Mining Claim and Site Requirements Due by September 1, 2021
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MINING CLAIM AND SITE FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR 2022 ASSESSMENT YEAR
If you own unpatented mining claims or sites on Federal lands, your annual maintenance fee payments or maintenance fee waiver certification, Form 3830-2, (waiver) are due on or before September 1, 2021, in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho State Office. Failure to timely pay the fee or file the waiver in the proper BLM office, will subject your claims or sites to forfeiture by operation of law.
Maintenance Fees: The maintenance fees for a lode claim, mill site or tunnel site are $165 per claim or site. The fee for placer claims is $165 for each 20 acres of the claim or portion thereof. For instance, if a placer claim contains 70 acres, you must pay $660 for the maintenance fee ($165 for each 20 acres + $165 for 10 acres).
Waiver Requirements: You may file the waiver if you and all related parties own 10 or fewer claims or sites nationwide on September 1, 2021. Form 3830-2 must be used and must contain original signatures of each owner and include their current mailing address. If an agent signs the waiver on your behalf, you must have a current notarized designation that the agent is authorized to sign on your behalf. This designation should be submitted with your waiver if not already on file with the BLM, or if the one on file with the BLM is over 5 years old. There is no processing fee when filing the waiver. Faxed or emailed waivers are not acceptable and will be returned unrecorded.
Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) Document Filings: If you filed a waiver for the 2021 assessment year, you must also file the following on or before December 30, 2021, to complete that filing:
- For placer or lode claims, an affidavit of assessment work (proof of labor) attesting that you performed at least $100 worth of labor to make improvements on each of your claims, during the 2021 assessment year, along with a $15 processing fee for each claim; or
- For mill sites and tunnel sites, a notice of intent to hold, along with a $15 processing fee for each site.
Forms can be found online at http://www.blm.gov/noc/st/en/business/eForms.html. It is highly recommended that your proof of labor or notice of intent to hold, along with your processing fee, be submitted at the same time your waiver is filed.
Please make sure you submit the correct amount of processing fees with these documents.
Payment Options:
- Mail in all required paperwork and payments to the Idaho State Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise ID 83709. All mail must be postmarked by September 1, 2021.
- Visit the Idaho State Office Public Room to submit paperwork and/or payments on or before September 1, 2021 at Idaho State Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise ID 83709.
- Pay online using the new Mineral and Land Records System (MLRS). Visit https://mlrs.blm.gov/s/ for instructions on how to set up an account and how to make a payment. Documents requiring original signatures can either be mailed in or dropped at the Idaho Public Room.