§ 34-10-3. Removal of barbed-wire fence.
Any adjoining owner who shall not have given his or her consent as provided in § 34-10-2 may complain of the fence to any fence viewer of the town where the fence is located, and may advance to the fence viewer the reasonable expense necessary to remove and store the fence. It shall then be the duty of the fence viewer to notify in writing the other adjoining owner to forthwith remove the fence. If the fence shall not be removed within fifteen (15) days after the giving of the notice, then it shall be the duty of the fence viewer to remove the fence and to store the materials removed. He or she shall deliver the fence materials removed to the owner upon demand.
History of Section.P.L. 1906, ch. 1364, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 34-10-1. - Lawful fences defined.
Section 34-10-2. - Consent of adjoining owner to barbed-wire fence.
Section 34-10-3. - Removal of barbed-wire fence.
Section 34-10-4. - Expense of removal of barbed-wire fence.
Section 34-10-5. - Barbed-wire fences through woodland — Fences existing before 1906.
Section 34-10-6. - Maintenance of water fences.
Section 34-10-7. - Marshland exempt.
Section 34-10-8. - Remedies of marshland owner to trespass.
Section 34-10-9. - Placement of partition fences — Maintenance throughout year.
Section 34-10-10. - Partition fences between lands under improvement.
Section 34-10-11. - Partition fences between improved and unimproved lands.
Section 34-10-12. - Payment for previously constructed fence.
Section 34-10-13. - Viewing and division of fence — Award of cost.
Section 34-10-14. - Holding and improving partition fences — Agreements between owners.
Section 34-10-15. - Complaint of neglect to maintain fence.
Section 34-10-16. - Construction or repair of fence by complainant — Action for cost and penalties.
Section 34-10-17. - Settlement of controversies by viewer.
Section 34-10-18. - Viewer’s fees.