One question that comes up often is whether one should pay the annual maintenance fee of $155 each year or file a small miner's waiver to save their hard-earned money. Common sense says, save your money and file a waiver! Being on our end of things, we can attest that many good people have lost their claims by attempting this option. The issue is that this is a three part process that has two separate deadlines to adhere to. Form 3830-2 is the Maintenance Waiver Certification