North Dakota Code > Chapter 38-02 – Lode and Mining Claims


§ 38-02-01	Length of lode claim – Limitations
§ 38-02-02	Width of lode claims – Extension – Reduction
§ 38-02-03	Discoverer of lode to file location certificate – Contents of certificate
§ 38-02-04	Duty of discoverer of lode before filing certificate of location
§ 38-02-05	Tunnel, opencuts, crosscuts, adits, or drilling equivalent to discovery shaft
§ 38-02-06	Discovery shaft to be sunk on lode within sixty days
§ 38-02-07	Surface boundaries of lode – How marked
§ 38-02-08	What location in location certificate construed to contain
§ 38-02-09	Location claim not extended beyond the exterior line
§ 38-02-10	Owner or occupant of surface may demand security from miner
§ 38-02-11	Additional certificate to correct or extend boundaries may be filed by locator or assigns – Limitations
§ 38-02-12	Amount of work to be done annually to hold possession of claim
§ 38-02-13	Abandoned lode claims – Regulations governing relocation
§ 38-02-14	Certificate containing more than one location is void – Exception
§ 38-02-15	Actions relating to disputed mining property – Surveys ordered – Regulations governing

Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33