoned, or in case the original certificate of location was made before March 16, 1897, and he or she is desirous of securing the benefits of this chapter, the locator, or the locator’s assigns, may file an amended certificate of location, subject to the provisions of this chapter, if the amendment does not interfere with the existing rights of others at the time of the amendment.  2. The amendment or the record thereof does not preclude the claimant from proving any title the claimant held under previous locations.  3. Where a common error occurs in more than one certificate of location, the locator may record one document which describes the error, makes reference to the claims by name and the date, book and page of recording and states the desired amendment.  [6:89:1897; C § 213; RL § 2427; NCL § 4125] — (NRS A 1969, 498; 1985, 1501)
NV Rev Stat § 517.210 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.210 - Survey of location; evidentiary effect of survey and surveyor’s certificate.

Where a locator, or a locator’s assigns, has the boundaries and corners of his or her claim established by a United States Mineral Surveyor, or a licensed surveyor of this state, and his or her claim connected with a corner of the public or minor surveys of an established initial point, and incorporates into the record of the claim the field notes of the survey, and attaches to and files with the certificate of location a certificate of the surveyor setting forth:  1. That the survey was actually made by the surveyor, giving the date thereof;  2. The name of the claim surveyed and the location thereof; and  3. That the description incorporated in the declaratory statement is sufficient to identify,  the survey and certificate become a part of the record, and the record is prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.  [8:89:1897; C § 215; RL § 2429; NCL § 4127] — (NRS A 1985, 1502)
NV Rev Stat § 517.213 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.213 - Inclusion of patented mines and mining claims on county map; conformity of discrepancy between county map and record of survey showing location of mine or claim; duty of county recorder to provide map to county assessor.

  1. The county recorder shall include all patented mines and mining claims in the county on the county map of mining claims in a manner which clearly distinguishes the patented mines and mining claims from the unpatented claims.  2. When a record of survey filed with the county by a registered surveyor shows the location of a patented mine or mining claim, the county recorder shall conform the county map to the record of survey if there is any discrepancy between the two maps concerning the location of the mine or claim.  3. A county recorder who records a map pursuant to this section shall, within 7 working days after the county recorder records the map, provide to the county assessor at no charge:  (a) A duplicate copy of the map and any supporting documents; or  (b) Access to the digital map and any digital supporting documents. The map and supporting documents must be in a form that is acceptable to the county recorder and the county assessor.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 1494; A 1989, 50; 2001, 1566; 2003, 2792)
NV Rev Stat § 517.215 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.215 - Comparison of record of survey to county map of mining claims; notice of proposal to change county map; change to county map if no hearing requested; hearing upon request.

  1. When a record of survey filed with the county recorder by a professional land surveyor shows the location of a mining claim, the county recorder shall compare that record of survey to the county map of mining claims and ascertain whether the location of the claim is accurate according to the record of survey.  2. If the county map inaccurately shows the location of the claim, the county recorder shall propose a change to the county map and mail a notice to all persons whose claims would be affected by the proposed change.  3. The notice must include:  (a) A description of the proposed change; and  (b) A statement advising the owner of the claim that the proposed change will be made unless the owner makes a written request to the county recorder for a hearing within 30 days.  4. If a request for a hearing is not received by the county recorder within 30 days after he or she mailed the notice, the county recorder shall make the proposed change to the county map.  5. Upon receipt of a request for a hearing the county recorder shall request the board of county commissioners to hold a hearing on the proposed change.  6. Upon receipt of such a request the board of county commissioners shall, after notifying the county recorder and the owner of the mining claim at least 30 days in advance, hold a hearing and determine whether the proposed change is to be made.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 1494; A 1989, 797)
NV Rev Stat § 517.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.230 - Affidavit of work performed or improvements made; affidavit of owner or claimant; evidentiary effect of affidavits.

  1. On or before November 1 of the year for which labor is performed or improvements are made as required by law for a mining claim annually, the person in whose behalf the labor was performed or improvements made, or someone in the person’s behalf, shall make and have recorded by the county recorder, in books kept for that purpose in the county in which the mining claim is situated, an affidavit setting forth:  (a) The amount of money expended, or value of labor or improvements made, or both.  (b) The character of expenditures or labor or improvements.  (c) A description of the claim or part of the claim affected by the expenditures or labor or improvements.  (d) The year for which the expenditures or labor or improvements were made and the dates on which they were made.  (e) The name of the owner or claimant of the claim at whose expense the improvements or labor was made or performed.  (f) The names of the persons, corporations, contractors or subcontractors who performed the work or made the improvements.  2. An affidavit made and recorded pursuant to subsection 1 or a copy thereof, certified by the county recorder, is prima facie evidence of the performance of the labor or the making of the improvements, or both.  3. On or before November 1 of each year that the performance of labor or the making of improvements is not required by law for a mining claim, the owner or claimant of the mining claim who intends to hold the claim, or someone in the owner or claimant’s behalf, shall make and have recorded by the county recorder, in books kept for that purpose in the county in which the mining claim is situated, an affidavit setting forth:  (a) The name and address of the owner or claimant of the mining claim.  (b) The name of the mining claim, and the serial number, if any, assigned to the claim by the United States Bureau of Land Management.  (c) The date that the affidavit was made.  (d) A statement that the owner or claimant of the mining claim intends to hold the claim.  4. An affidavit made and recorded pursuant to subsection 3 or a copy thereof, certified by the county recorder, is prima facie evidence that the owner or claimant of the mining claim intended to hold the claim from 12 p.m. on September 1 of the year before the affidavit was made and recorded, until 11:59 a.m. on September 1 of the year that the affidavit was made and recorded.  [10:89:1897; C § 217; RL § 2431; NCL § 4129] — (NRS A 1960, 319; 1961, 422; 1969, 1003; 1971, 2202; 1985, 1502; 1993, 299)
NV Rev Stat § 517.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.280 - Certificates of location need not be sworn to; no required form.

Certificates of location need not be sworn to, and are not required to be in any specified form nor to state facts in any specific order, but must truly state the required facts.  [24:89:1897; added 1899, 93; C § 231; RL § 2445; NCL § 4143] — (NRS A 1961, 422)
NV Rev Stat § 517.290 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.290 - Applicability of NRS 517.010 to 517.280, inclusive.

The provisions of NRS 517.010 to 517.280, inclusive, shall be construed as equally applicable to all classes of locations, except where the requirement as to any one class is manifestly inapplicable to any other class or classes.  [23:89:1897; C § 230; RL § 2444; NCL § 4142]
NV Rev Stat § 517.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.300 - Unlawful acts; penalties.

  1. A person who willfully antedates or puts any false date or date other than the one on which the location is made upon any notice of location of any mining claim in this state is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.  2. A person who willfully and knowingly makes a false material statement on the certificate of location or on any map required by this chapter is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.  [1911 C&P § 410; RL § 6675; NCL § 10362] — (NRS A 1971, 2203; 1979, 1484; 1985, 1502; 1995, 1303)
NV Rev Stat § 517.350 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.350 - Written instruments recorded in office of county recorder before February 20, 1873, deemed to impart notice to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers.

All instruments of writing relating to mining claims copied into books of mining records or other records in the office of the county recorders of the several counties prior to February 20, 1873, shall, after February 20, 1873, be deemed to impart to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers and all other persons whomsoever notice of the contents thereof. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to affect any rights acquired or vested prior to February 20, 1873.  [1:20:1873; B § 320; BH § 2664; C § 2736; RL § 1635; NCL § 2136] + [2:20:1873; B § 321; BH § 2665; C § 2737; RL § 1636; NCL § 2137] — (NRS A 1971, 810)
NV Rev Stat § 517.360 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.360 - Records of mining claims, mill sites or tunnel rights made by mining district recorder or county recorder before March 16, 1897, declared valid; evidentiary effect of record.

  1. All records of lode or placer mining claims, mill sites or tunnel rights made by any mining district recorder or any county recorder prior to March 16, 1897, are hereby declared to be valid and to have the same force and effect as records made in pursuance of the provisions of NRS 517.010 to 517.280, inclusive.  2. Any such record, or a copy thereof duly verified by a mining district recorder or duly certified by a county recorder, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.  [Part 3:89:1897; A 1907, 418; 1941, 92; 1931 NCL § 4122]
NV Rev Stat § 517.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.370 - Conveyances of mining claims: Formalities; construction and proof of conveyances before December 12, 1862.

  1. After December 12, 1862, conveyances of mining claims shall require the same formalities and shall be subject to the same rules of construction as the transfers and conveyances of other real property.  2. All conveyances of mining claims made prior to December 12, 1862, by bills of sale or other instruments in writing, with or without seals, recorded or unrecorded, shall be construed in accordance with the lawful local rules, regulations and customs of the miners in the several mining districts of the Territory of Nevada; and if, prior to December 12, 1862, regarded as valid and binding in such mining districts, shall have the same force and effect between the parties thereto, as prima facie evidence of sale, as if such conveyances had been made by deed under seal.  3. The location and transfers of mining claims made prior to December 12, 1862, shall be established and proved in contestation before courts by the local rules, regulations and customs of the miners in the several mining districts of the Territory of Nevada in which such location and transfers were made.  [1:14:1862; B § 307; BH § 2650; C § 2720; RL § 1100; NCL § 1561] + [2:14:1862; B § 308; BH § 2651; C § 2721; RL § 1101; NCL § 1562] + [3:14:1862; B § 308; BH § 2652; C § 2722; RL § 1102; NCL § 1563]
NV Rev Stat § 517.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.380 - Validity of previous conveyances of mining claims or locations by minors more than 18 years of age.

In all cases in this state since July 1, 1867, where minors over the age of 18 years have sold interests acquired by them in mining claims or locations within this state, by virtue of their having located such claims, or having been located therein by others, and have executed deeds purporting to convey such interests, such deeds, if otherwise sufficient in law, shall be held valid and sufficient to convey such interest fully and completely, notwithstanding the minority of the grantor, and without any power or right of subsequent revocation. This section does not apply to cases where any fraud was practiced upon such minor, or any undue or improper advantage was taken by the purchaser or any other person to induce such minor to execute such deed.  [1:49:1869; B § 317; BH § 2653; C § 2723; RL § 1103; NCL § 1564] + [2:49:1869; B § 318; BH § 2654; C § 2724; RL § 1104; NCL § 1565] — (NRS A 1973, 1579)
NV Rev Stat § 517.390 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.390 - Affidavit and petition to explore and develop mine or claim.

  1. Whenever a patented mine or mining claim has become the property of a county through operation of the revenue laws of this state, any citizen of the United States may file with the board of county commissioners of such county an affidavit and petition to explore and develop the mine or claim, provided the mine or claim has been the property of the county for less than 1 year, at the time of such filing.  2. The affidavit and petition shall state:  (a) That the petitioner is a citizen of the United States.  (b) That there is belonging to the county, as shown by the official records thereof, a patented mine or mining claim, sufficiently identifying it, which has become the property of the county through operation of the revenue laws of this state.  (c) The amount of the tax, penalties and costs, if any, for which the mine or claim became the property of the county.  (d) That it is the petitioner’s bona fide intention to explore and develop the mine or claim.  [Part 1:44:1933; A 1935, 25; 1945, 351; 1943 NCL § 4309] — (NRS A 1971, 76; 1989, 50)
NV Rev Stat § 517.400 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.400 - Determination of amount of taxes, penalties and costs.

After March 7, 1947, the amount or sum for which a patented mine or mining claim became the property of the county is hereby defined to mean 1 year’s taxes, plus penalties and costs.  [Part 1(a):44:1933; added 1947, 46; 1943 NCL § 4309.01] — (NRS A 1989, 50)
NV Rev Stat § 517.410 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.410 - Permission to explore and develop claim; limitations.

  1. Upon receipt of an affidavit and petition as required by NRS 517.390, the board of county commissioners, by an order appearing in its minutes, may give such petitioner permission to enter upon any such claim or claims and explore the same for valuable minerals for a period of 6 months without any charge therefor.  2. No ore or valuable mineral, in excess of 500 pounds, shall be removed from any mining claim or claims until title thereto shall have been acquired by the petitioner as provided in NRS 517.420.  [Part 1:44:1933; A 1935, 25; 1945, 351; 1943 NCL § 4309]
NV Rev Stat § 517.420 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.420 - Execution of deed to convey title to petitioner; consideration and limitations; disposition of proceeds of sale.

  1. At the expiration of 6 months, or sooner if the petitioner so desires, the county treasurer shall make and execute a deed conveying the title of the county to such mine or claim to the petitioner for the sum for which the property became the property of the county.  2. A deed shall not be executed for any less number of mines or claims than the number named in the 6 months’ prospecting permit referred to in NRS 517.410.  3. All money received from the sale of such patented mines or mining claims must be credited to the county’s general fund.  [Part 1:44:1933; A 1935, 25; 1945, 351; 1943 NCL § 4309] — (NRS A 1965, 124; 1971, 76; 1989, 51)