Additional location certificate--Relocation--Existing rights of others not affected--Claimant not precluded from proving title under previous location

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SD Code › Title 45 › Chapter 4 › Section 45-4-8

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If the locator of any mining claim or the locator's assigns:

(1) Believes that the original certificate was defective or erroneous;

(2) Believes that the requirements of the law were not complied with before filing; or

(3) Desires to change the surface boundaries of the claim or to take in any part of an overlapping claim which has been abandoned;

Source: PolC 1877, ch 31, § 13; CL 1887, § 2008; RPolC 1903, § 2543; RC 1919, § 8737; SDC 1939, § 42.0114; SL 2011, ch 165, § 173.

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