Statement of claim--Recording--Contents--Effect

A statement of claim shall: (1) Be recorded for the record owner of the mineral interest prior to the end of the twenty-three-year period set forth in § 43-30A-2 . A joint tenant, but not a tenant in common, may record a claim on behalf of himself and other joint tenants; (2) Contain the name and mailing address of the record owner of the mineral interest and a legal description of the land on or under which the mineral interest is located; and (3) Be recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county in which the mineral interest is located. A mineral interest is in use on the date of recording if the recording is made within the time provided by this section. Source: SL 1985, ch 338 , § 4; SL 2013, ch 222 , § 2; SL 2016, ch 215 , § 3.