# S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-4: Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity

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## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-4
- **Heading:** Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-4

## Text

The discoverer of a lode shall within sixty days from the date of discovery record the claim in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the lode is located by a location certificate which shall contain:

(1) The name of the lode;

(2) The name of the locator or locators;

(3) The date of location;

(4) If a lode claim, the number of linear feet in length claimed along the course of the vein each way from the point of discovery, with the width claimed on each side of the center of the vein; the general course of the vein or lode as near as may be; and a description of the claim located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim.

Any location certificate of a lode claim that does not contain the information specified in this section is void.

Source: PolC 1877, ch 31, §§ 3, 4; SL 1881, ch 96, §§ 1, 2; CL 1887, §§ 1999, 2000; SL 1899, ch 113; RPolC 1903, §§ 2534, 2535; RC 1919, §§ 8728, 8729; SDC 1939, §§ 42.0103, 42.0104; SL 1955, ch 152, § 1; SL 2011, ch 165, § 169.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-1 Discovery of lode within limits of claim essential](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-2 Conditions precedent to filing of location certificate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-3 Marking surface boundaries of claim](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-3.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-4 Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-4.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-5 Location certificate limited to single location](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-5.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-6 Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-6.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-7 Fee for recording and certification of location certificate--Certified copy](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-7.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-8 Additional location certificate--Relocation--Existing rights of others not affected--Claimant not precluded from proving title under previous location](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-9 Relocation of abandoned lode--Fixing of boundaries--Erection of new discovery monument--Contents of relocation certificate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-9.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-10 Location certificate--Surface ground included and excluded](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-10.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-11 Longitudinal limits of claim](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-11.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-13 Right to mine separate from right to surface--Security required of miner--Enforcement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-13.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-14 Fencing of mining claim or mineral property for protection of livestock--Duties on abandonment--Liability for damages--Violation as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-14.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-15 Actions involving mining claims--Proof of customs, usages, or regulations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-15.md)

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