TITLE 47

MINES AND MINING

CHAPTER 11

PROCEEDING BY LIENHOLDER UPON UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM TO PREVENT FORFEITURE

47-1102.  Cost of assessment a lien. Upon the making of such order the judgment, attachment or mortgage creditor shall be authorized and empowered to incur all the expenses necessary in the performance of the annual assessment work upon such mining claims, and upon filing in the court in which such action is pending a verified statement of such expenses, the cost thereof shall be taxed in the action, suit or proceeding and become and be a lien upon said premises, and execution may issue therefor against said premises: provided, that no deficiency judgment shall be entered against the owner of said mining property for any portion of such expense if the proceeds of the sale thereof are insufficient to satisfy the same.

History:

[(47-1102) 1911, ch. 174, sec. 2, p. 569; reen. C.L. 233:1; C.S., sec. 5555; I.C.A., sec. 46-1002.]