---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3837.24"
title: "43"
number: "3837.24"
heading: "What kind of evidence must I submit to BLM to show I have properly notified the delinquent co-claimant?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3837.24"
---

# §3837.24. What kind of evidence must I submit to BLM to show I have properly notified the delinquent co-claimant?

- (a) If you gave written notice to the delinquent co-claimant by personal service, you must sign and submit a notarized affidavit explaining how and when you delivered the written notice to the delinquent co-claimant.
- (b) If you gave written notice to the delinquent co-claimant by mail, you must submit:
  - (1) A copy of the notice you mailed to the delinquent co-claimant; and
  - (2) A copy of the signed U.S. Postal Service return receipt from the registered or certified envelope in which you sent the notice to the delinquent co-claimant.
- (c) If you published the notice in a newspaper, you must submit:
  - (1) A statement from the newspaper publisher or the publisher's authorized representative describing the publication, including the beginning and ending dates of publication;
  - (2) A printed copy of the published notice; and
  - (3) A notarized affidavit attesting that you conducted a diligent search for the delinquent co-claimant, you could not locate the delinquent co-claimant, and therefore notification by publication was necessary.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1457; 50 U.S.C. App. 501, 565; 30 U.S.C. 28.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 61078, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.