South Dakota

45-4-1. Discovery of lode within limits of claim essential.

45-4-2. Conditions precedent to filing of location certificate.

45-4-3. Marking surface boundaries of claim.

45-4-4. Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity.

45-4-5. Location certificate limited to single location.

45-4-6. Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election.

45-4-7. Fee for recording and certification of location certificate--Certified copy.

45-4-8. Additional location certificate--Relocation--Existing rights of others not affected--Claimant not precluded from proving title under previous location.

45-4-9. Relocation of abandoned lode--Fixing of boundaries--Erection of new discovery monument--Contents of relocation certificate.

45-4-10. Location certificate--Surface ground included and excluded.

45-4-11. Longitudinal limits of claim.

45-4-12. 45-4-12. Repealed by SL 1993, ch 330, § 1

45-4-13. Right to mine separate from right to surface--Security required of miner--Enforcement.

45-4-14. Fencing of mining claim or mineral property for protection of livestock--Duties on abandonment--Liability for damages--Violation as misdemeanor.

45-4-15. Actions involving mining claims--Proof of customs, usages, or regulations.

45-4-16. Actions involving mining claims--Survey ordered by court.

45-4-17. Order requiring survey of disputed claim--Designation of surveyor--Witnesses to examine property.

45-4-18. Order requiring survey of disputed claim to be made in open court or upon notice--Agreement--Affidavits.

45-4-19. Order for removal of obstacles in drifts or shafts.

45-4-20. Association with another to obtain possession of a lode, gulch, or placer claim by force and violence, by threats of violence, or by stealth--Misdemeanor.

45-4-21. Trials under § 45-4-20--Evidence sufficient for conviction.

45-4-22. Writs of injunction to restore person to possession of mining property.

45-4-23. Recording required--Affidavit of labor--Recording fee.