The Federal Statutes do not require the recording of a location notice, leaving this question to be determined by State statutes or mining district regulations.9 Such a recording is required by statute in the different States.

The time to record the location certificate is fixed by statute in Colorado within three months; North and South Dakota and Wyoming, 60 days; Alaska and Washington, 90 days, from date of discovery.

Utah within 30 days after date of posting; Montana and Oregon, 60 days from such date; Nevada, 90 days from date of posting; New Mexico, three months from such date; Arizona and Idaho, within 90 days from date of "location."

In California, no time is fixed by statute.

Where there is no organized mining district, and therefore no district recorder, the certificate should always be filed with the county recorder.10

9 See U. S. Rev. Stat., 2324. Southern Cross Co. vs. Europe Co., 15 Nev., 383; Nans vs.

Victoria Co., 160 U. S., 318. 10 Morrison's Mining Rights, p. 77.