Utah law: a claim post must carry a notice naming the claim and locators, recorded with the county in 30 days
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Utah Code 40-1-2 requires the locator to erect a monument at the place of discovery and post on it a notice of location giving the claim's name, the names of the locators, the date of location, and its size and description tied to a natural object or permanent monument. Utah Code 40-1-3 requires the claim's boundaries to be distinctly marked on the ground so they can be readily traced. Utah Code 40-1-4 requires a substantial copy of the notice to be recorded with the county recorder of the county where the claim lies within 30 days of posting.
In plain termsIn Utah, a mining claim's discovery monument must carry a notice on the post: the claim's name, who staked it and when. A copy must be on file at the Carbon County Recorder within 30 days. A Notice of Location names Valar Atomics Inc and its lode claim RW 453 (mine-453).
- Utah Code 40-1-2: Discovery monument -- Notice of location -- Contents (Utah State Legislature, 2024-05-01) primary government “must erect a monument at the place of discovery”
- Utah Code 40-1-3: Boundaries to be marked (Utah State Legislature) primary government “distinctly marked on the ground so that the boundaries thereof can be readily traced”
- Utah Code 40-1-4: Copy of location notice to be recorded (Utah State Legislature) primary government “record a substantial copy of the notice of location”
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