Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 27.10.010 (2026)
Claims to be located as prescribed by law
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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 the boundaries as provided in AS 27.10.030 — 27.10.070. An attempted location of a mining claim that does not comply with AS 27.10.030 — 27.10.070 and AS 27.10.150 — 27.10.190 is void.
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 the boundaries as provided in AS 27.10.030 — 27.10.070. An attempted location of a mining claim that does not comply with AS 27.10.030 — 27.10.070 and AS 27.10.150 — 27.10.190 is void.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1983–1983 · leading case: Shope v. Sims, 658 P.2d 1336 (Alaska 1983).
Shope v. Sims, 658 P.2d 1336 (Alaska 1983). “050 and if a subsequent locator nevertheless has actual knowledge of the locus of the claim, an attempted location of a mining claim is not void under AS 27.10.010. We caution, however, that this exception does not apply when no certificate at all has been recorded within ninety…”
Dodge v. Wilkinson, 664 P.2d 157 (Alaska 1983). “To locate a claim on federal public land, a prospector must first make a “discovery,” which requires ascertaining the existence of ore in “valuable quantities.”
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