Bye-Bye Declining Balances: Simpler Mining Claim Fees Ahead
Published Date: 7/17/2025
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Summary
If you own mining claims, listen up! The government is scrapping some old rules about how you pay fees using special accounts with the Bureau of Land Management. This means simpler payments and no more confusing declining balance accounts—making your mining claim fees easier to handle starting now.
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BLM Ends Declining Balance Accounts
The Bureau of Land Management rescinded the regulation that authorized declining balance accounts for paying mining claim fees. If you own mining claims, you can no longer use a declining balance account to pay those fees and must use other available payment methods.
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