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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 46. Mines, Minerals, Oil and Gas § 517.010. Person entitled to locate; requirements for location

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Any person who is a citizen of the United States, or who has legally declared his or her intention to become a citizen of the United States, who discovers a vein or lode may locate a lode mining claim thereon by:

1. Defining the boundaries of the claim in the manner and within the time prescribed by NRS 517.030;

2. Erecting or constructing at the point of the discovery a monument of the size and character of any of the several monuments prescribed in NRS 517.030; and

3. Posting in or upon the monument of location a notice of the location, which must contain:

(a) The name of the claim.

(b) The name of the locator and the locator’s mailing address.

(c) The date of location.

(d) The number of linear feet claimed in the length 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 and the general course of the lode or vein, as near as may be.

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