---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3834.11"
title: "43"
number: "3834.11"
heading: "Which fees must I pay to maintain a mining claim or site and when do I pay them?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3834.11"
---

# §3834.11. Which fees must I pay to maintain a mining claim or site and when do I pay them?


For all mining claims or sites—paying the maintenance fee(s) in lieu of performing assessment work satisfies the requirements of the mining law and FLPMA. See [§ 3830.21](/cfr/43/3830.21.md) of this chapter for fee amounts.

- (a) **Location fee and initial maintenance fee.** When you first record a mining claim or site with the BLM, you must pay a location fee and an initial maintenance fee for the assessment year in which you located the mining claim or site.
- (b) **Annual maintenance fee.** You must pay an annual maintenance fee on or before September 1st of each year in order to maintain a mining claim or site for the upcoming assessment year.

## Notes

### Amendments

[90 FR 33332, July 17, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1740; 30 U.S.C. 28f.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 61073, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[90 FR 33332, July 17, 2025]