California · Public Resources Code - PRC

PRC §3916: Any person who takes down, removes, alters, or destroys any stake, post, monument, or notice of location upon any mining claim which is required by law to be upon the mining claim, without the consent

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who removes, alters, or destroys required stakes, posts, monuments, or location notices on a mining claim without the owner's permission commits a misdemeanor punishable by up to $200 fine and/or up to six months in county jail.

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Any person who takes down, removes, alters, or destroys any stake, post, monument, or notice of location upon any mining claim which is required by law to be upon the mining claim, without the consent of the owner thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

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