Relocation of abandoned lode--Fixing of boundaries--Erection of new discovery monument--Contents of relocation certificate
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SD Code › Title 45 › Chapter 4 › Section 45-4-9
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The relocation of an abandoned lode mining claim shall be by fixing new boundaries in the same manner as if it were the location of a new claim, or the relocator may erect new or adopt the old boundaries, renewing the posts if removed or destroyed. In either case a new discovery monument shall be erected. In any case whether the whole or part of an abandoned claim is taken, the location certificate must state that the whole or any part of the new location is located as abandoned property.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 31, § 16; CL 1887, § 2010; RPolC 1903, § 2545; RC 1919, § 8739; SDC 1939, § 42.0116; SL 1955, ch 152, § 4.
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