Sec. 27.10.210. Lien for performance of annual labor.
(a) The person performing or causing to be performed annual labor upon an unpatented mining claim as provided in AS 27.10.200 shall have a lien upon the claim for the assessment work, including the reasonable cost of transportation to and from the claim incurred in doing the work. The lien is enforced either as in […]
Sec. 27.10.220. Lien for annual labor is independent of other liens.
The lien given for the performance of annual labor by AS 27.10.210, if the work is done in good faith and necessarily for the protection either of possession under a certificate of sale or of an attachment, levy, mortgage, judgment, or other lien, remains in effect notwithstanding the contemporaneous or subsequent vacation, dissolution, or setting […]
Sec. 27.10.230. Surveys may qualify as annual labor.
The term “labor” where used in AS 27.10.130 and 27.10.150 includes, without being limited to, geological, geochemical, and geophysical surveys conducted by qualified experts and verified by a detailed report recorded in the recording district office in which the claim is located that sets forth fully (1) the location of the work performed in relation […]
Sec. 27.10.240. Definitions for AS 27.10.230.
In AS 27.10.230, (1) “geochemical surveys” means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits by the proper application of the principles and techniques of the science of chemistry as they relate to the search for and discovery of mineral deposits; (2) “geological surveys” means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits by the proper application […]
Sec. 27.10.190. Recording the notice to contribute and affidavits.
(a) Within 120 days after personal service or within 120 days after the completion of publication of the notice provided for in AS 27.10.180, the co-owner who claims the forfeiture shall record in the office of the recorder of the recording district in which the claim is located a copy of the notice with the […]
Sec. 27.10.010. Claims to be located as prescribed by law.
A person who discovers upon the public domain in the state a lode or vein of rock in place, or a placer deposit that is open to location under the mining laws of the United States, may locate a lode mining claim or placer mining claim by posting a notice of location and by marking […]
Sec. 27.10.200. Lienholder may perform the annual labor.
A person who holds a claim to or lien upon an unpatented mining claim under a certificate of sale, mortgage, attachment, levy, judgment, or other lien, may, when necessary for the protection of the lien or claim, go upon the mining claim and perform or cause to be performed the annual labor required by law […]
Sec. 27.10.020. Grubstake contracts to be in writing and recorded.
All contracts commonly known as “grubstaking,” except as between the parties making them, are void unless in writing, subscribed by the parties, and recorded with the recorder of the recording district in which the location is made. The contract must contain the names of the parties and the duration of the contract.
Sec. 27.10.030. Manner of designating a lode claim location.
The discoverer of a lode claim shall designate the location as follows: (1) by posting at the northeast corner of the claim a plain sign or notice containing (A) the name of the lode claim; (B) the name of the locator or locators; (C) the date of the location; (D) the approximate bearings of corners […]
Sec. 27.10.040. Manner of designating a placer claim location.
The discoverer of a placer claim shall designate the location as follows: (1) by posting on one of the posts or monuments marking the boundaries of the claim a plain sign or notice containing (A) the name or number of the claim; (B) the name of the locator or locators; (C) the date of the […]