diff --git a/pkg/core/blockchain.go b/pkg/core/blockchain.go
index 6fdab3311..106149043 100644
--- a/pkg/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/pkg/core/blockchain.go
@@ -1150,6 +1150,9 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) verifyTx(t *transaction.Transaction, block *block.Block) e
 		if transaction.HaveDuplicateInputs(claim.Claims) {
 			return errors.New("duplicate claims")
 		}
+		if bc.dao.IsDoubleClaim(claim) {
+			return errors.New("double claim")
+		}
 	}
 
 	return bc.verifyTxWitnesses(t, block)
@@ -1171,6 +1174,12 @@ func (bc *Blockchain) isTxStillRelevant(t *transaction.Transaction) bool {
 	if bc.dao.IsDoubleSpend(t) {
 		return false
 	}
+	if t.Type == transaction.ClaimType {
+		claim := t.Data.(*transaction.ClaimTX)
+		if bc.dao.IsDoubleClaim(claim) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
 	for i := range t.Scripts {
 		if !vm.IsStandardContract(t.Scripts[i].VerificationScript) {
 			recheckWitness = true
diff --git a/pkg/core/dao.go b/pkg/core/dao.go
index cba1d59c5..d84e50816 100644
--- a/pkg/core/dao.go
+++ b/pkg/core/dao.go
@@ -562,6 +562,27 @@ func (dao *dao) IsDoubleSpend(tx *transaction.Transaction) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// IsDoubleClaim verifies that given claim inputs are not already claimed by another tx.
+func (dao *dao) IsDoubleClaim(claim *transaction.ClaimTX) bool {
+	if len(claim.Claims) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, inputs := range transaction.GroupInputsByPrevHash(claim.Claims) {
+		prevHash := inputs[0].PrevHash
+		scs, err := dao.GetSpentCoinState(prevHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return true
+		}
+		for _, input := range inputs {
+			_, ok := scs.items[input.PrevIndex]
+			if !ok {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // Persist flushes all the changes made into the (supposedly) persistent
 // underlying store.
 func (dao *dao) Persist() (int, error) {