If the BLM receives your location documents for recording and determines that the funds you paid are not sufficient to cover the total amount of processing, location, and maintenance fees for your mining claims or sites, the BLM will process the funds you paid in the following manner:

(a)(1) The BLM will not record any mining claim or site that is not accompanied by the full processing, location, and maintenance fees.

(2) For mining claims or sites located before September 1 and timely recorded after September 1, you must also pay the annual maintenance fee at the time of recording for the assessment year in which you record, unless you qualify for and file a small miner waiver for that assessment year in accordance with § 3835.14(a)(2).

(b) The BLM will assign a serial number to each claim or site that is received with the full processing, location, and maintenance fee until the funds run out;

(c) If the full processing, location, and maintenance fees are not received, the BLM will reject the recordation of the claims and the location documents will be returned unrecorded, and the remaining fees not used for recording will be refunded.

(d) Resubmission of returned location documents. (1) If the 90-day recording period has not expired, you may refile returned location documents for recording with the proper fees. The refiled location documents with fees must be received by the BLM before the end of the 90-day recording period.

(2) If the 90-day recording period has expired, the affected mining claims and sites are forfeited.