Within 90 days after the posting of his or her notice of location upon a lode mining claim, placer claim, tunnel right or location, or millsite claim or location, the locator shall record, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the claim is situated, a true copy of the notice together with a statement by the locator of the markings of the boundaries as required by this chapter and the character of the markings, which statement also shall include the section or sections, township, range, and meridian of the United States survey within which all, or any part, of the claim is located.
Any person who willfully makes a false statement with respect to any mining claim on the posted location notice or on the recorded notice, or accompanying statement, is 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 that fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)