If a person shall determine not to fence any of that person’s lands adjoining a partition fence that has been divided according to the provisions of this chapter and shall give six months’ notice of such determination to all the adjoining occupants of the lands, that person shall not be required to maintain any part of the fence during the time that person’s lands are open, and that person thereafter may remove that person’s portion of the fence if the owner or occupant of the adjoining enclosure will not pay the sum determined by the fence viewers to be the value of the fence in the manner provided in section 47-26-15.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 47-26-17

  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
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