diff --git a/blockchain/validate.go b/blockchain/validate.go
index 2fd5d7fd..ef2c283b 100644
--- a/blockchain/validate.go
+++ b/blockchain/validate.go
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ func withinLevelBounds(reduction int64, lv int64) bool {
 }
 
 // CheckTransactionSanity performs some preliminary checks on a transaction to
-// ensure it is sane.  These checks are context free.
-func CheckTransactionSanity(tx *btcutil.Tx) error {
+// ensure it is sane.
+func CheckTransactionSanity(tx *btcutil.Tx, enforceSoftFork bool) error {
 	// A transaction must have at least one input.
 	msgTx := tx.MsgTx()
 	if len(msgTx.TxIn) == 0 {
@@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ func CheckTransactionSanity(tx *btcutil.Tx) error {
 				btcutil.MaxSatoshi)
 			return ruleError(ErrBadTxOutValue, str)
 		}
+
+		err := txscript.AllClaimsAreSane(txOut.PkScript, enforceSoftFork)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ruleError(ErrBadTxOutValue, err.Error())
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Check for duplicate transaction inputs.
@@ -545,7 +550,7 @@ func checkBlockSanity(block *btcutil.Block, powLimit *big.Int, timeSource Median
 	// Do some preliminary checks on each transaction to ensure they are
 	// sane before continuing.
 	for _, tx := range transactions {
-		err := CheckTransactionSanity(tx)
+		err := CheckTransactionSanity(tx, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/mempool/mempool.go b/mempool/mempool.go
index 7ada3d29..65d8e8cf 100644
--- a/mempool/mempool.go
+++ b/mempool/mempool.go
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ func (mp *TxPool) maybeAcceptTransaction(tx *btcutil.Tx, isNew, rateLimit, rejec
 	// Perform preliminary sanity checks on the transaction.  This makes
 	// use of blockchain which contains the invariant rules for what
 	// transactions are allowed into blocks.
-	err := blockchain.CheckTransactionSanity(tx)
+	err := blockchain.CheckTransactionSanity(tx, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		if cerr, ok := err.(blockchain.RuleError); ok {
 			return nil, nil, chainRuleError(cerr)
@@ -1155,6 +1155,14 @@ func (mp *TxPool) maybeAcceptTransaction(tx *btcutil.Tx, isNew, rateLimit, rejec
 		return nil, nil, txRuleError(wire.RejectInsufficientFee, str)
 	}
 
+	minFee = txscript.CalcMinClaimTrieFee(tx.MsgTx(), txscript.MinFeePerNameclaimChar)
+	if txFee < minFee {
+		str := fmt.Sprintf("transaction %v has %d fees which is under "+
+			"the required amount of %d for Claims", txHash, txFee,
+			minFee)
+		return nil, nil, txRuleError(wire.RejectInsufficientFee, str)
+	}
+
 	// Require that free transactions have sufficient priority to be mined
 	// in the next block.  Transactions which are being added back to the
 	// memory pool from blocks that have been disconnected during a reorg
diff --git a/mempool/policy.go b/mempool/policy.go
index 7e973293..a58f110b 100644
--- a/mempool/policy.go
+++ b/mempool/policy.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func checkInputsStandard(tx *btcutil.Tx, utxoView *blockchain.UtxoViewpoint) err
 		// they have already been checked prior to calling this
 		// function.
 		entry := utxoView.LookupEntry(txIn.PreviousOutPoint)
-		originPkScript := entry.PkScript()
+		originPkScript := txscript.StripClaimScriptPrefix(entry.PkScript())
 		switch txscript.GetScriptClass(originPkScript) {
 		case txscript.ScriptHashTy:
 			numSigOps := txscript.GetPreciseSigOpCount(
@@ -332,8 +332,9 @@ func checkTransactionStandard(tx *btcutil.Tx, height int32,
 	// be "dust" (except when the script is a null data script).
 	numNullDataOutputs := 0
 	for i, txOut := range msgTx.TxOut {
-		scriptClass := txscript.GetScriptClass(txOut.PkScript)
-		err := checkPkScriptStandard(txOut.PkScript, scriptClass)
+		pkScript := txscript.StripClaimScriptPrefix(txOut.PkScript)
+		scriptClass := txscript.GetScriptClass(pkScript)
+		err := checkPkScriptStandard(pkScript, scriptClass)
 		if err != nil {
 			// Attempt to extract a reject code from the error so
 			// it can be retained.  When not possible, fall back to