82-2-115. Filing of false mining claims. Every person who shall offer any location certificate for a placer mining claim or lode claim or affidavit of assessment work to be filed in an office of a county clerk of this state on behalf of himself or for any other person or any person who shall procure others to do so, knowing that such claim or certificate or affidavit was not preceded by a proper location of the claim physically upon the ground by the establishment of a proper notice of claim and the designation of the surface boundaries of the claim by substantial posts or monuments as required by the laws of the state, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by both.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 135, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 50-702.1.